This Union Minister Claims Nostradamus Predicted 'Modi Era' 450 Years Ago
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is no ordinary man, he is apparently a 'superpower administrator' who will soon become the 'global master'. According to Minister of State for Home Affairs, Kiren Rijiju,...
View ArticleA Lesson In Consent, With Love, For BJP's Social Media Chief
Dear Amit Malviya, As the "in-charge" of the IT cell and social media division of the country's governing party, we expect from you clear articulation of your party's positions on social media. So when...
View ArticleWorld Culture Festival Would Have Been Cheaper Elsewhere: Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's much-hyped World Culture Festival held on the bank of Yamuna river in Delhi has left a lot of mess behind, apart from causing ecological damages, claim reports. According to a...
View Article'Kapoor & Sons' Review: We Are Family, I Got All My Issues With Me
Shakun Batra’s Kapoor & Sons (Since 1921) is set in the lovely Nilgiri hill station of Coonoor, Tamil Nadu. It’s not quite apparent why, though, since the setting contributes very little to the...
View ArticleInterest Rate On Public Provident Fund Cut To 8.1% From 8.7%
In a move that will hit the common man, the Indian government on Friday slashed interest rates payable on small savings including PPF and Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP) in a bid to align them closer to market...
View ArticleThere Is A Major Problem With This Glowing Amit Chaudhuri Book Review
On 16 March, The Guardian published a review of Anjali Joseph’s novel The Living. It was a glowing review. “An exceptional, unexpected work, was just the title". Samantha Johns was livid. She shot off...
View ArticleKanhaiya Kumar Says Kashmir Is An Integral Part Of India
JNU students’ union president Kanhaiya Kumar, who is facing sedition charges, said on Friday that the controversial event held on February 9 on the university campus was to protest against capital...
View ArticleT20 World Cup: Kolkata Gears Up For India Vs Pakistan Match
KOLKATA -- In one of the most awaited and exciting fixture of the T-20 World Cup, the Indian Men's team will face Pakistan at Eden Gardens in Kolkata this evening. After losing the first ICC World T20...
View ArticleSome Urdu Writers Were Made To Sign A Contract Stating They Won't Write...
Urdu writers and editors, whose books are acquired for distribution by the National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language (NCPUL) have been made to sign a declaration stating that their books will not...
View ArticleMuslim Cattle Traders Beaten To Death In Ranchi, Bodies Found Hanging From A...
Bodies of two Muslim cattle traders were found hanging from a tree in the wee hours on Friday in Balumath forests, near Ranchi. According to The Times of India, the cattle traders who were herding...
View ArticlePunjab: Police Register A Complaint 22 Years After A Man Was Abducted
GURDASPUR -- Twenty two years after the abduction of a man from a village in Punjab's Gurdaspur, police today registered a case against four unidentified persons following the directions of Punjab and...
View ArticlePCB Chief Bowled Over By Indian Hospitality, Says Doesn't Have Security...
NEW DELHI -- Bowled over by the hospitality given to the Pakistan cricket team in India, PCB Chairman Shahryar Khan has said all security concerns prior to the side's arrival for the ICC World Twenty20...
View ArticleSedition Row: Former Delhi University Professor SAR Geelani Gets Bail
NEW DELHI -- A Delhi Court on Saturday granted bail to former Delhi University professor SAR Geelani, who was arrested on charges of sedition. The court had earlier reserved its order on Geelani. A...
View ArticleWatch: JNU Student Umar Khalid's Fiery 12-Year-Old Sister Vows To Fight...
After JNU students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya were released on bail yesterday, the university reprised the celebrations that followed JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar's release. Hundreds of...
View ArticleRussia Plane Crash: Two Indians Among 62 Killed On Board
All 62 people aboard a passenger jet flying from Dubai to southern Russia were killed when their plane crashed on its second attempt to land at Rostov-on-Don airport on Saturday, Russian officials...
View ArticleChanting 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai' Cannot Be A Litmus Test For Patriotism
It just occurred to me that I have never chanted 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai' even once in my thirty years of existence. Not as a 7-year-old sulking in the school grounds over a hoisted flag not picking up...
View ArticleVirat Kohli, Bollywood Stars Furious At Shaktiman's Attackers
From cricketers to Bollywood stars, celebrities condemned the attack on police horse Shaktiman, which left it with an amputated leg. The horse, which serves the Uttarakhand police force, was injured...
View ArticleRussia Plane Crash: Two Indians Among 62 Killed On Board
Two Indians are among the sixty-two people killed after a Dubai airliner crashed and caught fire early on Saturday while landing in strong winds in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don. All 62...
View ArticleRain Threatens To Play Spoilsport In Indo-Pak World T20 Showdown
Thunderstorm and heavy showers that lashed the city today hours before the high-voltage India- Pakistan World Twenty20 clash have subsided, raising hopes of the match going ahead here. Rain in the...
View ArticleJNU Row: Umar Khalid's Sister Says Fight Will Continue 'Till Everyone Gets...
The younger sister of Umar Khalid, one of the Jawaharlal Nehru University students named in a sedition case, said to a cheering group of students in the university that their struggle will "continue...
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