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Baba Ramdev Booked Over Controversial 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai' Remark
HYDERABAD -- Yoga guru Ramdev, who had said that he would have beheaded lakhs of people for not chanting 'Bharat Mata ki Jai' slogan, was booked by the Hyderabad police yesterday. A case was registered...
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Rohith Vemula's Mother And Brother To Embrace Buddhism On Ambedkar Jayanti
Research scholar Rohith Vemula's mother and brother will embrace Buddhism on the 125th birth anniversary of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar, a Dalit icon and the principal architect of the Indian Constitution,...
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The Morning Wrap: Farmers To Sell Produce On E-Market Platform, Maharashtra...
The Morning Wrap is HuffPost India's selection of interesting news and opinion from the day's newspapers. Subscribe here to receive it in your inbox each weekday morning. Essential HuffPost There is no...
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Srinagar An Integral Part Of India, NIT Won't Be Shifted, Smriti Irani Tells...
HRD Minister Smriti Irani met a group of students from unrest-hit NIT, Srinagar, who put forward various demands including the shifting of the campus but she rejected the plea for shift. Emerging from...
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SAT Tells Sebi To Investigate If Reliance Acquired Control Over Network 18...
NEW DELHI -- The Securities Appellate Tribunal today asked Sebi to re-investigate whether Independent Media Trust, related to Reliance Industries, acquired control over Network 18 from Raghav Bahl even...
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In First Ever PMO Ranking, Sushma Swaraj Is Twitter Topper, Followed By...
If you've followed External Affairs minister Sushma Swaraj's Twitter feed, you would have noticed how promptly and regularly she responds to those seeking help. It seems the Prime Minister's office has...
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Shah Rukh Khan's 'Fan' Might Become The Biggest Hit Of His Career, Says Vivek...
MUMBAI -- Having known Shah Rukh Khan for over 25 years, Bollywood producer Vivek Vaswani feels if the superstar's upcoming Fan hits the right chord, it might become the biggest hit of his career....
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Rahul Raj Singh's Ex Saloni Sharma Admits To Hitting Pratyusha Banerjee, Says...
There's no denying the fact that the Pratyusha Banerjee case is getting murkier by the day. While Rahul Raj Singh has been booked for abetting Banerjee's suicide (the Balika Vadhu actress was found...
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Delhi Govt Bans Sale Of All Forms Of Chewable Tobacco For 1 Year
NEW DELHI -- The Delhi government has banned for one year the sale, purchase and storage of all forms of chewable tobacco, including "gutkha, pan masala, khaini and zarda", in the national capital. The...
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Can India's Think Tanks Be Truly Effective?
I have worked for much of the past decade in, or with, think tanks in both the US and in India, and am regularly confronted with misperceptions and misapprehensions about the sector. What is the...
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After Gurugram, A Proposal To Change Shimla To Shyamla
NEW DELHI -- Following the renaming of Gurgaon to Gurugram in Haryana, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad has suggested that Shimla, the capital of Himachal Pradesh, should be called Shyamla. The Times of India...
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Delhi Govt. Will Reward Autorickshaw Drivers Who Rescue Accident Victims
NEW DELHI -- Close to 400 people die in road accidents everyday in India, and a large number of deaths are caused because the victims cannot get medical aid in time. In other words, road accident...
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Letter Threatening Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid Found On Delhi Bus
NEW DELHI -- A country-made pistol and a threat letter against JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar, purportedly written by a man who had earlier threatened the student leader over Facebook, were recovered...
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Alia Bhatt In 'Udta Punjab' Is Unlike Anything You Have Seen Of Her So Far
After Shahid Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor and Diljit Dosanjh, it was Alia Bhatt's look from the upcoming film, Udta Punjab that was revealed early morning today. The Shaandaar (2015) actress took to Twitter...
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UPA I Wanted To Dissolve Mulayam Singh Govt In UP: Congress Leader
Seventy-eight-year old Hans Raj Bhardwaj, usually referred to by the media as an 'old Congress loyalist', has said that the UPA-I government, headed by Manmohan Singh wanted to dissolve the Mulayam...
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The Renaming Of Gurgaon To Gurugram Could Have Real Benefits For The City
The recent announcement of Gurgaon's name change to Gurugram was met with a mixture of outrage and mirth. The Haryana government claims that the name change of the state's "Millennial City" was brought...
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Raghuram Rajan Says Lower Inflation, Good Monsoon Might Further Cut Interest...
WASHINGTON -- Reserve Bank may further lower the interest rate if inflation continues to ease and the monsoon turns out to be good, Governor Raghuram Rajan has said. "We are looking at inflation. If it...
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'Vegetarianism Is Anti-Nationalism,' Says Author-Activist Kancha Ilaiah
While there are arguments all over the world about how a vegetarian diet is good for a long, healthy life, or how it is changing the human DNA, an Indian author has taken a complete different stand on...
View ArticleIMD Warns Eight States To Prepare For Heat-Wave As Death Toll Crosses 130
Last year, heat waves killed 2,035 people in the country. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has now warned that the heat waves are back for this year, and has announced that at least eight...
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Why Are Hrithik, Farhan, Saif Terrified Of Playing A Gay Man On Screen ?
Shakun Batra’s Kapoor and Sons, produced by one of Bollywood’s most sought-after banner, Dharma Productions, has been one of the biggest hits from this year. The film also drew abundant critical...
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