Odd-Even 2.0: Over 500 Challaned In First Five Hours
NEW DELHI -- Over 500 persons were challaned by Delhi Traffic Police for violating the odd-even norms in the first five hours of the second phase of the road-rationing formula implemented in the...
View ArticleOdd-Even 2.0: Over 500 Challaned In First Five Hours
NEW DELHI -- Over 500 persons were challaned by Delhi Traffic Police for violating the odd-even norms in the first five hours of the second phase of the road-rationing formula implemented in the...
View ArticleWhy Kerala DGP Objected To Modi, Rahul Visiting Same Day As The Fire Tragedy
The Kerala Director General of Police TP Senkumar said during an interview that he had objected to the back-to-back visits of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi...
View ArticleKashmir Simmers After Another Youth Dies In Army Firing
Kashmir continued to be on the boil on Friday with one more youth getting killed and three others being injured in firing by security forces in Kupwara district to disperse stone-pelting mobs who...
View ArticleMinister's Visit Costs Drought-Hit Latur 10,000 Litres Of Water
Barely two days after a train carrying five lakh litres of water reached Latur, close to 10,000 litres of water, the weekly ration of water per family in the drought-hit district, was wasted to clean...
View ArticleIndia, France Narrow Down Differences; Rafale Deal In ‘Final Stages'
The negotiations over the purchase of 36 Rafale fighter jets have entered the "final stages" as both India and France have managed to narrow down their differences over the pricing. Government sources...
View ArticleThe Death Of A Father
Wet with the bucket of cold water he half-willingly poured on himself, he stands by the body of his father, palms together, naked to the waist, head bowed to the prayers of the priest with a piety he...
View ArticleHow I Found, Loved And Lost My 'Jigar ka Tukda'
That awful empty feeling haunts me once again. I lost my English bulldog, Jigar ka Tukda, this month. She was adopted by me six years ago from Friendicoes and named after the Janis Joplin number,...
View ArticleMy Other Mothers
My mother was one of nine siblings. As a child, I saw her maternal home in a tiny village in South India play host to many, including me. Though the permanent residents were only my grandmother and my...
View ArticleWhy It's Better For Kids To Be Schooled In Their Mother Tongue
I recently visited a primary school in Tirur, Malappuram district, Kerala. The language of instruction was English. The teacher had great enthusiasm, but the children didn't quite share it and seemed...
View ArticleNana Patekar Explains Why We're All Responsible For Farmer Suicides In...
Nana Patekar is not your average armchair actor-activist. The National Award winning actor has been relentless in his critique of governments, political parties and the common man who seem to have...
View ArticleIPL 2016: Bengaluru To Host Season Finale After Bombay HC Shifts 13 Matches...
NEW DELHI -- Its schedule thrown haywire after the Bombay High Court ordered the shifting of 13 IPL matches out of drought-hit Maharashtra, the cash-rich league on Friday picked Bengaluru as the venue...
View ArticleThis Mumbai Girl Made Sure That The Auto Driver Who 'Fat Shamed' Her Got...
We all have our auto-rickshaw horror stories. From Mumbai autos stopping by you and driving off the moment you tell the driver your destination to ones in Delhi, Bangalore which flatly refuse to run by...
View ArticleDilip Kumar Hospitalised; Next 48 Hours Will Be Critical, Say Doctors
Mumbai--Veteran actor Dilip Kumar was admitted to a hospital in the early hours of Saturday after he complained of respiratory problems. Kumar was admitted to Lilavati Hospital in suburban Bandra in...
View ArticleIndia's Plan To Buy 36 Rafale Fighter Planes From France Finally Takes Off
India is about to ink a deal with France to purchase 36 Rafale fighter jets. After prolonged negotiations, reports suggest that the two countries have agreed on a price amenable to both. According to...
View ArticleKunal Kemmu's Response To Rumours Of His Divorce With Soha Ali Khan Is...
Last week saw multiple media-outlets report about trouble brewing in Kunal Kemmu's marriage. The Go Goa Gone actor got married to Soha Ali Khan in January 2015 and the couple has kept their...
View Article14 Years Back, Priyanka Gandhi Said She Can't Pay Rs 53,421 Rent For Her Posh...
Who knew Priyanka Gandhi was just like us? You know, the kind who would have nightmares about paying rent on time? After all, she hails from one of the country's most powerful political families and is...
View ArticleRaghuram Rajan Has A Kickass One Line Description For The Indian Economy
WASHINGTON -- With India being often described as 'the bright spot in the global economy', Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan sees this as a case of "the one-eyed man" being king in the land of the...
View ArticleWATCH: The Trailer Of Shahid-Kareena-Alia-Diljit Starrer 'Udta Punjab' Is...
The trailer of one this year's most-awaited films, 'Udta Punjab' was released today evening, and it's as trippy as you'd have imagined. The film, directed by Abhishek Chaubey, deals with the notorious...
View ArticleWest Bengal Polls: Second Phase Of Votes Today
KOLKATA -- The voting in the second phase of Assembly election for 56 constituencies in West Bengal will take place today amidst an Election Commission's showcause notice to Chief Minister Mamata...
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