This Former Lehman Banker Is Betting On Legacy In Tamil Nadu Polls
PTRP Thiagarajan chafes a little when he arrives with his team at the Roman Catholic church in Madurai. It is 9:45am and he is bang on time. Not so the other candidates of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam...
View ArticleVijay Mallya's Passport Revoked By Ministry Of External Affairs
NEW DELHI -- India has revoked the passport of Vijay Mallya, whose Kingfisher Airlines has been accused of having defaulted on loans of over ₹9,400 crore. "Having considered the reply furnished by...
View ArticleWith Regal Moustache And Amma's Blessings, A Former Cop Is In The Poll Fray
He is known within Tamil Nadu police circles as Virumandi — the lead character in Kamal Haasan’s 2004 film by the same name. The reason — his luxurious twirling moustache of which he is inordinately...
View ArticleAMU Violence: Former Student Shot Dead, Proctor's Office Torched
ALIGARH, Uttar Pradesh-- Violence erupted at the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) campus around midnight following a clash between two regional student groups in which a former student was killed,...
View ArticleHappy 43rd Sachin! Social Media Reminds Us The 'Little Master' Has Always...
Every time Sachin Tendulkar would walk to the pitch to bat, the entire stadium would roar with one chant -- "SACHIN, SACHIN". The batting maestro is the only cricketer to have hit 100 international...
View ArticleCJI Breaks Down Urging For More Judges, PM Assures Him Full Support
NEW DELHI -- An emotional CJI TS Thakur today lamented "inaction" by the Executive to increase the number of judges from the present 21,000 to 40,000 to handle the "avalanche" of litigations even as...
View ArticleKanhaiya Kumar Says His Co-Passenger, A BJP Supporter, Tried To Strangle Him...
JNU students' union president Kanhaiya Kumar claimed that a BJP supporter tried to strangle him on a Jet Airways flight. Kanhaiya tweeted this morning that a co-passenger allegedly tried to attack him...
View ArticleMadan Mitra Is Hoping To Win In West Bengal, But He Can't Vote
KOLKATA-- He is expecting thousands of electors in Kamarhati Assembly constituency to vote for him tomorrow but Trinamool Congress candidate and jailed former minister Madan Mitra himself will not be...
View ArticleThese Damning Figures About The Indian Judiciary Will Make You Want To Cry Too
NEW DELHI -- Over the weekend, Chief Justice of India Tirath Singh Thakur implored Prime Minister Narendra Modi to double the number of judges serving in Indian courts. Speaking at a conference of...
View ArticleMan, 40, Forced To Do Sit-Ups As Punishment, Dies Of Sunstroke
In a shocking case of road rage, a 40-year-old man died of a heat stroke when he was made to do sit-ups on the road in scorching heat because he accidentally bumped into someone's car. According to...
View ArticleIndian Teacher Gives Kids Real World Problems To Solve. The Answers Will...
A child's analysis of real-world problems and their solutions is innately different from an adult's, whether it is due to inexperience or unblemished innocence. However, these are the same reasons why...
View ArticleWest Bengal Polls: Roopa Ganguly Slaps TMC Worker Outside Polling Booth
HOWRAH -- An FIR was registered on Monday against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Roopa Ganguly after she was allegedly engaged in a scuffle with a Trinamool Congress (TMC) worker at a polling...
View ArticleKerala Mosque Welcomes Women Inside For The First Time In 1,000 Years
KOTTAYAM -- For the first time in its history, the 1,000-year-old mosque at Thazhathangady here, famous for its rich architecture and wood carvings, has thrown open its doors for Muslim women in...
View ArticleDoes BSNL's ₹50 3G Pack Sound Too Good To Be True? It Is.
If something seems too good to be true, it probably is. A senior official of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited has dispelled rumours that the telecom company is planning to launch a plan offering 20 GB 3G...
View ArticleOdd-Even 2.0: Paresh Rawal Apologises To Arvind Kejriwal For Violating The Rule
NEW DELHI -- Delhi Transport Corporation's MP Special Bus Service, launched by the Delhi government for ferry lawmakers to Parliament, found few takers this morning. In view of the Parliament Session,...
View ArticleWATCH: The 'Brahman Naman' Trailer Is Raunchy As Hell (And Features A...
The trailer for Q's upcoming English-language sex comedy Brahman Naman is full of no-holds-barred raunchiness. Starring Shashaank Arora, Tanmay Dhanania, Sid Mallya, and Anula Navlekar, the film is...
View ArticleIn Rajasthan, Wedding Decorators Are Taking A Decisive Stand Against Child...
In a move to curb the rampant incidents of child marriages in Rajasthan, the tent suppliers in the state have decided not to supply wedding canopies and other paraphernalia to any unions involving...
View ArticleMalegaon Bomb Blasts: Charges Against Eight Muslim Men Dropped
A special court in Mumbai on Monday dropped charges against eight Muslim men accused of the 2006 Malegaon bomb blasts that killed at least 30 people and injured more than 100. The accused- Salman...
View ArticleHere's Proof That Nargis Fakhri Is The Most Non-Bollywood Bollywood Actress...
In an industry of image-spinners working overtime with equally image-conscious stars, a conversation with Nargis Fakhri feels like a unique experience. She doesn’t really care. She doesn’t care about...
View ArticleDance Bar Row: Better To Dance Than Beg On Streets, Says Supreme Court
In its response to a petition filed against the reopening of dance bars in Maharashtra, the Supreme Court on Monday said it is better to dance than beg on the streets. Terming dancing as ‘a performance...
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