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Bajrang Dal Activists Stop Minor Girl's Wedding At A Church In MP
SATNA -- Police and Bajrang Dal activists entered a church and stopped the wedding of a Hindu minor girl and a boy who had allegedly converted to Christianity four years ago. The incident took place...
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Sudarsan Pattnaik Wins Gold Medal At Moscow Sand Sculpture Championship
MOSCOW -- Renowned artist Sudarsan Pattnaik bagged the gold medal at the ninth Moscow Sand Sculpture Championship "The magical world of sand" 2016. Pattnaik won the championship for best composition...
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Supreme Court Clears The Way For NEET, A Common Entrance Test For MBBS
India's apex court cleared the way for a single common entrance exam for students appearing for under-graduate medical courses -- the National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET), according to reports. A...
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PHOTOS: Some 'Game Of Thrones' S06E02 Stills To Make The Wait Easier
The sixth season of Game Of Thrones has begun, as of this Monday, and fans couldn't be happier. Especially fans in India, who often get to watch the show only on Monday morning, leading to either an...
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India Seeks Mallya's Deportation From The UK
India has asked the UK to deport Vijay Mallya, whose Kingfisher Airlines has been accused of defaulting bank loans of over Rs 9,400 crore, citing the revocation of his passport and a non-bailable...
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Pak JIT Visit Was Based On Principle Of Reciprocity: Govt
Pakistan has been clearly told that it should allow an Indian probe team to visit that country in connection with Pathankot terror attack as reciprocity was the principle on which Pakistan's JIT was...
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Baba Sehgal Takes Body-Shaming To Trollish Level In New Video
Baba Sehgal, for a lack of a fitting definition, is one of the most bizarre products of the Indian music industry. The reason that he still has a semblance of an audience is because occasionally his...
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ISI Controlled Laden's Abbottabad Compound: Book
The Abbottabad hideout of Osama bin Laden was under ISI control and a Pakistan Army doctor treated the most dreaded terrorist in the world before he was killed in a daring raid by US commandos in 2011,...
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21 Photos That Reflect The Beauty Of Different Indian Dance Forms
While the world has vigorously embraced (no puns here) salsa and tango, on International Dance Day here's a tribute to India's glorious dance forms from the states -- as colourful and varied as their...
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Trupti Desai Claims There's A Bounty Of ₹1 Lakh To Stop Her From Entering...
After her successful right-to-pray campaign centred around the Shani Shingnapur and Trimbakeshwar temples in Maharashtra, Trupti Desai of the Bhumata Ranragini Brigade was all set to enter the Haji Ali...
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Prakash Padukone's Letter To Deepika Is A Must-Read For Anyone Who Wants To...
The following passage has been excerpted from Sudha Menon's Legacy: Letters From Eminent Parents To Their Daughters, published by Penguin Random House India, with permission from the publisher. Dear...
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Bombay High Court Directs Demolition Of Adarsh Building
MUMBAI -- Holding that the scam-tainted 31-storey Adarsh apartments was illegally constructed, the Bombay High Court today directed the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests to demolish the tower...
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A Unified Medical Entrance Is A Great Idea But It Might Not Stick
As I a watched a briefer than brief discussion on the National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET) judgement in a TV show, I was struck by the opposition to a single common entrance exam for undergraduate...
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Govt Raises EPF Interest Rate To 8.8% For 2015-16
In the third roll-back in two months, the government on Friday raised the interest rate on employee provident fund (EPF) contributions to 8.8 per cent for 2015-16 against 8.7 per cent approved by the...
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New Tax Data Is Unambiguous: Black Money Is A Huge Part Of Indian Economy
The Income Tax (IT) Department has released some very interesting data today. It basically reconfirms what we have known all along -- that very few Indians pay income tax. The number of Individuals...
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Amit Shah Targets Sonia Gandhi Again, Poses Questions On VVIP Chopper Scam
Intensifying his attack, BJP President Amit Shah today targeted Congress chief Sonia Gandhi once again over the VVIP chopper scam asking her to explain a "number of relaxations" given to AgustaWestland...
View ArticleFans Might Be Thrilled, But Subramanian Swamy Is Not Helping BJP's Cause
NEW DELHI -- Rajya Sabha's newest entrant Subramanian Swamy has monopolized the second part of the Budget Session of Parliament, and newspaper headlines, this week. He has dragged Congress Party leader...
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Activists Term Bohra Muslim Leader's Speech Backing Female Genital Mutilation...
MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A speech by the spiritual leader of the Dawoodi Bohra community, in which he appears to be urging followers in India to continue the practice of female genital...
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Uttarakhand Doubles Staff Count Fighting Forest Fires To 6,000
The Uttarakhand government has decided to double the number of personnel engaged in dousing wild fires in different parts of the state from 3000 to 6000. Governor KK Paul took the decision late on...
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Temples, Trusts Deposit 1,512 Kg Gold Under Gold Monetisation Scheme
Banks have collected about 1,500 kg of gold from temples and trusts under the Gold Monetisation Scheme (GMS) since its launch last November. Under the GMS, 2015 approximately 1,512 kg of gold has so...
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