Meet Nischal Narayanam, India's Youngest Chartered Accountant
He's the country's youngest Chartered Accountant but he needs to wait two more years before he can enrol in the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), which needs its members to be at...
View ArticleYakub Memon Files Fresh Plea In Supreme Court Against His Execution
Yakub Abdul Razak Memon, the sole death row convict in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, today moved the Supreme Court seeking stay of execution of his death sentence scheduled for July 30. Memon,...
View Article80 People Die In Delhi Everyday Due To Air Polliution, Says Environment...
The Indian government today said that 80 people are dying everyday from air pollution in Delhi. The alarming figure was disclosed by environment minister Prakash Javadekar in a written response in the...
View ArticleApple Is Stepping Up India Game With Wider Retail Network, Financing Schemes
With only a tiny share of the world's fastest-growing major smartphone market, Apple Inc. is stepping up its push into India, with a first targeted TV advertising campaign, expanded retail network and...
View ArticleWill Not Allow Another Kargil, Says Army Chief Dalbir Singh Suhag At Victory...
Army Chief General Dalbir Singh Suhag on Saturday said the armed forces will not let another Kargil-like conflict to take place. After paying tributes to the Kargil war martyrs at a memorial here, he...
View ArticleMasaan Review: A Fine Film Packed With Fantastic Performances
The idea of India has always been fascinating to me. Because, to me, India is--and always has been--more a utopian idea of what a country can and should be, whereas the reality has gotten rather lost...
View ArticleHyundai To Raise Car Prices By Upto Rs 30,000 From August, Except Creta
Get ready to pay more if you want to buy a Hyundai car, except Creta. Hyundai Motor India Ltd. said that will increase car prices across all models, excluding that of sports utility vehicle Creta, by...
View ArticleModi Launches BJP's Election Campaign In Bihar With Brutal Attack On...
Kicking off Bharatiya Janata Party's campaign for the Bihar state election with a brutal verbal assault on his political rivals, Prime Minister Narendra Modi attacked Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar...
View ArticleReimagining The Women Of Krishna (Book Excerpt)
Krishna is perhaps one of the most intriguing philosophies of Indian mythology. And Krishna is also one of the misunderstood concepts when you try to judge him as a surficial character. The Indian...
View ArticleThe Importance Of Breasts
We all have mammary memories, both wonderful and embarrassing. The times when we lusted for them, the many times we cursed their existence. These bulbous mounds of fat, the appearance of which changed...
View ArticleWhy The Ancient Egyptians Would Love Our Yellow Smileys
"To get the right word in the right place is a rare achievement," wrote Mark Twain in 1868. Some 150 years later, he's been proven right. So difficult was this achievement, it seems, that man gave up...
View ArticleChinese Whispers And Divorce
She: Your mother caused the problems in our relationship. He: You didn't work hard enough to be a part of this family. She: Whatever I do, I will never be as good a cook as your mother, as beautiful as...
View ArticleIPL Spot-Fixing Case: Why The Charges Against Sreesanth, Chandila And Chavan...
In a slap to Delhi police, a court on Saturday discharged all 36 accused including India's test discard S Sreesanth and two other cricketers Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan, in the 2013 IPL-6...
View ArticleAfter Outrage, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Apologises For Calling...
NEW DELHI—Days after the Delhi Police filed defamation complaints against Arvind Kejriwal after he referred to police officials as "thullas", the chief minister has apologised. Kejriwal apologised for...
View ArticleKanpur Woman Finds Rs 95,000 Crore In Her Bank Account, Thanks To SBI...
This was a situation straight out of a Bollywood movie. A few days ago, a woman from Kanpur, who works as a domestic help, became one of the richest women when an amount of Rs 95,71,16,98,647 was...
View ArticlePrime Minister Modi Pays Tribute to Kargil Martyrs On Mann ki Baat, Keeps Mum...
NEW DELHI—Concerned over the high rate of casualties in accidents, the government will soon bring a Road Transport and Safety Bill and launch cashless treatment for mishap victims, Prime Minister...
View ArticleRanbir Kapoor And Katrina Kaif Are Not Getting Married Anytime Soon
MUMBAI—The recent reports that suggested Bollywood couple Katrina Kaif and Ranbir Kapoor are engaged, may not be true after all. Katrina Kaif has denied reports that she is engaged to actor Ranbir...
View Article30% Lawyers In The Country Are Fake, Says Bar Council Chairman
CHENNAI—30% of lawyers in the country are fake, possessing 'fraudulent' law degrees or non-practising persons, and are degrading the profession, Bar Council of India Chairman Manan Kumar Mishra has...
View ArticleSalman Khan's Tweets Bring Yakub Memon's Death Sentence Into Mainstream...
Actor Salman Khan has joined the growing chorus of voices opposing the death sentence awarded to Yakub Memon, brother of 1993 Mumbai blasts accused Tiger Memon. A number of journalists, activists and...
View ArticleGurdaspur Attack: 7 Killed In Deadly Strike On Punjab Police Station
A Punjab Police SP (detective) was among seven killed in a daring attack on a police station in the state's northern border town of Gurdaspur on Monday morning. Indian army commandos joined the Punjab...
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