First Give Up Crores In Benefits And Then Talk About Canteen Subsidies: MPs...
NEW DELHI -- Just weeks after Jay Panda donned the hat of Good Samaritan by calling for an end to the subsidies enjoyed by lawmakers in the parliament canteen, the Biju Janata Dal leader has got some...
View ArticleAirtel CEO Says Child Porn Filtering 'Isn't Possible'
GURGAON — A top executive of India's largest telecom company has said that being able to filter out child pornography was beyond its current capabilities. On the sidelines of the launch event of the...
View ArticlePakistani Citizen Admits Naved Is Son, Fears For Family
Pakistan's claims that the militant captured in Wednesday's attack in Udhampur is not a citizen of the country rang hollow after reporters managed to speak to a person who claimed to be his father....
View ArticleChhattisgarh Education Minister's Wife Allegedly Sent A Proxy To Write Her...
This is the ultimate irony. The wife of a state education minister apparently got an unidentified woman to sit for her final masters exam. Unfortunately for her, it seems that the impersonator was...
View ArticleFarewell to India's Missile Man
Former Indian President (also known as the "Missile Man"), Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, who died of cardiac arrest, was laid to rest last on 30 July in Rameshwaram with full state honours. Dr Kalam was born in...
View ArticleRishi Kapoor Had The Best Joke About The Whole 'Radhe Maa' Controversy
Over the past two days, Twitter has been abuzz with the photos of 'godwoman' Radhe Maa in a gaudy red miniskirt and a matching beret. Shared by BJP member and reality television star Rahul Mahajan on...
View ArticleAustralian PM Abbott Backs Adani's Carmichael Mine, Warns Against Legal Sabotage
Australian prime minister Tony Abbott has publicly backed Indian mining giant Adani's coalmine in central Queensland, arguing that the $16.5 billion project was "vitally important" and that courts...
View ArticleWATCH: 10 Hit Tracks From Actor Chiranjeevi's Best Films
Indian film actor Chiranjeevi is getting in shape for his 150th film. Auto Johnny, as the film is called, will be released next year in August on the actor's 60th birthday, and will be directed by Puri...
View ArticleTata Motors Quarterly Profit Down Nearly 50% On Slow Jaguar, Land Rover Sales...
Falling sales of sleek Jaguar saloons and sporty Range Rovers in China, the world's biggest car market, and foreign exchange volatility nearly halved quarterly net profit at Tata Motors Ltd., India's...
View ArticleAccenture Appoints Rekha Menon As India Head
Consulting and outsourcing firm Accenture has appointed Rekha Menon as its new India chairman to succeed Avinash Vashistha who resigned in July. "Rekha has made impressive contributions to our people...
View ArticleRickshaw Puller In Jaipur Finds Rs 1.17 Lakh In Roadside Packet, Returns All...
Wednesday was turning out to be a usual day for Mohammad Abid Qureshi, a hardworking rickshawpuller in Jaipur, Rajasthan. That changed when he found a polythene bag left on the roadside. Qureshi found...
View ArticleThis Man Asked Press Council For A Certificate So He Could Get ISIS...
NEW DELHI -- The Mumbai journalist who has been questioned by police for declaring his intention to join terror group ISIS, apparently approached the Press Council of India to get a certificate that...
View ArticleIndia Will Boycott Commonwealth Parliamentary Meet In Islamabad For Not...
NEW DELHI — India will boycott a Commonwealth Parliamentary Union meeting in Islamabad in September in protest against Pakistan not inviting the speaker of Jammu & Kashmir assembly, a decision that...
View ArticleRevisiting The Road To The Naga Peace Accord
As the TV news flashed on 3 August with images of Naga Peace Interlocutor, R N Ravi and Thuingaleng Muivah, the leader of the NSCN (IM) inking the Naga Peace Accord, it took me back to my visit in 2007...
View ArticleWhat Skill India Must Do To Succeed In Its Mission
As the government continues to focus on skills and launches hallmark programs like the Skill India initiative, it is imperative to examine the impact of such a program. There are over 20 Central...
View Article'Islamic Terror' And The Hypocrisy of The BJP
The world has reached at a point where violence, hate and bloodshed have become a common phenomenon, beamed into our TVs every day. The perpetrators may have different names, or have different gods but...
View ArticleIndia, Pakistan Talks Face New Hurdles As Expectations Diverge
NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD -- India plans to present Pakistan with a dossier of evidence of its involvement in militant attacks when officials from the two countries meet this month, which could jeopardize...
View ArticleED Files Money Laundering Case In Louis Berger Bribery Scandal
PANAJI -- Enforcement Directorate on Friday lodged an FIR relating to money laundering in the Louis Berger case to probe charges of bribing Indian officials to allegedly win a major water developmental...
View ArticleLousiana Governor Bobby Jindal Says He Would Toss Out 6 Supreme Court...
WASHINGTON -- Annoyed with Supreme Court rulings on Obamacare and same sex marriages, Republican presidential aspirant Bobby Jindal has said if given a chance he would toss out half-a-dozen judges of...
View ArticleThis Is What A Day In The Life Of Superstar Shah Rukh Khan Looks Like
He may be Bollywood's biggest star, but going to work for Shah Rukh Khan looks very familiar — braving traffic, carrying dozens of bags, facing network problems and reaching late! In a video posted by...
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