Karan Johar On 'Ae Dil Hai Mushkil' Controversy: Won't Work With Pak Artistes...
Karan Johar is at the centre of a heated political debate over the release of his romantic drama, Ae Dil Hai Mushkil owing to escalating tensions between India and Pakistan. Earlier today, the...
View ArticleOdd-Even Scheme Had No Impact On Air Pollution, Says National Green Tribunal
The National Green Tribunal today directed Delhi government to convene a meeting of concerned authorities to come up with a solution to tackle the worsening air quality in the national capital, after...
View ArticleTMC Lawmaker Abhishek Banerjee Injured In Road Accident
Trinamool Congress MP and the party's youth wing president Abhishek Banerjee was today injured when his vehicle met with an accident on NH-2 near Singur, while he was returning to Kolkata from...
View ArticleAfter Karan Johar Says He Won't Work With Pak Artistes, Right-Wing Outfit...
Shortly after Karan Johar released a video statement in which the Bollywood filmmaker said that he won't be working with Pakistani artistes in the future, the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, a right-wing...
View ArticleWhat Karan Johar's Statement Says About The India We Live In Today
On Tuesday, The Times Of India published a column by Goa-based writer Vivek Menezes that narrates an incident about writer and disability activist Salil Chaturvedi. He writes: Like almost every Indian,...
View ArticleThose Who Die For Their Country Do Not Need An Official Tag Of 'Martyr', Says...
NEW DELHI -- Anyone who lays down his life for the country is a martyr, who remembered by society, and no other recognition like a certificate of 'shaheed' from the government is needed, Delhi High...
View ArticleChinese Flags Recovered From Terror Hideouts In Kashmir, 44 Held
SRINAGAR -- Possibly for the first time in Kashmir, security forces have recovered Chinese flags along with incriminating material during raids at suspected hideouts of militants in Baramulla and...
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We Think These Are The Best Street Food Places In Kolkata. Agree?
Kolkata is synonymous with its food. From mustard-scented macher jhol to sweet sondesh, from the poppyseed-laced aloo posto to juicy rosogulla, there are local delicacies galore for the foodie to exult...
View ArticleHow My Dad's Pacemaker Changed My Life
It needed much coaxing, cajoling and finally outright threats—of the "no single malt and no kebabs" variety—to get my father to agree to a cardiac check-up at AIIMS (All India Institute of Medical...
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Podcast: A Chilling Cold War Story About Indian Mountaineers Scaling The...
Let's rewind a little, back to the year 1965 — India had just scaled Mount Everest under the leadership of Captain Manmohan Singh Kohli, an expert mountaineer and commander in the Indian Navy. India...
View ArticleSome 'Gandhigiri' May Help Contain Both Pakistan And China
The two systems used a century ago by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi to cripple the British economy, especially in India, were promotion of indigenous goods ("Swadeshi") and shunning of foreign items...
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What Is The Fear Of Knowing Oneself?
The fear is that perhaps one is a bad person. The fear is that we may discover that we are a bad person after having cultivated an image of being a good person. We appear to be a good person—we are...
View ArticleWhy We Should Shut Down Some Schools In India
Something is terribly wrong with the education system in India. Under the policies of Right to Education and Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan we've lost focus on what education is supposed to be. Both the...
View ArticleMakeMyTrip Is Buying Rival Ibibo Group Amid Tough Online Travel Competition
India's oldest travel website operator MakeMyTrip Ltd (MMYT.O) said it would buy rival ibibo Group to create the biggest player in the fast-growing flight, hotel and bus bookings market in the country....
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Saudi Arabia Has Reportedly Executed A Prince For Murder
A Saudi prince was executed in Riyadh on Tuesday after a court found him guilty of shooting dead a fellow Saudi, official media reported, in a rare example of a ruling family member subjected to the...
View ArticleForces Carried Out Attacks Across LoC In The Past Too, Foreign Secretary...
The army had carried out "target specific, limited-calibre, counter-terrorist operations" across the LoC in the past too but this is for the first time the government has gone public about it, a...
View ArticleCan Make Tea, Play Drums, Have All Qualities Of Becoming PM, Says UP Minister...
Saharanpur, Oct 18 (PTI) — He may be a strident critic of Narendra Modi but Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan says he shares many of his qualities like "making tea", "dressing properly" and "playing...
View ArticleIn Telangana, An Entire Village Is Helping Farmers Update Tattered Land Records
KONGARAGIDDA, India. -- Poorly educated and with few resources, Kanasari Veeraswami had no way of proving he was the lawful owner of a small plot of land left to him by his father in Telangana. Local...
View ArticleTrump Tapes, Clinton WikiLeaks And Viewers Who Care Less Every Day
The US presidential election has been a rollercoaster ride, with tantrums, conspiracy theories and tabloid-worthy revelations at every turn. In one of the most intense presidential fights ever, Donald...
View ArticlePM Narendra Modi Says His Head Hangs In Shame When Dalits Are Targeted
Prime Minister Narendra Modi reportedly told a public gathering in Ludhiana on Tuesday that his head "hangs in shame" because there are atrocities committed against Dalits in India "even today". "Even...
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