Armed Forces Angered By Defence Ministry's 'Downgrading' Of Their Status
Reports have revealed that the armed forces have written to the defence ministry in 2003, 2005, 2008 and as recently as last month expressing their misgivings over the downgrading of military officials...
View ArticleBan Children From Dangerous Religious Rituals, Says National Commission For...
CHENNAI -- India's child protection agency has appealed to parents not to let children take part in religious rituals that could be dangerous, following a teenager's death after a 68-day fast. The...
View ArticlePakistan High Commission Staffer Arrested For Allegedly Possessing Defence...
A Pakistan High Commission employee was reportedly arrested by the Delhi Police on Thursday for allegedly stealing defence-related documents. #FLASH: Delhi Police crime branch detains Pak High...
View ArticleYellow Roofs And Grey Matter
The grid of roads in the National Capital Region, punctuated by circular traffic islands, is delightfully flanked by green sign boards serving as pathfinders for new commuters like me. Yet, lost in the...
View ArticleJournalist Who Authored Book On 2002 Gujarat Riots Prevented From Speaking In...
Indian journalist Rana Ayyub, author of Gujarat Files- Anatomy of a Cover Up, was prevented from speaking at an event organised by the Indian Association of Bihar and Jharkhand in Doha, Qatar, to mark...
View ArticleMAMI 2016 - Day 6: 'An Insignificant Man', Docu On Arvind Kejriwal, Is An...
Venue-hopping in Mumbai traffic would drive the calmest person up the wall. I'm not the calmest person, and doing that yesterday made me tear some of my hair out. The day began at Bandra's Le Reve, a...
View ArticleFull Text: Cyrus Mistry's Bombshell Letter To The Tata Board Makes Very...
This is the full text of the letter Cyrus Mistry wrote to the members of the Tata Sons board, and the trustees of the Tata Trusts, on 25 October after he was unceremoniously removed as Chairman of Tata...
View ArticleFarhan Akhtar Says 5 Crore Deal Between MNS And Karan Johar Has Set A...
Farhan Akhtar, who's gearing up for the release of Rock On 2, has strongly criticised the recent deal between Karan Johar and the Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena. MNS had threatened to...
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What The Threatening Letter To Chandrababu Naidu Says About The Maoists In...
It is obvious from the tone and tenor of the letter written by Shyam, spokesperson of the AP State committee of the CPI (Maoist) that the Reds are seething with rage. Mincing no words, the Maoists have...
View Article'Purification' Ceremony Carried Out In Udupi After Dalit Gathering
A 'shudhikalasha' (purification) ceremony was conducted in the town of Udupi in Karnataka by a Sangh Parivar outfit, days after Jignesh Mevani, the Gujarat-based lawyer and Dalit leader, interacted...
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If You Want To Make Big Money, You've Got To Worship The Holy Trinity Of The...
In India, we have always worshipped trinities. Hindus worship the female trinity of Lakshmi-Saraswati- Kali as well as the male trinity of Brahma-Vishnu-Shiva. Christians too revere the trinity of the...
View ArticleYou Haven't Seen Anything Half As Romantic In The Recent Times As This Dance...
Dance and love are often uttered in the same breath. And there's a good reason why. When you're in love it's not rare to do a little twirl by yourself or just feel a kind of giddiness that makes you...
View ArticlePakistan High Commission Staffer Detained At Delhi Zoo For Espionage
Police temporarily detained a Pakistani diplomat working in New Delhi for allegedly running a spy racket that accessed sensitive information about Indian security operations along its border, officials...
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Pakistan Says Espionage Charges Against Its Diplomat Are 'False And...
ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan today deplored India declaring its High Commission staffer in New Delhi as persona non-grata for espionage activities, terming charges against the diplomatic official as "false...
View ArticleHow Cyrus Mistry's Hostile Defense Has Turned A Boardroom Battle Into A...
Days after he was ejected as chairman of Tata Sons, Cyrus Mistry has stunned India with a hostile 5-page letter outlining governance failures, poor decisions and looming writedowns at one of the...
View ArticleGovt May Change Law On Censor Board, Says M Venkaiah Naidu
NEW DELHI -- Government plans to make changes in the six decades-old cinematography law to tone up the functioning of the censor board, which has been at the centre of many controversies. Information...
View ArticleYou Could Soon Be Drinking 'Sairat' And 'Zingaat' Desi Liquor In Maharashtra
After the commercial success of the critically-acclaimed Marathi film Sairat, manufacturers of desi liquor are eager to name their brands, Sairat and Zingaat. According to a report in Mid-Day, the...
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Samsung Retains World Smartphone Crown Despite Note7 Fiasco
The last few weeks have been very bad for Samsung after several burn and blast cases sealed the fate of its new flagship smartphone, the Galaxy Note7. However, despite the jolt, the Korean...
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Meet The Man Who Cooks For The President Of India
You may not have heard of Montu Saini, but he has one of the most important jobs in the country. As the executive chef to the President of India, he runs the Rashtrapati Bhavan's kitchens and feeds the...
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Half Of India's Wildlife May Soon Be Wiped Out, Says WWF's Living Planet...
Species loss, climate change, deforestation — these are ubiquitous terms now, circulating in the global public discourse. Most of us know what they mean and imply for the future. Yet, broken down into...
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