Justice Chelameswar Wants SC Collegium Systems To Be Transparent And Accountable
NEW DELHI -- Justice J Chelameswar, one of the five senior most judges of the Supreme Court, did not take part in Collegium's meeting on Thursday to discuss various issues including the Memorandum of...
View ArticleCBI Raids Ex-Haryana CM Bhupinder Hooda's House Regarding Manesar Land Scam Case
NEW DELHI -- CBI today carried out searches at the residences of former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and a sitting UPSC member along with 18 other locations in a case of alleged...
View ArticleGurgaon Land Scam: CBI Raids Former Haryana CM Bhupinder Hooda's Home
NEW DELHI--CBI today carried out searches at the residences of former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and a sitting UPSC member along with 18 other locations in a case of alleged...
View ArticleAfter Faking 'Historic' Everest Climb, This Couple Was Banned From Nepal...
Dinesh & Tarakeshwari Rathod, Indian couple who 'conquered Everest' are accused of photoshopping & faking pictures. pic.twitter.com/R5QENAZBVY— Amam Shah (@amamsshah) June 30, 2016An Indian...
View ArticleKaran Johar Responds To Allegations Of Bribing KRK To Diss An Ajay Devgn Film...
Filmmaker Karan Johar recently found himself in the midst of a controversy when Ajay Devgn alleged that the filmmaker has paid ₹25 lakh to Kamaal R Khan to diss his upcoming film Shivaay. The...
View ArticleMan Beats 70-Year-Old Mother To Death For Refusing To Give Money For Alcohol
KOTA -- A 40-year-old man allegedly beat his 70-year-old mother to death after she refused to give him money for buying alcohol in Baran district of Rajasthan, police said today.The incident took place...
View ArticleSacked AAP Minister Sandeep Kumar Arrested After Woman Files Rape Case
NEW DELHI -- Capping a day of dramatic developments, sacked Delhi Minister Sandeep Kumar was yesterday night arrested on rape and other charges hours after he surrendered before police following a...
View ArticleBihar Floods Claim 19 More Lives, Death Toll Rises To 198
PATNA -- With 19 more deaths, the toll in Bihar floods yesterday went upto 198, even as the water levels of swollen Ganga started receding at many places in the state, except in Kahalgaon in Bhagalpur...
View ArticleIndia Offers Vietnam $500 Million Credit To Lift Military Deterrents In South...
HANOI -- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered Vietnam a credit line on Saturday of half a billion dollars for defence cooperation, giving a lift to a country rapidly pursing a military deterrent...
View Article11-Month-Old Baby Raped For Two Hours In Delhi
An 11-month-old baby was allegedly raped for two hours by a 36-year-old construction worker in the locality of Vikaspuri in west Delhi on Friday night, and then abandoned in some bushes by the culprit....
View ArticleMaking GST Work: Walk Before You Run
A previous article, "Sequencing in the construction of State capacity: Walk before you can run", argues that in public administration, we should first reach for a modest objective (i.e. a low load),...
View Article14 Contemporary Short Stories That Will Spark Your Mind
Literary journals discover new writers. They are also the place where some of the most exciting literary thought experiments happen. If you believe that the best literature is inevitably found in book...
View ArticleThe America I Know, The Humanity I Know
I start to write this as I sit in a coffee shop in a mall in India. It's early August. The monsoon is ending, but it feels like the beginning. The heavens have favoured this parched land, and the earth...
View Article8 Delhi-NCR Restaurants That Are Redefining The Meaning Of Fusion
Gone are the days when a restaurant was meant only for having a meal or a cafe was just for sipping a cuppa. Today, many establishments are striving to assimilate their main protagonist (read: food)...
View Article5.6 Magnitude Earthquake Rattles Oklahoma
A 5.6 magnitude earthquake hit Oklahoma early Saturday, causing damage and tremors that were felt from Kansas to Texas.The United States Geological Survey reports that the quake hit just after 7 a.m....
View ArticleRescuers Pull Dog From Rubble 10 Days After Italy's Earthquake
ROME, Sept 3 (Reuters) - A golden retriever called Romeo has been pulled alive from a pile of rubble in central Italy 10 days after towns in the area were leveled by a 6.2 magnitude earthquake.Video...
View ArticleThree Children Are Raped In Delhi Every Day: NCRB Data
Delhi recorded 927 incidents of rape cases against children last year, and at least three case of rape took place ever day in 2015, according to recently released data from the National Crimes Record...
View ArticleChinese President Xi Jinping Meets Modi At G20 Summit, Says Both Countries...
Chinese President Xi Jinping Meets Modi, Says Both Countries Must Constructively Handle Disputes told Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday that the two countries should respect each other's...
View ArticleRajnath Singh Leads All-Party Delegation To Kashmir
NEW DELHI -- With an aim to find a possible solution to the prolonged Kashmir unrest, the all-party delegation headed by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh left for Srinagar on Sunday morning.During the...
View ArticleDalit Couple Allegedly Attacked For Refusing To Work In Fields In Muzaffarnagar
MUZAFFARNAGAR -- A Dalit couple was allegedly assaulted by some land owners when they refused to do manual labour in their sugarcane fields in Pipalhera village.Raju was beaten up by Inam Singh and...
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