Russia Plane Crash: Two Indians Among 62 Killed On Board
All 62 people aboard a passenger jet flying from Dubai to southern Russia were killed when their plane crashed on its second attempt to land at Rostov-on-Don airport on Saturday, Russian officials...
View ArticleChanting 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai' Cannot Be A Litmus Test For Patriotism
It just occurred to me that I have never chanted 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai' even once in my thirty years of existence. Not as a 7-year-old sulking in the school grounds over a hoisted flag not picking up...
View ArticleVirat Kohli, Bollywood Stars Furious At Shaktiman's Attackers
From cricketers to Bollywood stars, celebrities condemned the attack on police horse Shaktiman, which left it with an amputated leg. The horse, which serves the Uttarakhand police force, was injured...
View ArticleRussia Plane Crash: Two Indians Among 62 Killed On Board
Two Indians are among the sixty-two people killed after a Dubai airliner crashed and caught fire early on Saturday while landing in strong winds in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don. All 62...
View ArticleRain Threatens To Play Spoilsport In Indo-Pak World T20 Showdown
Thunderstorm and heavy showers that lashed the city today hours before the high-voltage India- Pakistan World Twenty20 clash have subsided, raising hopes of the match going ahead here. Rain in the...
View ArticleJNU Row: Umar Khalid's Sister Says Fight Will Continue 'Till Everyone Gets...
The younger sister of Umar Khalid, one of the Jawaharlal Nehru University students named in a sedition case, said to a cheering group of students in the university that their struggle will "continue...
View ArticleModi Tells Farmers To Take Up Allied Jobs, Save Water, Diversify Crops
With back-to-back droughts hitting the agriculture output hard, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday called for steps to conserve water and asked farmers to focus on crop diversification and go...
View ArticleBJP MLA Ganesh Joshi, Who Allegedly Attacked Police Horse Shaktiman, Denied Bail
DEHRADUN – A local court on Saturday rejected the bail plea of Uttarakhand BJP MLA Ganesh Joshi, who was sent to 14 days' judicial custody yesterday, for allegedly attacking police horse 'Shaktiman'...
View ArticleSpinners, Batsmen Help India Beat Pak In World T20 Clash
It was once again India's premier batsman Virat Kohli who stood tall as Pakistan's India jinx continued at the World Cup with the hosts thrashing the arch-rival by six wickets in the high voltage World...
View ArticleSachin Tendulkar's Special Message After Team India Defeats Pakistan In World...
Sachin Tendulkar joined the millions of fans from around the world, who sent their love and good wishes to Team India after its victory against Pakistan in the ICC World T20 on Saturday. Tendulkar, a...
View ArticleLaugh Riot Erupted On Twitter (And Chetan Bhagat Managed To Get Burnt) As...
While the capacity crowd at the magnificent Eden Gardens had the time of their lives, as India beat Pakistan convincingly with icons like Sachin Tendulkar and Amitabh Bachchan cheering from the stands,...
View ArticleMan Arrested In UP After Daughter Films Him Raping Her
JALAUN -- In a shocking incident, a man has been arrested in Jalaun district of Uttar Pradesh after his daughter filmed him raping her. The girl who was being sexually abused at the hands of her father...
View ArticleBombay High Court: Obscene Act In Private Space Is Not A Crime
NEW DELHI --The Bombay High Court has ruled that an obscene act, which is carried out in a private place and does not bother anyone else, is not a crime. Earlier this month, Justice Naresh Patil and...
View ArticleJewellers End 18-Days Strike After Assurance From Arun Jaitley
MUMBAI -- Jewellers yesterday called off their 18-day old strike demanding rollback of proposed excise duty on non-silver jewellery after government assured them that there will be no harassment by...
View ArticleWorld T20: This Photo Shows That India And Pakistan Are Both Winners, This...
NEW DELHI -- While India is celebrating its victory over Pakistan in the World T20, this weekend, this photo from the women's match in the same tournament gives both nations a reason to celebrate. This...
View ArticleIIT-Roorkee Aims At Producing 100 Entrepreneurs By 2017
ROORKEE -- IIT-Roorkee is giving the innovation hub in its campus a new push and has targeted to produce at least 100 entrepreneurs by next year besides shaping up an ecosystem where its alumni network...
View ArticleMehbooba Mufti Likely To Call Meeting To Discuss Deadlock With BJP
SRINAGAR -- PDP President Mehbooba Mufti is likely to call a meeting of senior party leaders in the coming days to clear the "misgivings" about the deadlock over government formation in Jammu and...
View ArticleConstitution Allows For Free Speech Not Country's Destruction, Says Arun Jaitley
NEW DELHI -- Amid a controversy over the recent JNU row, BJP today said freedom of expression does not give a right to call for the country's destruction, with the issue finding a pride of place in the...
View ArticleUttarakhand Crisis: Speaker Issues Notice To 35 Congress Lawmakers
DEHRADUN -- Uttarakhand Speaker Govind Singh Kunjwal has issued notices to nine rebel Congress MLAs asking them why they should not be disqualified from the membership of the House for violating the...
View ArticleKargil Avalanche: Body Of Soldier Recovered From Under 12-Feet Snow
SRINAGAR -- Army teams today recovered the body of a soldier who had gone missing following an avalanche in Kargil area of Jammu and Kashmir. "Rescue teams of army on the third day of a gruelling...
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