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PHOTOS: Here Is A List Of All The Major Train Accidents In India In The Last...

NEW DELHI -- The following is the list of some of the major train accidents in the country in recent times: November 20, 2016: At least 149 people died in one of the worst rail tragedies when 14...

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Why The Hyderabad Lit Fest 2017 Is A Giant Leap For India-Philippines Relations

The India-Philippines bilateral relationship can be best described historically as unrealised and stagnant. With shared democratic values, the widespread use of English and a way of life that...

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Will BJP's Game To Exploit The Vacuum Left After Jayalalithaa's Death In...

The AIADMK and its government that looked absolutely invincible till a few days back, are still holding up after the passing of its sole leader J Jayalalithaa, but the earth seems to have started...

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Suresh Kalmadi, Accused In CWG Scam, Declines IOA's Life Presidency Post

NEW DELHI -- Faced with a barrage of criticism, scam-tainted Suresh Kalmadi on Wednesday declined the position of the Indian Olympic Association's Life President even as the Sports Ministry issued a...

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Why This Hindu Outfit Is So Upset With Sunburn Music Festival Being Held In...

For the first time, Sunburn Festival, a popular electronic dance music event, is being held in Pune. This happened as the organisers faced hurdles in obtaining permission from the Goa government even...

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3 Must-See Artworks From The Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2016

The world we see is moulded by our perceptions. The third edition of India's only biennale is all about these multiple understandings of the world. At a time of political upheaval and glaring...

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Mulayam Singh Releases First List Of Candidates For 2017 UP Elections, Rules...

LUCKNOW -- Categorically stating that his party would not enter into an alliance for next year's assembly polls, Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav on Wednesday trained his guns at the...

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Worried About Digital Payments? Soon, You Can Dial '14444' To Solve All Your...

NEW DELHI -- Nasscom, telecom operators, and NITI Aayog have come together in creating a dedicated helpline - 14444 - for addressing all queries on digital payments, as government takes strides to push...

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Why Swati Chaturvedi's Book On The BJP's Twitter Trolls Is A Missed Opportunity

Of the seven short chapters that make up Swati Chaturvedi's I am a Troll: Inside BJP's Secret Digital Army, one is almost entirely devoted to the testimony of Sadhavi Khosla, a former volunteer with...

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Need Proof Of Tax Paid For 4 Years To Avail Amnesty Under Pradhan Mantri...

NEW DELHI -- Black money holders keen to avail of the new tax evasion amnesty scheme will have to first deposit 49.9 per cent tax and park a quarter of their unaccounted cash in zero-interest deposit...

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Anil Baijal Set To Be New Delhi LG After Najeeb Jung

NEW DELHI -- Career bureaucrat Anil Baijal looks set to become the next Lt Governor of Delhi, a post which has fallen vacant after sudden resignation of Najeeb Jung. A 1969 batch IAS officer, Baijal...

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Election Commission Instructs 5 Poll-Bound States To Prepare For Schedule...

NEW DELHI -- In an indication that assembly elections to five states could be announced anytime now, the Election Commission has asked the Centre and the state governments to implement the model code...

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Nearly 50 Days On, People Are Still Feeling The Pain Of Demonetisation:...

Nearly 50 days after the announcement of demonetisation, the proportion of Indians who believe that the pain has been worth it is at its lowest level yet, new data from a CVoter-Huffpost-BW opinion...

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SpiceJet Denies Aircraft Was In The Wrong Bay Before Near-Collision

NEW DELHI -- Budget carrier SpiceJet on Wednesday dubbed as "completely false and incorrect" media reports that its aircraft had entered the wrong bay at the Indira Gandhi international airport here a...

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Human Rights Commission Issues Notice To Telangana School After A Child Falls...

NEW DELHI -- The National Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu cognisance of a media report that 5-year-old child Jayawardhan tumbled into a vat filled to the brim with hot sambar at the time of...

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RBI Says Borrowers Will Have 30 More Days To Repay Loans Up To ₹1 Crore

In further relief to people hit by demonetisation, the Reserve Bank today gave borrowers another 30 days over and above 60 days for repayment of housing, car, farm and other loans worth up to Rs 1...

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AAP's Jarnail Singh To Fight Polls Against CM Parkash Singh Badal In Upcoming...

KOLIANWALI, Punjab -- AAP today announced its candidate, MLA Jarnail Singh, against Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal in Lambi constituency for the upcoming Assembly polls. Addressing a...

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Air Traffic Controller Mixed Up Locations In The SpiceJet, IndiGo Near...

The Air Traffic Controller inadvertently gave instructions to one aircraft to continue taxiing through a particular taxiway mixing its location with that of another plane that led to a near collision...

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Wait For Adoption Gets Longer As Baby Trafficking Rises In India

MUMBAI -- An increase in baby trafficking in India is reducing the number of children available for adoption and fuelling the lucrative trade as more couples wait to adopt, government officials said on...

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Post Demonetisation, Some Babus Are Reportedly Taking Bribes In Instalments

Demonetisation might have made it difficult for people to arrange bribes in new currency but some babus are finding unique ways around the problem like by allowing bribes in instalments. One such...

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