Twitter War Erupts Between Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal And Leader Of Opposition...
NEW DELHI -- A Twitter war erupted on Friday between Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and the Leader of Opposition Vijender Gupta as the latter demanded a probe into appointments made by the AAP...
View ArticleDelhi HC Issues Notice To SP Tyagi In Connection With AgustaWestland Chopper...
NEW DELHI -- Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice to former Indian Air Force chief Air Chief Marshal (Retd.) S.P. Tyagi after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) moved the higher court...
View ArticleEntrance Tests Not Enough, MBBS Students Will Now Also Have To Take An Exit...
In order to formally start practicing medicine, medical students will have to do more than complete a five-and-a-half year long MBBS course. The Union Health Ministry has decided to implement a new...
View ArticleSome Of It Is Fiction, Admits Aamir Khan, After Angry Complaint Of Real Life...
Days after Dangal hit the theaters, the film has found itself in a raging controversy. PR Sondhi, the National Sports Academy coach who trained Geeta Phogat for the Commonwealth Games 2010, is upset...
View ArticleIt's 2016 So Everyone Thinks The Queen Is Dead And A Media Blackout Is...
2016 was the year of "fake news" so it's seems almost suitable that it ends with rumours of the Queen's death and an alleged media cover-up. A spoof BBC News Twitter account sent people into a panicked...
View ArticleNASA's Curiosity Rover Has Just Discovered Purple-Hued Rocks On Mars
WASHINGTON -- NASA's Mars Curiosity rover has captured an up-close image of the red planet's mountainous landscape, with purple-coloured rocks littered across the foreground. The image captured from...
View ArticleMulayam Yadav Calls Urgent Meeting To Avoid Split In Samajwadi Party
LUCKNOW -- With SP facing a rebellion from Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav over ticket distribution, its supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav has called a meeting of all the candidates allotted tickets amid...
View ArticleCash Crunch Weeks After Demonetisation Making Some On Modi's Team Anxious
NEW DELHI -- Cash shortages weeks after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's decision to abolish large currency notes are making allies and members of his ruling party anxious, with some distancing...
View ArticleBelieve It Or Not: Mumbai Has Been Declared An Open Defecation Free City
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has declared Mumbai free of open defecation. According to the BMC, Mumbai has become the third ODF city after Kolhapur and Navi Mumbai. The civic body has...
View ArticleThese Stories Of Overnight Success Defy Logic
Many a struggler has desperately dreamt of that one life-changing moment—that phone call offering a film role, the letter of selection in the national team, or that email from a venture capitalist...
View ArticleNarendra Modi To Launch Digital Payment App
NEW DELHI -- To promote and make digital transactions easier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch a mobile app on Friday. "I will launch a mobile app to enable easier digital payments and...
View ArticleWill Only Support Pema Khandu Govt And Not Any Other CM, Asserts Arunachal BJP
ITANAGAR -- The BJP in Arunachal Pradesh today made it clear that it will "only" support Pema Khandu government in the state and "will never" support any other chief minister. The party decision came...
View ArticleNo Happy Hours? Nightclubs And Bars To Telecast PM Modi's Speech On New...
From all indications, it seems this New Year's Eve may turn out to be rather unusual. Armed with the customary music and dance, Delhi nightclubs and pubs are gearing up for a surprising end to 2016 by...
View Article9 Possible Options Before Akhilesh Right Now In His 'War Of List' With Father...
A "war of list" has broken out between Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav and his son, the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Akhilesh Yadav. Father and son have each issued a list of probable...
View ArticleShirdi's Saibaba Temple Gets ₹31.73 Crore In Donations Post Demonetisation
SHIRDI -- The Shri Saibaba Sansthan Trust has received donations of ₹31.73 crore during the past 50 days post the government's demonetisation move, an official said on Friday. These donations include...
View ArticleSC Dismisses Petition Against The New CJI's Appointment
NEW DELHI -- The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a petition seeking the quashing of Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar's appointment as the next Chief Justice of India. Khehar will take over as the Chief...
View ArticleThe Brave But Heartbreaking Journey Of India's First Transgender College...
A year and a half ago, when Manabi Bandopadhyay was appointed the principal of a prestigious women's college in the Nadia district of West Bengal, she summed up her journey to Hindustan Times as "a...
View ArticleLIVE: 'Unconstitutional' To Expel Without Listening Just Hours After Issuing...
Samajwadi party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav has expelled Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav for six years from the party over indiscipline. He also suspended Samajwadi Party general secretary...
View ArticleIf Apple Makes In India, It Will Be A Win-Win For Everyone
Picture this -- it is September of 2016 and in Cupertino, California, Apple CEO Tim Cook is wrapping up the presentation of the new iPhone. He announces the prices and the countries where the iPhone is...
View ArticleCBI Arrests TMC MP Tapas Pal For His Alleged Role In The Rose Valley Chit...
Trinamool congress MP Tapas Pal was arrested by CBI in connection with the Rose Valley chit fund scam. Pal had been summoned by the agency for his role in the scam and was arrested after four hours of...
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