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Sushant Singh Rajput Just Ripped Aditya Chopra's 'Befikre' To Shreds
Sushant Singh Rajput, who started his career with television (Pavitra Rishta) but found his breakthrough role in Bollywood with Abhishek Kapoor's well-received Kai Po Che, has something to say about...
View ArticleIn Kerala, CPM's Hypocrisy Is About As Unbearable As BJP's Intolerance
Kerala is a great state for polemic, except that it has to be driven by the CPM, whether it's ruling or not. Otherwise, you will be in trouble and will be overrun by a huge army of vituperative and...
View ArticleAkhilesh Yadav Meets Mulayam Singh Yadav Amid Speculations Of A Patch-Up
LUCKNOW -- Even as the battle over the party's symbol 'cycle' continued unabated, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav met his father and Samajwadi Party patron Mulayam Singh Yadav at the...
View ArticleNoted Marathi Litterateur's Statue Vandalised In Pune By Group That Alleged...
PUNE -- Noted Marathi playwright and humorist late Ram Ganesh Gadkari's statue installed in a garden here was vandalised in the early hours today by a pro-Maratha group which alleged that Chhatrapati...
View ArticleRBI Asks Banks To Supply 40% Of Currency To Rural Areas
MUMBAI -- The RBI on Tuesday said the supply of currency notes in rural areas was not adequate and asked banks to send at least 40 percent of the supply to their rural branches. "The bank notes, being...
View ArticleEarthquake Measuring 5.7 Hits Tripura, Tremors Felt In Assam
AGARTALA -- An earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale rocked Tripura and adjoining north-eastern states of India on Tuesday afternoon. No casualties were reported yet, officials said. The IMD...
View Article59 Youths Joined Militant Ranks Post Burhan Wani's Killing, Claims J&K Govt
JAMMU -- The Jammu and Kashmir government today said that a total of 59 youths in the Valley joined militant ranks after the killing of Hizbul terrorist Burhan Wani in an encounter with security forces...
View ArticleAbu Azmi Blames Short Dresses And Modern Culture For Bengaluru Women Molestation
Samajwadi Party leader Abu Azmi sparked controversy on Tuesday with his comments on the molestation of women in Bengaluru on New Year's eve. Azmi reportedly said that the incident was bound to happen...
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In The Race For The Slowest Moving Traffic Among Indian Cities, We Have A Winner
If you live in one of India's busiest metros, your daily commute is likely to be perpetually plagued by traffic jams and delays. Traffic in India's busiest metros moved at an average speed of 22.7 kmph...
View ArticleSIT Probe Against Some Journalists For Writing In Favour Of The VVIP Chopper...
NEW DELHI -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear the plea for a SIT probe against some journalists for writing in favour of AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal after being purportedly paid by the...
View ArticleFormer Puducherry Minister VMC Sivakumar Hacked To Death
KARAIKAL -- Former Puducherry Agriculture Minister VMC Sivakumar was hacked to death by an unidentified gang on Tuesday, police said. Sivakumar was on his way to inspect construction work when his car...
View ArticleAn Easily Explained Discrepancy Delayed India's Official Road Accident Data...
India's official traffic accident statistics were held back for five months because of a small discrepancy between two government departments that could not be resolved. The official source for crime,...
View ArticleFeminism Often Becomes More About Male Bashing Than Equal Rights, Says Kalki...
Kalki Koechlin, who has found a niche in Bollywood with a steady balance of films such as Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani and Margarita, with a Straw, said that feminism today often is more about "male...
View ArticlePaytm Introduces Support For UPI In The App
NEW DELHI -- Mobile payment and e-commerce platform Paytm on Tuesday added support for payments using the "Unified Payments Interface" (UPI). Users on the UPI platform can now add money to their Paytm...
View ArticleThese Stick Figures Have The Perfect Response To The Imbecilic #NotAllMen...
On New Year's eve, hundreds of women on the streets of Bengaluru were molested by inebriated men who were out on a molestation spree on foot and on bikes. The women who were being accosted, teased,...
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Will Akhilesh Stoop To A Cong Alliance? For The Sake Of 'Gumnami Baba' I Hope...
"Indian Politics... Ugh! It stinks." — 'Gumnami Baba' I recently wrote on these pages comparing UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's travails to those of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's, against Gandhi and...
View ArticleOf The Many Bangalore New Year's Eve Molesters, One Learnt The Lesson Of A...
On New Year's Eve, Bengaluru proved it is no better than Delhi, or any other city when it comes to safety of women. Several women alleged that they were molested as thousands of revellers poured out on...
View ArticleCBI Arrests TMC MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay In Connection With Rose Valley Chit...
KOLKATA -- The CBI on Tuesday arrested Trinamool Congress parliamentary party leader in the Lok Sabha Sudip Bandyopadhyay in connection with the alleged Rose Valley chit fund scam, the second of a...
View ArticleMuslims Should Not Waste Their Vote On Samajwadi Party, Says Mayawati
LUCKNOW -- BSP chief Mayawati on Tuesday cautioned Muslims in Uttar Pradesh not to split their votes and said Dalits won't be swayed by hollow words. Mayawati told the media that Muslims would have to...
View ArticleFive Charts That Tell Sad And Surprising Stories About Suicides In India
Last week, the National Crime Records Bureau released data on suicides recorded in India in 2015. In all, 1.33 lakh people took their own lives in 2015. These are the five most counter-intuitive...
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