There Is No Case For Postponing The Union Budget
The opposition parties have demanded a postponement of the Union budget for 2017-18, scheduled for 1 February, since it comes just a few days before elections to the Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab,...
View ArticleMaharashtrawadi Gomantak Party Breaks Alliance With BJP Ahead Of Upcoming Goa...
PANAJI -- The Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) on Thursday withdrew its support to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government in Goa. The party declared Sudin Dhavalikar as its chief...
View ArticleLoss-Making Flipkart Paid In Excess Of ₹1 Crore To 101 Staff, ₹35 Crores To...
Losses at India's biggest e-commerce player Flipkart more than doubled in its latest fiscal to ₹2,306 crores compared to previous year. But the fat payouts at the startup would suggest otherwise....
View ArticleWhat The Heartbreaking Photograph Of A Rohingya Muslim Boy Tells Us About...
Every so often the Internet throws up an image that not only makes you sharply aware of everything that's wrong in the world and but also breaks your heart. The photograph of a baby, belonging to the...
View ArticleTMC MPs Detained During Their Protest Outside The PMO
NEW DELHI -- The Trinamool Congress (TMC) today took its protest against arrest of its leader in Lok Sabha, Sudip Bandyopadhyay, to the Prime Minister's Office as its MPs and slogan-shouting supporters...
View ArticleMoved By His Mother's Plight This Telangana School Dropout Invented A Weaving...
Growing up in a weaver's family made Chintakindi Mallesham well aware of the strenuous process involved in making Pochampally sarees. Just as all traditional sarees, Pochampally sarees too are woven...
View ArticleKiran Bedi Cancels Puducherry CM's Order Of No Social Media For Govt Officials
PUDUCHERRY -- Puducherry Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi on Thursday declared a circular issued by Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy banning the use of social media applications such as Facebook and...
View ArticleModi-Nitish Friendship Appears Rekindled As PM Praises Bihar CM For...
PATNA -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi today showered fulsome praise on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for launching a movement against liquor and appealed to all to make prohibition a grand success,...
View Article97% Of Banned Notes Back In Banks? This Is Arun Jaitley's Short Response
When asked whether 97 percent of banned notes had been returned to the banks, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's had a short reply: "I don't know." The question followed from a Bloomberg report on...
View ArticleEstimates Of Demonetised Notes Back With Banks May Be Incorrect, Says RBI
MUMBAI -- Reacting to media reports about the quantum of demonetised currency that has been returned to the banks by the 30 December deadline, the Reserve Bank of India on Thursday said such estimates...
View ArticleMallika Dua's Makeup Didi Perfectly Puts 'Women Who Are Asking For It' In...
In yet another case of harassment, albeit one that's equally horrifying, a mob of men went on a molestation spree in Bengaluru. From expressing one's anger to supporting men who had nothing to do with...
View ArticleBehind The Wheel: The Trials Of Being An Uber Or Ola Driver
You need to get somewhere. So, you open the app, put in your destination, select the cab type and wait. You might call the driver because you're in a hurry. The driver has joined the service just a few...
View ArticleBengaluru Police Arrest Four Accused In New Year's Molestation Case
BENGALURU -- Bengaluru Police Commissioner Praveen Sood announced on Thursday that four persons of the six involved in Bengaluru molestation case have been arrested. Four out of total six persons...
View ArticleAntics At Bigg Boss Reaches An All Time Low, Swami Om Throws Urine At...
Let's get this straight -- Swami Omji Maharaj is not the most evolved person around. For everyone who has been following the current season of Bigg Boss would realise that his antics stand out even at...
View ArticleWhat Only Bengalis Know: There's A Tagore Song For Every Life Situation
Long back, I would often stare at the 27 volumes of Rabindra Rachanabali neatly placed on the bookshelf in our Kolkata apartment living room. In comparison, my four-volume Tell Me Why set that I never...
View ArticleLieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi's Intervention Are Causing A Political Storm...
The gloves are off. And in the first match in the New Year, Kiran Bedi, Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry, has clean bowled Puducherry chief minister V Narayansamy. On January 2, Narayansamy issued a...
View Article10 Steps To The Best Sex Of Your Life
The world is a better place when you're having great sex. And while we're all for physics and biology-defying, limbs contorted in unimaginable ways kind of adventurous sex, that's not really going to...
View ArticleSundar Pichai Hints Google Is Working On UPI Integration
Google CEO Sundar Pichai is on tour in India for personal as well as professional reasons. Yesterday, on 4 January, he announced new solutions for small and medium businesses to bring them online....
View ArticleDelhi's Connaught Place To Go Vehicle-Free For Three Months February
NEW DELHI -- Cars and other vehicles would not be allowed to ferry into the inner and outer circles of Connaught Place February onwards. The ban is part of a pilot project under the Smart City...
View ArticleLt. General Sarath Chand Set To Be Next Vice Chief Of Army
NEW DELHI -- Lt. General Sarath Chand is set to be the next Vice Chief of Army and likely to assume office later in January, sources said. An official announcement on the decision is yet to be made....
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