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This Satirical Song By 'Aisi Taisi Democracy' On Demonetisation Will Leave...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's exhausting demonetisation drive has been a roller-coaster ride for most people. From being excited and hopeful that black money hoarders will finally be caught, to being...

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Why It's Better To Rent Than Own A Car

Road congestion and pollution are two of the most tenacious and seemingly insurmountable transportation challenges of the modern city—and both problems are growing by the day. As cities screech to a...

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Govt Desperate To Overcome The Blunder Of Unplanned Demonetisation, Says Vadra

NEW DELHI -- Strongly condemning Prime Minister Narendra Modi's demonetisation move and its effects, Congress president Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law and businessman Robert Vadra on Monday said the...

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Yogi Adityanath Is Unhappy With The BJP And That's Not Good News For The...

Days after Yogi Adityanath, the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Member of Parliament (MP) from Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh, welcomed the Supreme Court's ruling against soliciting for votes on the basis...

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Demonetisation: Small Firms See 35% Job Losses, 50% Sales Decline, Says...

In a scathing report, India's largest trade association representing over three lakh manufacturers has said that all industrial activity has come to a standstill because of the ongoing cash crunch,...

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'La La Land' Won More Globes Than Any Other Film, Ever

With "La La Land" earning the statue for Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy at the 2017 Golden Globe Awards, the film cemented its place in history. The Los Angeles–based movie musical about...

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Iran's Former President Ayatollah Rafsanjani Dead At 82

DUBAI, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani died on Sunday at the age of 82, a big blow to moderates and reformists deprived now of their most influential supporter in...

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Sushma Swaraj Reaches Out To Indian Sailors Stuck On Merchant Ships In The UAE

NEW DELHI -- External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Monday said that India will help out its sailors stuck in merchant ships at Ajman in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Abandoned by their employer...

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Post-Demonetisation, Does The Modi Government Have Enough Data To Prepare The...

The Modi government is planning to present the 2017-2018 budget on 1 February, but the Centre may not have enough data available, according to a Bloomberg report. Modi's statistics office has refused...

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Allegations Of Rape And Chopped Ears Turn Into Ripped Earrings And Family...

BAGHPAT, Uttar Pradesh -- On Saturday, clouds hung low over Baghpat's sandstone courthouse building. The building wore a deserted look over the weekend but in one of its drafty corridors, Sehroon sat...

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The Humble Bicycle Becomes The Centrepiece Of The Yadav Family's Fight In UP

NEW DELHI -- Mulayam Singh Yadav, Amar Singh and Shivpal Singh Yadav met the Election Commission to stake claim on the cycle symbol as the familial battle in Uttar Pradesh's ruling party continued to...

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Dear Karan Johar, Here Are The Three Words We Can Say To You: It Gets Better

Karan Johar and his sexuality has always been the dance of the seven veils. In his forthcoming biography An Unsuitable Boy, the last of the veils seems to be coming off. Well, almost. He still holds...

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Mulayam Locked Rooms Occupied By Son Akhilesh And Supporters Before...

Even as Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav announced yesterday that there's no dispute in Uttar Pradesh's ruling political outfit, he reaffirmed that he, not his son, is the party president....

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India's Oldest First Time Voter Dies, His Dream Unfulfilled

Asgar Ali, who became India's oldest first-time voter at the age of 103 in August 2015 after India and Bangladesh exchanged land enclaves, died in his family home on Sunday. The Indian Express quoted...

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Tamil Nadu Seeks Compensation Of ₹ 2,480 Crore From Karnataka For Not...

CHENNAI -- The Tamil Nadu government on Monday sought a compensation of ₹ 2,480 crore from Karnataka for not releasing water to the state despite getting a Supreme Court directive to do so. The apex...

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Just A Few Days Into 2017 And Indians Have Already Cracked A Lot Of Funny...

The year gone by, 2016, was a bit of a downer for India and for the world too. (It sucked actually.) We welcomed 2k16 with open arms and big smiles, full of new dreams and hopes. As the days, weeks and...

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Priyanka Chopra Sparkles In A Ralph Lauren Gown At Her First Golden Globes...

Bollywood actor Priyanka Chopra made her maiden appearance at the Golden Globe Awards, dressed in a sequinned, body-hugging Ralph Lauren gown. Chopra was representing the cast of her debut Hollywood...

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How To Be A Cultured Indian Woman (Please Don't Mind The Rape)

Every girl in India gets raped—in an everyday ass-grabbing way, or in a bus by multiple men. If anyone is shocked by the New Year's Eve incident in Bengaluru or the reactions to it, they must have been...

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Shahid Kapoor Has A Pretty Chill Response To Those Accusing Him Of...

The Shahid Kapoor-Mira Rajput episode on Karan Johar's chat show, Koffee with Karan, was a revelation of sorts. It'd be fair to say that not a lot of people expected Shahid-Mira to share the kind of...

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Why I Think There's No Way The BJP Can Win The UP Assembly Elections

Uttar Pradesh is the largest state in India, and so what happens in the forthcoming Assembly elections there will be extremely important for the whole of India. Some opinion polls (such as this one)...

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