CBSE Postpones Class X, XII Exam Date To 9 March Due To Upcoming Assembly...
NEW DELHI -- The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will conduct annual examinations of Class X and Class XII from 9 March, a day after the last phase of polling in the upcoming assembly...
View ArticleA Simple Strategy To Tame India's Sexual Predators
It has been four years since the Nirbhaya nightmare and the perversion and misogyny of India's men continue unabated. The Bangalore horror is the latest incident that shook our collective conscience....
View ArticleThree Children, Two Women Killed In A Two-Storey Building Collapse In Ghaziabad
GHAZIABAD -- At least five member of a family, including three children and two women were killed in Ghaziabad 's Loni area after a two-storey building collapsed. The untoward incident took place in...
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Where Are Cops Deadlier—In India Or The United States?
In the past few years, the American media has been inundated with news of atrocities committed by police officers, especially regarding the use of lethal force—so much so that the world is forced to...
View ArticleIt's Time India Stopped Blaming Its Misogyny On 'Western Culture'
If I had a penny for the number of times Indian politicians and officials have blamed disturbing, shameful incidents of blatant misogyny on "western culture", I could have bought myself a lifelong...
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Why Women Must Gift Men Handkerchiefs, Dictionaries And Glue
After reading and watching the news about the Bengaluru "mass molestation" incident on New Year's Eve, I was compelled to make sense of why men would behave the way they did that night and on numerous...
View ArticleIs The Internet Telling You What To Think?
How do you decide which side of the story you favour? How proud are you of your beliefs? Before you answer that, I have a question: Are your beliefs and convictions your own? By and large, the internet...
View ArticleThe Bangalore Mass Molestation And The Masters Of Oxymorons
"In these modern times, the more skin women show, the more they are considered fashionable. If my sister or daughter stays out beyond sunset celebrating December 31 with a man who isn't their husband...
View ArticleManipur Students Allegedly Denied Entry Into Taj Mahal Because They 'Looked...
In a country that is apparently the land of "Gandhi and Buddha", racism is as much a fact of life as is the culture of its denial. Months after a Manipuri woman, Monika Khangembam, was harassed at...
View ArticleSuspected Terrorist Killed In An Encounter With Security Forces In J&K
BANDIPORE (J&K) -- One suspected terrorist was killed in an encounter with security forces in Bandipore district of Jammu and Kashmir today. The encounter broke out in Parray Mohalla Hajin area of...
View ArticleTata Sons Questions Mistry's Family Right To Nominate Director
MUMBAI -- Ahead of the 6 February shareholders' meeting to remove Cyrus P Mistry as director of Tata Sons, the holding company of Tata Group has said the Mistry family did not have any right to...
View ArticleThe Morning Wrap: Will Demonetisation Spell Trouble For The BJP? A Cashless...
The Morning Wrap is HuffPost India's selection of interesting news and opinion from the day's newspapers. Subscribe here to receive it in your inbox each weekday morning. Essential HuffPost Although...
View ArticleBaba Ramdev Says Govt Should Stop Printing ₹2,000 Notes
RAIPUR -- Hailing Prime Minister Narendra Modi for demonetising ₹1,000 and ₹500 currency notes, Yoga guru Baba Ramdev today said printing of ₹2,000 currency notes should also be stopped in future. "The...
View ArticleChild Sex Ratio In Haryana Touches 900 Mark For The First Time Two Decades
In 2011, India's child sex ratio stood at 914 girls to 1000 boys, the lowest since Independence. At the time, then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called it a "national shame." Haryana had a child sex...
View ArticlePart-Time Students in Miranda House Asked Not To Take Selfies, Brush Their...
The 1,200 part-time students of the School of Open Learning (SOL) in Miranda house have now been asked not to "model" in the corridors, take selfies or even comb their hair while inside college...
View Article6 Killed, Over 30 Injured As Bus Rams Into A Stationary Bus On NH24 In UP
BAREILLY -- At least six people were killed and more than 30 suffered serious injuries after a bus rammed into a stationary bus on NH24. Bareilly: 6 dead and more than 30 injured after a bus rammed...
View ArticleTransgenders In Pakistan At Last Find A Place In The National Census
ISLAMABAD -- The Lahore High Court (LHC) has ruled that the transgender community should be included in the national population census. Hearing a petition against non-inclusion of members of the...
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Uncle Sam Wants You ... To Make Bullets That Turn Into Seeds
The government is looking for fertile minds to create a new breed of biodegradable military bullets that hold seeds along with gunpowder. The Department of Defense in November put out a call for...
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'Star Bestsellers' Was One Of The Best Shows On Indian Television And We Need...
The year was 1999, and my sister and I were asked not to watch television unsupervised. Which was another way of saying that we were only allowed to watch cartoons. So, when our parents were around, we...
View ArticleIOA Cancels Suresh Kalmadi, Abhay Chautala's Appointments Amid Controversy
NEW DELHI -- The Indian Olympic Association (IOA), which came under-fire for appointing scam-tainted Suresh Kalmadi and Abhay Chautala as its life presidents, on Tuesday decided to reverse its...
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