Chennai: CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury today (June 26) pointed out that the “distractions”, including the latest “imposition” of Hindi in states where the language was not widely spoken, were the “essence” of the three-year rule of the Narendra Modi-led BJP government at the Centre. Flaying the Centre for “not honouring” the promises made to […]
The 78-kilometer toy train line from NJP to Darjeeling is silent. Few are seen in the tea gardens. Tear gas shells counter the stones and bottles pelted at the police. The unrest over a long simmering separatist movement rattles the town which this time of the year keeps buzzing with tourists from all over India. […]
NEW DELHI : Your local Ayurveda quack may be taking you for a ride, giving you lizard penises disguised as dried root medicine! An Indian man has been arrested for selling dried monitor lizard penises online as a rare root plant believed to bring good luck, Indian forest department officials said Friday (June 23). The […]
“Islam and Christianity are alien” to India, NDAs Presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind said seven years ago when he was just appointed a BJP spokesperson. Kovind, then a little known BJP leader, addressed a press conference at the BJP headquarters here on March 26, 2010, sought that the Justice Ranganath Misra Commission, which had recommended […]
The rise of so-called fringe groups whose sole agenda seems to harass the minorities is on the rise in Madhya Pradesh. Members of Matrushakti, a female wing of the VHP, and Bajrang Dal (responsible for the gruesome burning alive of the Australian national Graham Staines and his two small sons in Orissa(Odisha) a decade or […]
New Delhi: Soccer rules! Striker Sunil Chhetri said a mid-match dressing down from coach Stephen Constantine got the best out of the Indian football team in its AFC Asian Cup 2019 qualifier against Kyrgyzstan. Chhetri, who scored the solitary goal in India’s win, said this was by far the team’s best performance in more than […]
New Delhi, Jun 15 (PTI) The Public Works Department (PWD) of the Delhi government has slapped a fine of Rs 27 lakh on the AAP for “unauthorised occupation” of a bungalow in Rouse Avenue here. The PWD has issued a notice to AAP national secretary Pankaj Gupta over its continued occupation of 206, Rouse Avenue […]
Is it time for Reliance communications to do rethink a lot of their strategy? Battle of the Ambani Brothers is on, Rcom vs Jio vs others? The news is that Reliance Group chairman Anil Ambani has “voluntarily” decided not to draw any salary or commission from debt laden flagship firm Reliance Communications (RCom) in current […]
Every year, on 14 June, comes World Blood Donor Day (WBDD). The event serves to raise awareness of the need for safe blood and blood products and to thank blood donors for their life-saving gifts of blood. Every pint of blood donated can save more than 3 lives! So if you began donating blood at […]
A sweeping ban on trading cattle for slaughter, imposed by India’s Government to appease its ultra conservative Hindu vote-base, is being seen by the nation’s meat and leather industries as an attempt to destroy businesses ultra conservative Hindus do not agree with. Other critics argue the ban is an attempt to control what people eat, […]
New Delhi, Jun 6 Does a woman forfeit her right to her parent’s property because she converted from Hinduism to Islam? That’s the question before a Delhi court which is hearing a civil suit from a 33-year-old woman claiming a share of the property purchased by her deceased father. Her two brothers say she no […]
New Delhi: Foreigners who don’t know about Indian laws may find themselves in a pickle. Now, the Delhi High Court has asked the Centre to inform the embassies and the high commissions in India to advise their citizens about the local laws while travelling to India. The direction comes amid a rise in cases lodged against foreigners, found […]
