For many, the appointment of Basavaraj Bommai as the next Chief Minister of Karnataka was a surprise, but it underlines the fact even on his way out BS Yediyurappa still calls the shots in the state.
The choice of Bommai shows that Yediyurappa, th...
On the surface, everything seems to be calm, but embers continue to glow.
A day after the ongoing border dispute between Assam and Mizoram led to massive violence, which resulted in the death of at least five Assam police personnel, the situation ...
The Health Ministry trashed reports suggesting the July COVID vaccine target will be missed, and said the doses are supplied to states per the advance allocation plan
After facing flak for stating in Parliament that no deaths due to oxygen-shortage have been reported during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Centre has now asked states and Union territories to share data on the number of oxygen-related ...
The seventh phase of Keeladi excavations began on February 13, 2021. It is being done in 10 villages in six districts—Krishnagiri (Mayiladumparai), Sivagangai (Keeladi, Agaram), Thoothukudi (Adichanallur, Sivakalai, Korkai), Thanjavur (Konthagai, Manalur), Ariyalur (Gangai Konda Cholapuram) and, Erode (Kodumanal). The excavations were stopped in May due to Covid-19 lockdown restrictions and was resumed in the last week of June. It is expected that the excavations will last till September this year. Here are a few artefacts that have captured the interest of several people. Click here for more.
Actor Vijay got relief from the Madras High Court on July 27, when the court stayed the ₹ 1 lakh fine the actor had to pay for seeking an exemption from paying entry tax on the import of a high-end car - a Rolls Royce Ghost - in 2012.The Madras High Court division bench however directed Vijay to pay 80 per cent of the entry tax that he had not yet paid within a week of receiving a new demand notice from the commercial tax department.
Concerned over falling community size, the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church is offering cash, educational, medical support for families with 5 or more kids
Targeted surveillance using military-grade spyware is an unacceptable violation of the right to privacy, which has been held to be a fundamental right under Articles 14 (equality before the law), 19 (freedom of speech and expression) and 21 (protection of life and personal liberty) by the Supreme Court, the petition says
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday slashed India’s economic growth forecast from 12.5 per cent to 9.5 per cent for fiscal 2021-2022 following an onslaught of the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The IMF had made the earlier...
After the dismissal of its writ petition by the Karnataka High Court last week, Flipkart is now reportedly all set to knock at India's apex court to challenge the state court's approval for an anti-trust probe on the firm and its rival Amazon.com Inc to continue, said media reports.
Fugitive liquor baron Vijay Mallya, who on Monday was declared bankrupt by the London high court as part of a measure to allow Indian banks to freeze his assets worldwide, on Tuesday (July 27) launched a Twitter tirade against the banks, accusin...
Food delivery aggregator Zomato made a memorable debut in the stock market on Friday (July 23) as its share prices soared 51.3 per cent.
The stock’s issue price was ₹76 when it opened at the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) at ₹115. By the time th...
Shares of cash-strapped Vodafone Idea plunged as much as 10 per cent to ₹8 per share post the verdict. Bharti Airtel was trading over 1 per cent higher at ₹552 apiece on the BSE
The second T20 between India and Sri Lanka, scheduled to be played on Tuesday (July 27), has been postponed by a day after all-rounder Krunal Pandya tested positive for COVID-19.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)...
The eight-time former champions looked completely off colour from the first whistle and the team’s backline was put under relentless pressure by the Australians
India’s boxing star MC Mary Kom defeated Dominican Republic’s Miguelina Hernandez Garcia in the Round of 32 match at the Olympics. The six-time world champion, who won a bronze medal in 2012 London Olympics, defeated Garcia, who i...
Tokyo: India’s badminton star PV Sindhu on Sunday beat Israel’s Ksenia Polikarpova to make a dominating start to her Olympic campaign in the women’s singles group J match here.
The 26-year-old Indian, seeded sixth, beat the 58th ranked Polikarpova 21-7 21-10 in a lop-sided opening match.
“Even though it was an easy first match I didn’t take it in an easy way. It wasn’t like I wasn’t prepared. Every time, it is very important to be focused and...
State-run Xinhua news agency reported that during his visit, Xi stressed upon fully implementing the guidelines of the ruling Communist Party for "governing Tibet in a new era and writing a new chapter of lasting stability and high-quality development for the plateau region".
Tokyo: Kentaro Kobayashi, the show director for the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics, was sacked by the organising committee on Thursday for a decades-old joke cracked by him on the...
While Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin welcomed Centre’s decision to exempt Goods & Services Tax (GST) on medicines for rare diseases such as spinal muscular dystrophy, some of the demands put forth by people with spinal injuries have gone unnoticed so far.
Modern parents are well-versed with this fact: physical punishment is bad for children and can only cause more behavioural problems over time.This was driven home once again in a comprehensive study published by the reputed medical journal 'Lancet' on Monday. (June 28)
We saw it coming and yet we decided to ignore it. A latest global study indicates that Indians have suffered maximum damage to vision because of increased screen time, courtesy COVID-induced lockdowns.
Following the guidelines of the National Education Policy (NEP), engineering degree courses will now be made available in five regional languages with the All India Council for Technology Education (AICTE) preparing content for six more languages.
