It’s been a year since Jammu and Kashmir lost its semi-autonomous status and statehood and the region got separated into two union territories — Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir. What has changed in the r...
In an apparent hoax, an Indian Air Force (IAF) aircraft installed on the premises of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) was listed for sale on OLX, an online buying and selling platform, at a price of ₹9.99 crore, on Monday (August 3).
It was proved ...
The Islamabad High Court on Monday (August 3) said that Indian officials should get another chance to appoint a lawyer for former Indian Navy officer Kulbhushan Jadhav, who is on death row in Pakistan on charges of espionage and terrorism.
Accordi...
Amidst the pandemic, India is in the process of a fundamental shift in its criminal jurisprudence. A five-member committee has been formed to take up the mission of suggesting drastic changes in the IPC, CrPC as well the Indian Evidence Act - the three major pillars of India’s criminal law.
Two days after Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa tested positive for COVID-19, former chief minister and opposition leader Siddaramaiah on Tuesday (August 4) tweeted that he has tested positive for the virus and has been admitted to the hospita...
Karnataka has been the most successful state for the BJP electorally in south India, and it is tempting to assume that L K Advani’s rath yatra in 1990 and the Ayodhya dispute had something to do with it.
While the rath yatra and its passage throug...
When a sister of late actor Sushant Singh Rajput reportedly accused his girlfried Rhea Chakraborty of casting a spell on him, many on social media lost no time to brand Rhea and other Bengali women as "witches" using black magic to dominate men. Such ostracisation usually has very terrible aftereffects, resulting in casual but fatal sexism, from the woman being lynched to her succumbing to neglect. What goes behind the stereotyping of the Bengali woman as the long-haired, red-lipped, irresistibly bold enchantress who turns everyone into puppets of her will? Click here to know more.
Amaravati: A day after Andhra Pradesh Governor Biswa Bhusan Harichandan cleared the legislative hurdle to Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy's plan to have three capitals for the state, the state government on Saturday (August 01) started the process of shifting the administrative capital from Amaravati to Visakhapatnam.
Kolkata: The Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) Ltd, the country’s largest fuel retailer, on Friday reported almost a 50 per cent drop in net profit for the first quarter of the current fiscal as the lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic dropped the fuel demand.
Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Industries has become the second-largest energy company, only behind Saudi Aramco, after overtaking American oil company ExxonMobil Corporation, reported Indian Express.
According to the report, the total market v...
New Delhi: RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das on Monday made a strong case for stepping up investments in the infrastructure sector to restart the economy reeling under the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
New Delhi: Bajaj Auto is witnessing a strong revival in demand for two-wheelers in the domestic as well as international markets, even as it continues to face headwinds in the three-wheeler segment, a senior company official has said.
New Delhi: The Union government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Reserve Bank of India were in a disagreement over the moves to dilute the new bankruptcy law, writes Urjit Patel, the former governor of the central bank, in his book released on Friday.
New Delhi: A day after announcing reduction in the allowances of employees with monthly gross salary of more than ₹25,000, Air India on Thursday said that unlike other airlines that have laid off a large number of workers, no employee of the national carrier will lose job.
Bengaluru: The Flipkart Group on Thursday (July 23) announced the launch of Flipkart Wholesale, a new digital marketplace, and the acquisition of 100 per cent interest in Walmart India Private Limited, which operates the Best Price cash-and-carry business.
New Delhi: Noted industrialist Rahul Bajaj will step down as Non-Executive Chairman of Bajaj Finance on July 31, after being at the helm of the company for over three decades.
The eagerly-awaited Indian Premier League (IPL) will start on September 19 in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with the finals slated for November 8, IPL Chairman Brijesh Patel said on Friday (July 24).
The eagerly-awaited Indian Premier League (IPL) is set kick start on September 19 with its final slated for November 8 in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), BCCI sources said.
While the IPL Governing Council will meet next week to...
With the T20 World Cup's postponement clearing the decks for a full-fledged IPL tournament, the glitzy event's Governing Council will meet in a week or 10 days' time to plan its next course of action, eyeing UAE as the host this y...
The ICC on Monday (July 20) postponed the T20 World Cup in Australia owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, paving the way for the BCCI to organise the Indian Premier League during the October-November window.
"The International Crick...
The most sought after cricketing tournament, Indian Premier League (IPL) of 2020 is likely to be held in UAE between October and November, on conditions of the Centre clearing it and International Cricket Council postponing the T20 Cricket World Cup to be held in Australia.
ICC board is set to meet virtually on Monday, with the BCCI hoping for a postponement of this years T20 World Cup which has been scheduled to be played between October...
Temples across the US have announced special events to celebrate the foundation laying ceremony of the historic Ram Temple in Ayodhya, with a tableau truck displaying digital image...
In a huge blow to Indian IT professionals eyeing the US job market, President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order preventing federal agencies from contracting or subcontracting foreign workers -- mainly those on H-1B visa -- from hiring.
The Islamabad High Court on Monday (August 3) said that Indian officials should get another chance to appoint a lawyer for former Indian Navy officer Kulbhushan Jadhav, who is on d...
The Nepal government will send its revised nation map to India, the United Nations, and the international community by mid-August, a minister said, according to media reports.
New Delhi: In its latest guidelines on disposal of COVID-19 waste, pollution watchdog CPCB has directed that masks and gloves used by everyone, whether infected or not, should be cut and kept in paper bags for minimum 72 hours before disposing of them.
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), testing is the key to combat the novel coronavirus. However, with a massive, dense population in a country like India, testing in large numbers is impractical and not entirely affordable.
Mumbai: The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has told the Bombay High Court that a decision to declare sanitary napkins as an essential commodity can be taken only after following the due process.
New Delhi: The Union cabinet on Wednesday approved the new National Education Policy (NEP) and the renaming of the HRD ministry to education ministry. The policy, framed in 1986, was last revised in 1992.
Teachers worry that the quality of education is the biggest casualty of online teaching, besides that some children have begun losing interest in studies. They fear, this may further drive down the already-low literacy rates in the state, which currently stands at 76.6 per cent.
New Delhi: After dropping the Class 12 marks criteria for admissions in IITs, the Centre has decided to follow the same for National Institutes of Technology (NITs) and all Centrally Funded Technical Institutions (CFTIs).
Mumbai: The Shiv Sena's youth wing Yuva Sena, headed by Maharashtra cabinet minister Aaditya Thackeray, has moved the Supreme Court seeking cancellation of the final year exams of universities across states in view of the COVID-19 crisis.
New Delhi: The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are considering reduction of the exam syllabus for the JEE Advanced and changing the entrance exam format for the upcoming test.
