India

Looming threat to privacy? Nine SC judges to decide when hearing Aadhaar case

History is weighed against the crusaders of privacy rights, for the apex court has ruled twice earlier that privacy is not a fundamental right.

Jul 18, 2017

Excess baggage: Air India may offer voluntary retirement to 15,000 staffers ahead of selloff

Previous attempts to offload the airline have failed because of the scale and complexity of problems at Air India, and resistance from its influential unions.

Jul 18, 2017

Sushma Swaraj calls PoK integral part of India, grants medical visa to ailing student [VIDEO]

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj grant medical visa to PoK student from Rawlakot, says no letter from Pakistan was needed.

Jul 18, 2017

Smoke alarm: Cigarette cess spooks markets, bears strike in the guise of ITC, Reliance

Biggest fall since November 2016 as Nifty ends below 9,850; BSE Sensex dragged down by index heavyweights ITC and Reliance Industries.

Jul 18, 2017

West Bengal communal violence: RSS professor Rakesh Sinha says he was booked for picture of mom

Sinha said that he would fight the 'repressive' mentality of Mamata Banerjee till his last breath.

Jul 18, 2017

Hyderabad rain causes RK Puram lake to foam, raises stink in the region

The froth continued to swell through Tuesday after which it flowed into a drain and choked a large sewage pipe.

Jul 18, 2017

Pakistan sinks to new low: Ceasefire violation targets 2 schools in Nowshera in Rajouri district

Pakistan on Tuesday violated ceasefire along the Line of Control and targeted two schools in the Nowshera sector of the Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir. Read to know more.

Jul 18, 2017

India's only brain museum will undergo digital transformation soon

The museum houses 500 brain specimens which include the ones affected by worms, tumour and cancer.

Jul 18, 2017

Sushma Swaraj grants medical visa to PoK resident, calls region 'integral part of India'

Minister of external affairs Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday confirmed that India would issue a medical visa to a resident of Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK) as the area is an "integral part of India".

Jul 18, 2017

Legal spillover: RIL, ONGC, Shell told to shell out $3 bn in fines

The dispute over the government's share of profit petroleum and royalty from the PMT fields has raged for many years.

Jul 18, 2017

This advertisement going viral will show you how dangerous is texting and walking [VIRAL VIDEO]

Watch this viral video from South Africa, which might finally convince you to put down that phone while walking.

Jul 18, 2017

Blockbuster-ed: Dangal puts Baahubali 2 on the mat, carves out Rs 2,000-cr club

Dangal and Baahubali 2 cap dream global run with takings of Rs 2,000 crore, Rs 1600 crore, Dangal logs Rs 1,200 crore in China alone.

Jul 18, 2017

Banks to take hit of Rs 18,000 cr for 12 accounts identified for bankruptcy

Ind-Ra forecasts additional provisioning to eat into bank profits by around 25 percent in fiscal 2018.

Jul 18, 2017

Delhi: 2 raped minor girls played dead in order to escape tormentor

Two girls, aged just six and eight, pretended to be dead so that the man who had raped them and was trying to strangle them would leave. Get the details of their ordeal here.

Jul 18, 2017

Will Karnataka get a state flag? Siddharamaih questions provision in constitution

In 2012, the then culture minister Govind M Karjol expressed fear that if the states start having their own flags then it might reduce the importance of the national flag.

Jul 18, 2017