India

Gurugram boy murder: Principal suspended, parents say 'basic safety' ignored by school management

Police arrested bus conductor Ashok Kumar after they questioned several staff members in connection with the seven-year-old's murder at Ryan International School.

Sep 9, 2017

Jaipur clash: One killed in police firing in Ramganj, curfew imposed

The clash began soon after a police constable reportedly assaulted a bike-borne couple for unknown reasons.

Sep 9, 2017

Doklam standoff took 3 hours to solve, but China continues to disparage 'obsolete mentality' of India

The Doklam standoff may have taken barely 3 hours to solve, but it has not stopped China from continuing to disparage India. Read to know more.

Sep 9, 2017

Power up: BP, Reliance closing in on gas field near missile site

Reliance and BP are preparing a new development plan for gas-rich NEC-25 block in the Mahanadi basin.

Sep 8, 2017

Police arrest bus conductor in Gurugram school boy murder

The boy's father, Varun Thakur, had accused the school administration of negligence.

Sep 8, 2017

Abu Samaan to Abu Salem: How D-Company's trusted driver became an extradited gangster [VIDEO]

The TADA court on Thursday sentenced life imprisonment to extradited gangster Abu Salem, convicted in the 1993 Mumbai blasts that killed 257 people.

Sep 8, 2017

Hold off on the chest-thumping till India grows at 8-10% for 10 years: Raghuram Rajan

Noting that India has grown at 6-8 percent since the 1990s, Rajan said a couple of percentages more for 10 years would make it a much bigger economy.

Sep 8, 2017

China's Global Times says Indian Army Chief has a big mouth; lays into 'two-front war' remark

He not only turns a blind eye to international rules, but also made us see the arrogance probably prevailing in the Indian Army, the article said.

Sep 8, 2017

Eat beef in your own country, then visit India: Tourism Minister's advice [VIDEO]

"They can eat beef in their own country and then come to India. This is a cock-and-bull story," the newly appointed tourism minister Alphons Kannanthanam said when asked if beef ban had affected tourism in India.

Sep 8, 2017

China supports Pakistan on terror fight, says 'some countries' should recognise efforts

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that there are "some countries" which need to recognise Pakistan's efforts.

Sep 8, 2017

We are painfully disconnected in this seamlessly connected world

Communication channels galore, yet the vast disconnect. When was the last time you actually had a good-old conversation with someone? Or you personally paid a visit to someone? This random rambling revolves around the disconnected lot in this connected world.

Sep 8, 2017

Delhi cops register FIR after journo Sagarika Ghose complains about FB post

The post by Vikramaditya Rana branded Sagarika Ghose, Shobha De, Arundhati Roy, Kavitha Krishnan and Sheila Rashid as 'anti-nationals who masquerade as journalists and activists'.

Sep 8, 2017

Ravi Shankar Prasad slams Rahul Gandhi for 'politicising' Gauri Lankesh' murder, asks why she wasn't given security

Prasad took a strong objection to Rahul blaming the BJP and the RSS for the murder of Lankesh and asked why "my liberal friends" maintained a silence on the murder of BJP and RSS workers in Kerala.

Sep 8, 2017

Gujarat diamond merchant's son works at cafe in Kerala to learn real life lessons

Last year, Dravya Dholakia had arrived in Kochi to do odd jobs. Now, Dhruv worked with Streat Cafe in Thiruvananthapuram.

Sep 8, 2017

Ravi Shankar Prasad's take on Gauri Lankesh murder: Now, it's Left versus centre versus right

The Union IT minister's take that Naxalites were not happy with Gauri Lankesh makes a collective political failure evident. Also, if Naxalites killed her, what's the authorities doing in preventing the rise of the extremists at a prime urban centre like Bengaluru?

Sep 8, 2017