Raigad (Maharashtra): In a potentially massive tragedy, at least 36 villagers are reported buried alive when a portion of a hill crashed on their homes following torrential rains, officials said here Friday. The incident took place in the small Talai village in the hilly stretch...
New Delhi: The Income Tax Department Thursday conducted raids across several states against prominent media group Dainik Bhaskar as well as Uttar Pradesh-based TV channel Bharat Samachar for alleged tax evasion, drawing a sharp response from several quarters, sources said. The raids against the multi-media...
Kendrapara: Tension prevailed as journalists Thursday allegedly locked up five BJD MLAs in the district collector’s office and refused to release them protesting against the attack on a scribe of a web portal by a female constable, the previous day. The journalists in the district...
New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Wednesday extended the deadline for schools to prepare Class 12 results to July 25, examination controller Sanyam Bhardwaj said. Earlier, the deadline was July 22. Bhardwaj noted that the teachers involved in the result preparation process...
New Delhi: Swiss authorities have conveyed to the Union Finance Ministry that customer deposits held in Swiss banks are not necessarily located in Switzerland. They also include deposits at their foreign branches, Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary said Tuesday. As per the latest...
Puri: After the nine-day sojourn to Gundicha temple, The Holy Trinity of Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra Tuesday began their homebound journey to Srimandir in Puri sans devotees. The chariot pulling for the return journey -- popularly known as 'Bahuda Yatra' -- started...
New Delhi: The Union Government has collected Rs 94,181 crore through levy of excise duty on petrol and diesel in the first three months of the current fiscal on the back of a record tax on fuel that yielded 88 per cent higher revenue the...
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi lashed out Monday at the Opposition for creating a ruckus. He blamed them from preventing him from introducing newly- inducted Union ministers in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. Narendra Modi asserted such a ‘negative mindset’ has never been seen...
PURI: With criminal proceedings having been initiated against 20 people, five more have been identified by Puri police who ventured into the prohibited area breaching the security cordon during the Srigundicha Yatra July 12. City deputy superintendent of police (DSP) told newsmen that all the...
New Delhi: Rejecting all opposition to his elevation, Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi Sunday appointed Navjot Singh Sidhu as the party's new Punjab unit President along with four Working Presidents. Sangat Singh Gilzian, Sukhvinder Singh Danny, Pawan Goel, and Kuljit Singh Nagra have been appointed...
The BJP appears to be clueless as to how to handle the people’s fury and the Opposition’s mega rally at...
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By Aakar Patel My thesis is that the Indian state under Hindutva is incompletely communal. I have written about this...
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By Dilip Cherian The litany of extensions continues. The latest is Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh, whose tenure the Modi...
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The angry young generation is rising in protest in India, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Poland and Serbia, to name a...
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