Clik here to view.
‘Debris’ in Indian Ocean a ‘credible lead’ in jet search
Aircraft and ships ploughed through dire weather on Thursday in search of objects floating in remote seas off Australia that Malaysia’s government called a “credible lead” in the trans-continental hunt...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The ‘bulb’ goes out: Khushwant, 99, dies
Khushwant Singh, the grand old man of Indian literature, died at his Sujan Singh Park home in central New Delhi on Thursday morning, aged 99, just 11 months short of turning 100. A large number of...
View ArticleIs L.K. trying to spoil Modi party?
Sanjay BasakYet again old BJP warhorse L.K. Advani’s tantrums over the choice of his Lok Sabha seat has upset the leadership. Though the crisis seems to have blown over now, Mr Advani’s “relentless...
View ArticleClik here to view.
BJP crisis blows over as Advani given a ‘choice’
After nearly 24 hours of high drama, BJP patriarch L.K. Advani finally relented and toed Narendra Modi’s line by agreeing to contest from Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat in Gujarat. The BJP parliamentary...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Khushwant Singh’s son Rahul and daughter Mala meet family and friends after...
Khushwant Singh’s son Rahul and daughter Mala meet family and friends after cremating their father at the Lodhi Road Khushwant Singh’s son Rahul and daughter Mala meet family and friends after...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Assam sets up panel on rhino horn trimming
The Assam government has set up a committee to ascertain the feasibility of the trimming horns of translocated and stray rhinoceros in the state. The committee has invited opinion from...
View ArticleS-E Asia likely to be polio-free next week
The WHO Southeast Asia Region is expected to join the Region of the Americas (1994), the Western Pacific Region (2000) and the European Region (2002) as polio-free next week. After having maintained...
View Article1 killed, 9 injured as local train derails in Thane
The derailment of a CST-bound local near Titwala in Mumbai on Wednesday afternoon resulted in one death and 14 persons getting injured. The mishap happened due to decoupling of the sixth coach...
View Article‘Gujarat and TN best performers’
The Congress-led UPA, which is already on the backfoot this election season, was in for a rude shock when the Independent Evaluation Office (IEO) of the Centre put Gujarat and Tamil Nadu on the top of...
View ArticleHave a filmi name? Get a discount on Virgin
Do you share your name with some of the most famous film characters which have been brought to life by Bollywood actors and actresses? If so, you can get a discount on air tickets. With a view to...
View ArticleCBI raids ‘fake’ docs, 6 arrested
Busting a major racket involving fake medical degrees, the CBI on Thursday in a nationwide raid arrested six people accused of possessing medical degrees from Russia and China and obtaining recognition...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Gangrape convicts’ kin break down
The five men convicted by a Mumbai sessions court on Thursday in two different Shakti Mill gangrape cases of 2013, and some of their relatives present in court, were expressionless during the court...
View ArticleAmarinder in Amritsar, Ambika for Anandpur
Former Punjab chief minister and Congress leader Capt. Amarinder Singh will take on BJP stalwart and Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley in Amritsar Lok Sabha seat. The Congress...
View ArticleNo Modi wave, BJP ahead due to inept Cong
In this land of Gods, there is no Modi wave. In Uttarakhand, the state of hardcore Hindutva, the BJP is racing ahead in all five Lok Sabha seats simply because of the Congress government’s failure to...
View ArticleUN warning: Climate shift likely to hit food supply
Global warming will disrupt food supplies, slow world economic growth and may already be causing irreversible damage to nature, according to a UN report due this week that will put pressure on...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New leads on missing jet’s debris
The sighting of a wooden pallet and other debris that may be linked to the missing Malaysian passenger jet raised hopes Sunday of a breakthrough in the search. The sense the hunt was finally on the...
View ArticleWill Pawar face trouble for advice to vote twice?
Agriculture minister Sharad Pawar sparked a controversy Sunday after he urged party workers to take advantage of multi-phase polling in Maharashtra by voting twice, advising them to “erase the ink on...
View ArticleKiev fears a Russian ‘invasion’ is imminent
Ukraine’s Western-backed leaders voiced fears on Sunday of an imminent Russian invasion of the eastern industrial heartland following the fall of their last airbase in Crimea to defiant Kremlin troops....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Cong MLA tries to molest Nagma
In a rather shocking incident on Sunday, Congress MLA Gajraj Sharma allegedly misbehaved with actress-turned-politician Nagma while she was campaigning in Hapur. Nagma, Congress Lok Sabha candidate...
View ArticleFresh IB audit of VIPs’ poll cover
The Union home ministry, worried that terror outfits may target VIPs during election rallies, has asked the Intelligence Bureau’s VIP security division to conduct a detailed security audit to plug...
View Article