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Not encroaching on Telangana govt's powers: Rajnath Singh
Hyderabad: Home Minister Rajnath Singh today dispelled apprehensions that the central government was trying to encroach upon the powers of Telangana g...
Beef raid: Kerala should stand up to Delhi bullies
The news of Delhi cops barging into Kerala House for a beef inspection is shocking. At whose behest did the Delhi Police, which works directly under t...
Major earthquake hits Af-Pak, North India
New Delhi: An earthquake measuring 7.5 on the Richter Scale and with its epicentre in Afghanistan shook large parts of north India, causing widespread...
Yuvraj in contention with selectors set to name ODI, Test squads
New Delhi: The senior selection committee led by Sandeep Patil will have to look at the bowling combination in absence of pace spearhead Ishant Sharma...
State govts answerable for Dadri, Kalburgi murder: BJP
New Delhi: With BJP on the backfoot over beef controversy and the writers' protest against "rising intolerance", its chief Amit Shah today said BJP ca...
33,000 homeless people died on Delhi streets since 2004: MHA
New Delhi: As many as 33,000 homeless people have perished in the national capital since 2004 due to various reasons and the dearth of night shelters has only aggravated the problem of survival for these street people, the latest union home ministry figures reveal. According to t
Is BJP unable to control Shiv Sena?
New Delhi: The Congress Party on Monday condemned Shiv Sena's protest at the BCCI Headquarters, saying that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led-Gover...
Only entertainment left now is Indrani's case: Sena
Mumbai: Hitting out at media for "ignoring" significant events while choosing to focus on Sheena Bora murder case, Shiv Sena today wondered whether media has justified its role as fourth pillar of democracy and if it is a true reflection of people's thoughts. The party came down
Billion dollar question: Why curbing smoking is important to India?
In January this year, the government asked for public opinion on tougher new laws to curb smoking: To raise the minimum smoking age to 21 from 18, and...
Banks, insurance hit as lakhs go on strike
Chennai/New Delhi: Financial services were hit on Wednesday as lakhs of bank and insurance employees across the country began a one-day strike to protest against the anti-trade union and worker policies of the central government. "The strike has begun on an encouraging note acros
Ready to forget betrayal, willing to support Congress: Karunanidhi
Chennai: DMK president M. Karunanidhi Wednesday gave a new twist to the political situation in Tamil Nadu, saying his party would support its "ungrate...
Traced person who sent letters in murdered Sheena Bora's name: Maria
Mumbai: In a significant development in the Sheena Bora murder case, the Mumbai police have traced the person who had sent a resignation letter on her...
Skipping blood pressure pills may raise heart failure risk
Patients who frequently fail to take prescribed blood pressure-lowering medications may be more likely to wind up hospitalized for heart failure than people who only miss pills occasionally, an Italian study suggests. While plenty of previous experiments have proven that daily me
TV honcho Peter Mukherjea's wife held in murder case
Indrani Mukherjea, wife of former TV honcho Peter Mukherjea, has been arrested in connection with the murder of her daughter in 2012, media reports sa...
'When China sneezes, the world could catch a cold'
Beijing: When China sneezes, the world could catch a cold, said a commentary in China's Xinhua news agency which added that the global economy is closely tied to Chinese performance. The commentary "China anxiety an unwarranted global malaise" on Wednesday said that after China's
Gujarat on edge: CM Patel appeals for peace, harmony
Ahmedabad: Chief Minister Anandiben Patel on Tuesday appealed to the people of Gujarat to maintain peace and not to indulge in activities disrupting l...
10 reasons why we shouldn't have talks with Pakistan...
1. They attacked us immediately after birth... Both the Congress and Muslim League won Independence together. Both Indian and Pakistan were poor at birth and faced similar problems. And yet instead of setting their house in order, Pakistan made an illegal grab at Kashmir and this
Why Raghuram Rajan is the biggest threat to the India story
We all love bold economic forecasts, especially contrarian ones. And every once in a while, they turn out to be correct. Economists who correctly called great market booms and busts, global recessions, identified green shoots before sharp cyclical recoveries and predicted black s
DRDO ties up with Ramdev to market supplements
Leh(JK): India's premier defence research organisation DRDO has now roped in yoga guru Ramdev's Patanjali Ayurveda Limited to manufacture and market i...
Ashwin spins India to historic win in Colombo
Colombo: Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin claimed five second innings wickets as India beat Sri Lanka by 278 runs in the second Test for a series-levelling victory at the P Sara Oval on Sunday. Full Scorecard Chasing an improbable 413-run victory target in home hero Kumar Sangakka