India
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Don’t want conflict in Muslim society over triple talaq: Modi
Bhubaneswar–Dubbing triple talaq a “bad social practice”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said such practices can be ended by…
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Gender parity coming to fore in India: Jaitley
New Delhi–Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday said that India of today is defined by openness to change and…
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PhD research that blossomed into first organized collection of Delhi’s maps
By Saket Suman New Delhi–A scholar set off from her native Milan to research on Delhi’s pre and post-Independence architecture…
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No meeting Canadian minister, reiterates Punjab CM
Chandigarh–Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday said he stuck to his stand of not meeting Canada’s Defence Minister Harjit…
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Deprived of education, 65-year-old cab driver runs two schools, orphanage in Sundarbans
By Sahana Ghosh Kolkata–It’s been a bumpy ride for a 65-year-old yellow cab driver, Gazi Jalaluddin. A good student who…
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Jethmalani’s 8 p.m. whisky time as solution to India-Pakistan conflict
By Sarwar Kashani New Delhi–Let it be 8 p.m., “my whisky time”, noted nonagenarian lawyer Ram Jethmalani vowing to help…
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Zest for life, spirituality: The ‘positive side’ of breast cancer
By Sahana Ghosh Kolkata–There is nothing glamorous about breast cancer, not when one spots a lump or abnormal skin on…
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Indian e-commerce giant Flipkart raises $1.4 billion from Tencent, eBay, Microsoft
Bangalore–E-commerce major Flipkart on Monday said it has raised a total of $1.4 billion from Tencent, eBay and Microsoft. The…
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Vijay Mallya’s famed ‘Kingfisher Villa’ sold for Rs 73 crore
Mumbai– A luxurious beach front villa in Goa owned by absconding liquor baron Vijay Mallya has been sold to Bollywood…
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A student commits suicide every hour in India
By Devanik Saha On April 3, 2017, Arjun Bharadwaj, a 24-year-old management student, committed suicide by jumping out of a…
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