'Kapoor & Sons' Review: We Are Family, I Got All My Issues With Me
Shakun Batra’s Kapoor & Sons (Since 1921) is set in the lovely Nilgiri hill station of Coonoor, Tamil Nadu. It’s not quite apparent why, though, since the setting contributes very little to the...
View ArticleInterest Rate On Public Provident Fund Cut To 8.1% From 8.7%
In a move that will hit the common man, the Indian government on Friday slashed interest rates payable on small savings including PPF and Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP) in a bid to align them closer to market...
View ArticleThere Is A Major Problem With This Glowing Amit Chaudhuri Book Review
On 16 March, The Guardian published a review of Anjali Joseph’s novel The Living. It was a glowing review. “An exceptional, unexpected work", was just the title. Samantha Johns was livid. She shot off...
View ArticleKanhaiya Kumar Says Kashmir Is An Integral Part Of India
JNU students’ union president Kanhaiya Kumar, who is facing sedition charges, said on Friday that the controversial event held on February 9 on the university campus was to protest against capital...
View ArticleJaved Akhtar's Next Film Script Based On Farmers' Suicide
NEW DELHI -- His last outing as a scriptwriter was "Lakshya" in 2004 but the noted lyricist Javed Akhtar is making a comeback with a story revolving around the farmer's suicide. The 71-year-old...
View ArticleNever Followed Islam, But Was Labelled An Islamic Terrorist: Umar Khalid
New Delhi--Hours after his release from Tihar jail in a sedition case, JNU student Umar Khalid today said he has no regrets of being jailed and was rather proud of being booked under the said charges....
View ArticleT20 World Cup: Kolkata Gears Up For India Vs Pakistan Match
KOLKATA -- In one of the most awaited and exciting fixture of the T-20 World Cup, the Indian Men's team will face Pakistan at Eden Gardens in Kolkata this evening. After losing the first ICC World T20...
View ArticleSome Urdu Writers Were Made To Sign A Contract Stating They Won't Write...
Urdu writers and editors, whose books are acquired for distribution by the National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language (NCPUL) have been made to sign a declaration stating that their books will not...
View ArticleMuslim Cattle Traders Beaten To Death In Ranchi, Bodies Found Hanging From A...
Bodies of two Muslim cattle traders were found hanging from a tree in the wee hours on Friday in Balumath forests, near Ranchi. According to The Times of India, the cattle traders who were herding...
View ArticlePunjab: Police Register A Complaint 22 Years After A Man Was Abducted
GURDASPUR -- Twenty two years after the abduction of a man from a village in Punjab's Gurdaspur, police today registered a case against four unidentified persons following the directions of Punjab and...
View ArticlePCB Chief Bowled Over By Indian Hospitality, Says Doesn't Have Security...
NEW DELHI -- Bowled over by the hospitality given to the Pakistan cricket team in India, PCB Chairman Shahryar Khan has said all security concerns prior to the side's arrival for the ICC World Twenty20...
View ArticleSedition Row: Former Delhi University Professor SAR Geelani Gets Bail
NEW DELHI -- A Delhi Court on Saturday granted bail to former Delhi University professor SAR Geelani, who was arrested on charges of sedition. The court had earlier reserved its order on Geelani. A...
View ArticleWatch: JNU Student Umar Khalid's Fiery 12-Year-Old Sister Vows To Fight...
After JNU students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya were released on bail yesterday, the university reprised the celebrations that followed JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar's release. Hundreds of...
View ArticleRussia Plane Crash: Two Indians Among 62 Killed On Board
Two Indians are among the sixty-two people killed after a Dubai airliner crashed and caught fire early on Saturday while landing in strong winds in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don. All 62...
View ArticleRain Threatens To Play Spoilsport In Indo-Pak World T20 Showdown
Thunderstorm and heavy showers that lashed the city today hours before the high-voltage India- Pakistan World Twenty20 clash have subsided, raising hopes of the match going ahead here. Rain in the...
View ArticleJNU Row: Umar Khalid's Sister Says Fight Will Continue 'Till Everyone Gets...
The younger sister of Umar Khalid, one of the Jawaharlal Nehru University students named in a sedition case, said to a cheering group of students in the university that their struggle will "continue...
View ArticleModi Tells Farmers To Take Up Allied Jobs, Save Water, Diversify Crops
With back-to-back droughts hitting the agriculture output hard, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday called for steps to conserve water and asked farmers to focus on crop diversification and go...
View ArticleBJP MLA Ganesh Joshi, Who Allegedly Attacked Police Horse Shaktiman, Denied Bail
DEHRADUN – A local court on Saturday rejected the bail plea of Uttarakhand BJP MLA Ganesh Joshi, who was sent to 14 days' judicial custody yesterday, for allegedly attacking police horse 'Shaktiman'...
View ArticleSpinners, Batsmen Help India Beat Pak In World T20 Clash
It was once again India's premier batsman Virat Kohli who stood tall as Pakistan's India jinx continued at the World Cup with the hosts thrashing the arch-rival by six wickets in the high voltage World...
View ArticleSachin Tendulkar's Special Message After Team India Defeats Pakistan In World...
Sachin Tendulkar joined the millions of fans from around the world, who sent their love and good wishes to Team India after its victory against Pakistan in the ICC World T20 on Saturday. Tendulkar, a...
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