LG Red-Flags AAP Govt's Proposed App-Based Premium Bus Service
Delhi Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung has refused to give a go-ahead to the AAP government's ambitious 'app-based premium bus service' which was to be rolled out from June 1 and sought explanation from...
View ArticlePM Modi Celebrates Two Years Of NDA Govt, Says It's A 'New Dawn' For India
NEW DELHI -- Celebrating second anniversary of his government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said a "change" has come in the last two years through good governance and vowed to root out corruption...
View Article16 Newborns Die In Two Weeks In Rajasthan Hospital, Probe Ordered
JAIPUR -- Sixteen newborns have died in Jawahar Lal Nehru (JLN) hospital in Ajmer in a span of two weeks, raising concerns in the state. While five newborns admitted to the neonatal unit of JLN...
View ArticleForty Naxals Surrender In Bastar
RAIPUR -- A group of 40 naxals, including one carrying a reward of ₹8 lakh on her head, surrendered in naxal-affected Bastar district today, police said. A total of 40 naxals surrendered at the...
View ArticleTransgenders In Odisha To Get BPL Status, Will Be Covered Under National Food...
BHUBANESWAR -- Odisha government today decided to accord BPL (below poverty line) status to transgenders in the state. "The state government has decided to accord BPL status to the transgender persons...
View ArticleMay We Ask Just One Question About Modi's Permanent Campaign?
Governing with political approval requires a continuing political campaign, wrote a pollster for US President Jimmy Carter in 1976. This gave birth to the theory of permanent campaign. Reliance on...
View ArticleIslamic Terrorism Is A Form Of Islam And We Can't Deny It, Says Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie has always said and written things hardline Islamists have nightmares about. Rushdie's tryst with Islam's conservative, oppressive practitioners is often held up as evidence of how...
View ArticleRajnath Singh Condemns Violence Against African Nationals, Asks Police To...
NEW DELHI -- Home Minister Rajnath Singh today asked Delhi Police Chief Alok Kumar Verma to take strict action against those involved in recent attacks against African nationals. Singh, who had called...
View ArticleBhagat Singh's 27-Year-Old Grand Nephew Killed In A Motorcycle Accident
SHIMLA -- The grand nephew of freedom fighter Bhagat Singh was today killed in a road accident at Manglad near Rampur Bushahr district. 27-year-old Abhitej Singh, an alumnus of Lawrence School,...
View ArticleNuclear-Armed Pakistan Can 'Target' Delhi In 5 Minutes, Says A.Q. Khan
ISLAMABAD -- Nuclear-armed Pakistan has the ability to "target" the Indian capital Delhi in five minutes, the father of Pakistan's nuclear programme Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan has said. Addressing a...
View ArticleNuclear-Armed Pakistan Can 'Target' Delhi In 5 Minutes, Says A.Q. Khan
ISLAMABAD -- Nuclear-armed Pakistan has the ability to "target" the Indian capital Delhi in five minutes, the father of Pakistan's nuclear programme Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan has said. Addressing a...
View ArticleTeenager Allegedly Gang-Raped, Murdered And Tied To A Tree In Uttar Pradesh
NEW DELHI -- A teenage girl was gang-raped, murdered and tied to a tree in the Bahraich district of Uttar Pradesh. The 15-year-old reportedly went missing from her village on Friday. The post-mortem...
View ArticleCongolese Man Killed, Spate Of Allegedly Racial Attacks, But VK Singh Says...
On May 20, Masunda Kitada Oliver, a 23-year-old post-graduate African student in Delhi was beaten to death by a group of men allegedly over a brawl over an autorickshaw ride. The men chased him around...
View ArticleThe Morning Wrap: Rajnath Singh Says BJP Will Do Even Better In 2019...
The Morning Wrap is HuffPost India's selection of interesting news and opinion from the day's newspapers. Subscribe here to receive it in your inbox each weekday morning. Essential HuffPost Man Booker...
View ArticlePoor Show For Bihar In 2016 Class 10 Results, Pass Percentage At Less Than Half
A year after mass cheating in Bihar's schools captured international attention, stricter protocols for conducting exams in the state seem to have had a direct impact on students' results. According to...
View ArticleWATCH: Cops Make Man Who Registered A Lost Phone Complaint Polish Shoes
MUZAFFARNAGAR -- In a shocking incident, a complainant was allegedly asked by the Muzaffarnagar Police to polish their shoes, in order to get his complaint filed. The video of the complainant polishing...
View ArticleWhy The 'iPhone Killer' Tag Needs To Die
Go to Urbandictionary.com and type "iPhone Killer". This is the definition you will get: "Little is known of the iPhone Killer. Having never been seen in person, it is impossible to describe its...
View ArticleHow Facebook Helped This Delhi Photographer Find His Lost Dog Over A Month Later
If you don't believe in miracles, you need to hear about Dinesh Khanna and his pet dog Thumki. Khanna, one of India's premier photographers and co-founder of the acclaimed Delhi Photo Festival, lost...
View ArticleYes, Racism Is Ugly, But Its Denial Does Not Make It Prettier
It’s about loud music. It’s about public drinking. It’s about a parking spot. It’s about a traffic altercation. It’s about a spat over an auto rickshaw. It’s about drugs. It’s about anything but...
View ArticleVaranasi Neighbours Arrested After Fight Breaks Out Over Mangoes
It all started over half a dozen mangoes. Two neighbours who co-owned a mango tree in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi, which coincidentally is also Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Lok Sabha constituency that...
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