'Government Must Talk To Sonam Wangchuk'

'Ladakh has become a hollow UT.''Bureaucrats from Delhi rule Ladakh and there is no attention paid to the grievances of the people.' IMAGE: Activist Sonam Wangchuk leads a padyatra from Leh to New......

SC gets 2 new judges, to regain full strength

Justices Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh and R Mahadevan were on Tuesday elevated as judges of the Supreme Court. Photograph: ANI Photo Once they take oath, the apex court will regain its sanctioned......

Phase 5: Rae Bareli, Amethi go to polls on Monday

Polling will be held on Monday in 49 constituencies in six states and two Union Territories in the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections that will decide the electoral fate of several prominent......

BJP, Congress face an Independent challenge in Ladakh

What should have been a direct contest between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress in the Ladakh Lok Sabha constituency is now a three-corner fight with an alliance of local groups fielding......

India's fuel pricing mechanism is opaque and removed from reality

The Modi government should find a way out of this conundrum before it loses itself in the maze. S Dinakar reports. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com What could be more uncertain than Virat......

Will 5G turn the tables for India's telecom companies?

For 5G players, new-use cases could be the key for making money in the immediate future. Surajeet Das Gupta reports. Photograph: John Sibley/Reuters Consumers can expect a 5G launch in the country......

Will Jet Airways manage to get enough airport slots?

As and when Jet Airways applies for slots, these would be allocated among all airlines according to guidelines, without any claim of historicity in favour of any airline. Slots would be given to......

Home healthcare could be one of India's best bets

One of the biggest impediments to growth for this sector is the fact that home healthcare in India is not covered by insurance. In Delhi’s Greater Kailash, Alka Sahni began to panic as her......

Kaminey review: Very very fexy

Once in a particularly blue moon, comes a film that makes you wolf-whistle. One that then ties you to the edge of your seat and forcibly pins you there and pounces on you, eventually leaving you......

Indian monk misses Grammy

Indian Buddhist monk Lama Tashidid not win a Grammy, even though thousands of monks from Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir to Miao in Arunachal Pradesh kepta nightlong vigil before the television.Lama......

Meet the Indian monk at the Grammies

It came as a surprise to Geshe Ngawang Tashi Bapu, a 38-year-old Buddhist monk from Arunachal Pradesh, when his nephew who checks his e-mail -- told him that his latest album Tibetan Master Chants......

PIX: Ladakh's Frozen Lake Marathon sets new Guinness record

IMAGE: The four-hour long marathon at 13,862 feet high Pangong Tso started from Lukung and ended at Maan village on Monday with no injury reported to any of the 75 participants. Photographs:......

Padma Awards: Mary Kom, Sindhu in first all-women list

IMAGE: Six-time World Boxing Champion, MC Mary Kom has been recommended for the Padma Vibhushan by the Sports Ministry. Photograph: Ravi Choudhary/PTI The Sports Ministry sent its first-ever......

Luger Keshavan to vie for medal in his 6th Winter Olympics

IMAGE: Shiva Keshavan. Photograph: Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters Luger Shiva Keshavan and cross-country skier Jagdish Singh will represent India in the PyeongChang Winter Olympics which begins on......

SAG: Boxers join shooters in gold-hunt, India's medal tally soars

IMAGE: India’s Vikas Krishnan, left, is declared the winner . Photograph: PTI The Indian juggernaut rolled on unabated as the star-studded boxing squad joined the shooters in what is turning......

PHOTOS: Favourites cruise at heats on opening day at worlds

(From left) Andreas Bube of Denmark, Wais Ibrahim Khairandesh of Afghanistan and David Lekuta Rudisha of Kenya compete in the Men's 800 metres heats during day one of the 15th IAAF World Athletics......