SC asks Delhi police to not issue licence for sale, storage of firecrackers

The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Delhi police not to issue temporary licences for sale and storage of any kind of firecrackers, saying when the city government has banned all firecrackers no......

A propaganda tool called #UrbanNaxal

'The category of crime and criminals called Maoist or Naxal or #UrbanNaxals is an illegitimate creation of right-wing propaganda media frenzy.''It is a fiction repugnant to the Constitution and the......

How Sangh plans to 'decolonise' education

The RSS realises that with a majority BJP government at the Centre and in several states, now was the best time to undermine and perhaps outdo the Congress-Left ‘stranglehold’ over......

Jayalalithaa is back as CM, the question is for how long

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam supporters perform milk abhishekam to a poster of party general secretary J Jayalalithaa, in Madurai. Photograph: PTI Photo Even as an enthused AIADMK......

Chennai group looks to sue TCS for 'lay-offs'

Says more than 120 who lost jobs have approached it; TCS says workforce optimisation leads to some involuntary attrition, nothing out of ordinary A Chennai-based group called Young Tamil Nadu......

World's largest tech fair at Bengaluru, Sikka to skip meet

Infosys Chief Executive and Managing Director Vishal Sikka, set to deliver a keynote address at CeBIT 2014, has dropped out of the event. Image: Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka will not attend the CeBIT......

Six sectors that will open up market for India-US

In its communication to the Office of the US Trade Representative imploring the agency not to put India on its trade hit list when the Special 301 Foreign Trade Barriers report is released next......

Now, home buyers hit the streets against builders over non-delivery

DLF says it has started the process of giving possession of housing units at New Town Heights project according to its commitment On Saturday, some 350 members of a Gurgaon home owners’......

Much drama in Kannada film industry

The spat between Kannada actor Diganth and director Priya Bharathi (an NRI from the USA) has taken an ugly turn with the director alleging that the actor was sleeping with two of the film's......

'IPL will be a nice build-up for T20 WC'

IMAGE: Australia's interim coach Andrew McDonald reckons that the advent of IPL has accelerated cricket and has taken the game to an altogether different level. Photograph: Quinn Rooney/Getty......

Bengaluru to host IPL 9 final

'We will propose before the IPL Governing Council that Final and Qualifier 1 be shifted to Bengaluru, while Qualifier 2 and Eliminator to Kolkata' IMAGE: General view of the Chinnaswamy Stadium in......

Shift IPL matches after April 30 out of Maharashtra, HC tells BCCI

IMAGE: The groundstaff water the pitch at the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai. Photograph: PTI In a big blow to the Board of Control for Cricket in India, the Bombay high court on Wednesday ordered......

'Never used the phrase 'licking Warne's feet''

Faced with legal action for his derogatory comments against the RCA, former Australian cricketer Dean Jones defended his statement, saying that he never used any word that was deemed to be......

Kumble to Pillay's defence

Virtually slamming the move to exclude Dhanraj Pillay from the Indian hockey probables for the Athens Olympics, ace leg-spinner Anil Kumble jumped to the defence of the veteran striker."It's......