Mulayam, Ustad Zakir Hussain, SM Krishna get Padma Vibhushan

Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav, former external affairs minister in the UPA government S M Krishna and tabla maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain were among six luminaries selected......

IIT Indore PhD student takes guide to court

According to the petition, Shyam Singh, who joined IIT Indore in 2015 as a PhD student, has been repeatedly asked to resign by his guide.Jyoti Punwani reports. IMAGE: PhD student Shyam Singh,......

How Yogi asserts his authority against party pressure

It was conveyed that he would not have a free rein in making bureaucratic postings.Sunil Bansal, handpicked by BJP president Amit Shah to execute his UP blueprint, has made it clear the......

How Indians worship, yet neglect, the cow

If I were a cow worshipper, I would make it a serious criminal offence for someone to allow his cattle to roam city streets unattended and also consider it my god-given duty to put every single......