Muslims should get reservations, but...: Lalu

Rashtriya Janata Dal president Lalu Prasad Yadav on Tuesday said he was in favour of extending reservation benefits to Muslims but emphasised that it should be based on social backwardness and 'not......

Karnataka water crisis: Tankers seen at CM's residence

A coaching centre in Vijayanagar in Bengaluru asked its students to attend classes online due to an 'emergency' for a week. IMAGE: Women line up to take water for their homes as the Silicon City......

Biparjoy: No power in hundreds of villages; roads, houses damaged

Cyclone Biparjoy has left a trail of destruction in Gujarat's Kutch and Saurashtra regions as some 1,000 villages are still without power with hundreds of electric poles getting damaged, while......

The Woes Of Wayanad Continue

Away from the distraction of its new high-profile politics, Wayanad's worries seemed very down to earth, discovers Shyam G Menon. IMAGE: Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on......

India asks for $55-million funding in first call with Pandemic Fund

In a significant development, India is believed to have placed a funding request of around $55 million in its first call with the Pandemic Fund of the World Bank, sources said. Illustration:......

Karnataka's farm distress is a sore point for BJP

The best option  to reduce farm distress in the state is that when the rains fail, the state -- the central and the state government -- provide a financial cushion for the farmer “The......

No electricity, no school here but kids learn with iPads!

In Rajasthan’s remote villages with no schools or electricity, two young engineers educate children with iPads and digital technology, instilling in them a dream of a better tomorrow, reports......

On World Water Day, India faces worst water crisis in decade

Andhra Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu likely to be India’s most water-scarce states this summer Water levels at 91 major reservoirs nationwide are the lowest in a decade -......