Desis gathered in Times Square, New York, on Sunday, October 16 to celebrate Diwali.Photographs: Paresh Gandhi/India Abroad New Yorkers celebrated Diwali a week and more ahead of the celebrations......
After years of waiting, the Diwali stamp was released on Wednesday, October 5, by the US Postal Service, joining stamps that have marked Christian, Jewish and Muslim holidays in the United States.P......
Nitish Kumar takes oath as the Chief Minister of Bihar during the swearing-in ceremony at Gandhi Maidan. Photograph: PTI Janata Dal-United leader Nitish Kumar took oath as Bihar chief minister on......
The Supreme Court has held that in rape cases the testimony of the victim cannot be considered to be the gospel truth, though in normal circumstances her statement has to be relied upon. A bench of......
One of the most prickly nettles for governments in India today is land acquisition for industry. The Centre is drafting a new Bill on the issue, but land is a state subject, and different states......
Disruption of work, levy to insurgents, targeting of communications and security concerns stall development. The faceoff with Naxalites is hurting India's industry. Even as the battle to regain......
The fall in commodity prices (steel, bitumen, cement and diesel) has reduced the construction costs in road projects by 20 per cent. This will improve margins in existing projects and make new......