Modi@1: #HASHTAGS that trended

Here's a review of some of the Twitter hashtags that trended during the first year of the Modi regime. Some of these were loved by the Twitterati and some triggered fairly heated online exchanges.......

Blast kills 5, injures 9 in West Bengal; KLO hand suspected

A blast in New Jaipaiguri in West Bengal has killed five persons and injured seven. The police and the Intelligence Bureau are suspecting the involvement of the dreaded Inter-Services Intelligence......

Why Indian bureaucracy is under virtual lockdown

Recent investigations into the telecom spectrum and coal scams have made bureaucrats very wary of taking decisions The lack of energy inside North Block -- the red sandstone building which houses......

List of military honourees

List of honours conferred upon individuals from the armed forces on Republic Day Ashoka Chakra Sr No Name Position 1 Major Dinesh Raghu Raman 34 Rashtriya Rifles (posthumous) Kirti......

NREGP watch: Hope and despair over higher wages

Ramesh, a labourer in Toomda village near Bhopal, can't believe his luck. He earns Rs 81 a day, digging wells under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme, the United Progressive......

MP's businesses dogged by poor air facilities

While the exports of big corporate houses like the Tatas, Eicher, L&T, Bajaj, Kinetic, SRF, Nicholas Piramal, Ranbaxy, S Kumar's, and Grasim are rising in Madhya Pradesh, the four airports in the......

Parimarjan Negi clinches National chess title

Grandmaster Parimarjan Negi of PSPB clinched the National title after settling for a quick draw against Grandmaster Tejas Bakre in the final round of the REC National Premier Chess Championship in......

Ramesh, Fominyh in joint lead

Overnight leader R B Ramesh played a quick draw against top seeded Grandmaster Dmitry Svetushkin of Moldova while Russian GM Alexander Fominyh beat IM Vargeese Koshy to move in to the joint lead at......