The Telangana high court has allowed a 12-year-old girl, a rape survivor, to abort a 26-week foetus and accordingly directed the Superintendent of state-run Gandhi Hospital in Hyderabad to......
The Centre has appointed senior IAS officers Vumlunmang Vualnam and Neeraj Mittal as new secretaries in the ministry of civil aviation and the department of telecommunications respectively in a......
Public broadcaster Prasar Bharti has decided to drop references to its radio service as 'All India Radio' and substitute it with 'Akashvani', as mentioned in the law. Image used for......
The government has decided to raise the legal age of marriage for women from 18 to 21 years, bringing it at par with that of men. Photograph: ANI photo Experts, however, have raised concern over......
In a veiled reference to China's aggressive military behaviour, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said exercising self-restraint in the conduct of activities and avoiding actions that may......
Air India is set to enhance its in-flight service with a change in ownership from Thursday. This will include more variety in on-board meals, improved in-flight service procedures, and......
Climate Action Network International, consortium of NGOs across the world working on climate change, said the new draft is shorter by five pages than the previous version as options have been......
With the price of carbon credits continuing to slide in the global markets and the first commitment period for the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM, under which carbon trading is permitted) coming......
The pharmaceutical sector may emerge as a major buyer of real estate in the country, bucking the current economic slowdown. Based on information from 10 pharmaceutical companies based in North......
Right from the lofty title, Auron Mein Kahan Dum Tha keeps aiming to be an epic, and keeps falling short, discovers Deepa Gahlot. Neeraj Pandey's thriller-heavy filmography has given him enough of......
'The prime of my career is now.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Lara Dutta/Instagram Lara Dutta feels she is in the best phase of her career now, thanks to all the roles she is getting to play today.......
Prithvi theatre turns 40! Prithviraj Kapoor, Shashi Kapoor and Jennifer Kapoor's Prithvi Theatre marks 40 years this November. And, this year, the Prithvi Theatre Festival is being held from......
Hamari Adhuri Kahani is a film where three fine actors all play idiots, says Raja Sen. Vidya Balan cries a lot throughout Hamari Adhuri Kahani. Her character, Vasudha, is a timid and......
The tagline for The Love Guru, the Mike Myers' comedy which upset some Hindus, said: His Karma Is Huge. But bad karma caught up with the $60 million film, which had an anemic opening in North......
IMAGE: MS Dhoni's Dhoni's inclusion in the high-level panel came days after he was appointed mentor for India's T20 cricket world cup team. Photograph: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters Cricket......