Pressing the demand for a nationwide "caste census", Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said 90 per cent people of the country are sitting out of the system and the step should be taken in......
The Karnataka government on Wednesday announced a Rs 1,610 crore relief package for the benefit of those in distress due to the COVID-19-induced lockdown, and hiked excise duty on liquor by 11 per......
Patna's washermen, dhobisin local lingo, have decided to boycott the state's politicians, including Chief Minister Rabri Devi and her husbandRailway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, in protest against......
About 12,000 non-combatant IAF personnel, who are governed by Air Force laws for all service purposes but do not get paid on par, have been demanding a correction in their "status and salary" or be......
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday expressed unhappiness over lack of quorum often causing delay in Parliament’s functioning and asked Bharatiya Janata Party members to ensure their......
Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Friday said he has asked PSU banks to provide loans at lower interest rates to workmen, like cobblers and washermen, and brushed aside apprehensions of possible......
Image: Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Pradhan Mantri MUDRA (Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency) Yojana, in New Delhi on April 8. Photograph, Courtesy: PIB ......
'While censorship of any sort is anathema to the creative spirit, political correctness has become more and more the norm rather than the exception,' notes Uttaran Das Gupta. The makers of the......
If we don't want a Hindu version of our neighbour, we must keep open minds -- even when what we hear or see is not what we like. Rajkumar Hirani's PK is a banal satire on godmen. An......
Yet, for all his belief in the goodness of life, Mani's films show that life is too complicated for goodness to permeate it completely. In Mani Ratnam's latest film O Kadhal Kanmani, a boy and a......