BY SHONA ADHIKARI New Delhi Dotted with majestic forts and palaces, deserts and colourful people, Rajasthan is famous for a great many fascinating and interesting festivals. Each festival has its own significance and legends – tales that can keep you entertained forever! Coming up at the end of this month is Rajasthan’s 2nd largest Cattle […]
Chandigarh This is a kind of a success story which everyone dreams of, but there are a few like 26-year-old Shivjeet Bharti, who can make dreams come true against all odds. One of the 48 students to clear the Haryana Civil Services (Executive) examination (HCS), Bharti is one among the many who come from a […]
One out of two children in India do not have a healthy Body Mass Index (BMI), reveals a study. The 10th Annual Health Survey (AHS) by Sportz Village shows children poor fitness levels across India. The nationwide survey has covered 1,49,833 children in the age groups of seven years to 17 years from 364 schools […]
The Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-Bombay) has banned what it terms “anti-national activites” and all types of activism on its Powai Campus and also sought “good manners” from its students. Students at the IIT-Bombay campus were stunned to receive the 15-point circular from the authorities which some have labeled as “restrictions” on their freedom […]
Badminton star Saina Nehwal took the political plunge here on Wednesday as she joined the ruling BJP, sparking off speculation over the role she may play in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana for the BJP in the coming months. While neither the BJP nor Nehwal made it clear what her role would be but it is […]
Bidders for the national carrier, Air India will need to have a minimum net worth of Rs 3,500 crore — whether as sole bidder or a consortium. The government on Monday kicked off the strategic disinvestment of Air India with Ernst & Young, transaction advisor issuing an expression of interest by the Government of India […]
Even as 288 persons in Kerala have been kept under medical observation in the wake of the coronavirus scare, state Health Minister K.K. Shailaja asserted that there was no reason for any concern. Of these 288 persons, seven are admitted in various state hospitals whereas the rest have been advised rest at home and […]
The Manipur government and the central paramilitary Assam Rifles, which operates under the command of the Indian Army, are at loggerheads over the guarding of check posts along highways following the alleged harassment of a woman IPS officer by an Assam Rifles jawan. While the Assam Rifles, the oldest paramilitary force guarding the India-Myanmar border, […]
In a run-up to the February 8 Delhi Assembly elections, a joint team of Delhi Police and the Income Tax Department have so far recovered cash, goods and liquor worth Rs 13.29 crore since January 6, in connection with violation of the model of code conduct. The recovered cash amounted to Rs 5 crore. Chief […]
he Supreme Court on Tuesday said a bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra will hear next week plea of telecom companies seeking a fresh schedule on the payment of dues nearly Rs 1.47 lakh crore to the Department of Telecommunications. A battery of senior advocates, including A.M. Singhvi and C.A. Sundaram, were present in the […]