Raising concerns in Parliament over migrant workers being targeted, actor-politician Jaya Bachchan warned of a second “partition” in India. “There will be another partition in this country, and this time not by foreigners but by…
Eminent Shehnai exponent Ustad Ali Ahmad Hussain Khan, one of the best-known players of the instrument after the legendary Bismillah Khan, passed away on Wednesday following prolonged illness. He was 77 and is survived by…
While travelling by air, Indians have the highest (24 per cent) level of tolerance globally towards crying, whining or misbehaved children, according to a study on in-flight behaviour and preferences. An Expedia Passenger Preference Index…
Indian passengers boarding international flights on the domestic leg are not required to file the customs baggage declaration form, the government has ruled. The Central Board of Excise and Customs has issued a circular to…
Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi will join the ranks of prominent global leaders at Madame Tussauds in London, Singapore, Hong Kong and Bangkok next month, the world famous wax museum announced . Describing him…
• The decades-long legal dispute between Punjab and Haryana on the sharing of river waters is back in the spotlight. • This week, the Supreme Court resumed hearings on the validity of the Punjab Termination…
With the clamour for forging an alliance between CPI(M) and Congress for the upcoming West Bengal assembly polls growing louder in the parties’ rank and file, senior leaders said the two should forget the past…
Five special invitees attend debate • Five Hindu lawmakers were specially invited for deliberations as the National Assembly Standing Committee on Law and Justice passed the final draft of the Hindu Marriage Bill 2015 •…
The top United Nations human rights official has asked Sri Lanka to locate the remains of thousands of civilians reported missing in the civil war who the government says are probably dead. Many Sri Lankan…
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Jayaram said that Kamraj, a bus driver, died after a meteorite fell on a college campus. Scientists said tests were needed to confirm that the rock was a meteorite.…