5,000 farmers allowed to gather at Delhi's Ramlila Maidan

Delhi Police has given permission to the farmers to hold their 'Kisan Mazdoor Mahapanchayat' with the condition of gathering not exceeding to 5,000, no tractor trolleys, no march at the Ramlila......

70K security personnel fortify Delhi for Republic Day celebrations

The national capital will be placed under a blanket of security for the Republic Day celebrations, with more than 70,000 personnel being deployed across the city for the purpose, Delhi Police......

Lord Ram posters removed from Muslim man's shop in Dehradun

A group of people allegedly barged into a shop run by a Muslim man in Dehradun and removed posters with images of Lord Ram, police said on Friday. IMAGE: An artist dressed as Ravana bows......

How police from 2 states cracked Rs 20 crore jewel heist

The Chhattisgarh police has arrested two people in connection with a Rs 20-crore burglary from a jewellery store in Delhi earlier this week and recovered around 18.5 kg of gold and diamond......

Accidents? Govt to spend Rs 11K crore for better roads

  Gadkari urged people to adhere to traffic rules and expressed hope that Parliament will soon pass the Road Transport and Safety Bill. Concerned over alarmingly high number of road accidents......

Govt plans to mop up Rs 6K cr from land auctions

Following the success of the Rs 40.5-billion (Rs 4,050 crore) Wadala land deal in central Mumbai, at least three government agencies are planning to sell plots worth at least Rs 60 billion (Rs......

Accountability is what India lacks the most

It may be overstating the obvious but things just cannot improve unless there is a sense of urgency to replace the most visible chalta hai attitude in India. In the name of democracy -the greatest......

Is the Delhi Metro a costly mistake?

The task set out for Ravinder Nath Joshi was not an easy one. As finance head of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, he had to shell out Rs 17 lakh (Rs 1.7 million) for every metre that the rail......