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Set up delimitation panel for SC/ST quota, SC tells govt

The Supreme Court directed the Centre on Thursday to set up a fresh delimitation commission for ensuring a proportional representation of the communities specified as Scheduled Castes and Scheduled......

Congress promises nationwide caste census, women's quota asap if voted to power

The Congress on Monday promised that a government led by it will conduct a nationwide caste census and implement 33 per cent reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and state legislative assemblies......

'Nowhere to go': Dream Sikkim tour turns nightmare for tourists

Surat-resident Shailendra Kumar, who had gone to Sikkim with his family for a short vacation, hadn't imagined in his wildest dreams that their trip to the picturesque state would turn into a......

10 dead, 22 Army personnel among 82 missing in Sikkim flash flood

At least ten people died and 80 others, including 22 army personnel, went missing on Wednesday after a cloudburst over Lhonak Lake in north Sikkim triggered a flash flood in the Teesta River basin,......

Prez Murmu hosts gala dinner for G20 leaders

President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday hosted a grand dinner for G20 guests at Bharat Mandapam -- the venue for the Summit -- in New Delhi, with the menu offering dishes made from millets and......

Crisis Brews In Darjeeling's Tea Gardens

In the last three years, 20 gardens have changed hands, and 90 per cent of the buyers are from non-tea background. IMAGE: A worker gathers tea leaves at the Happy Valley tea garden estate in......

Reading the tea leaves: Low production stirs chai industry's teapot

The tea industry’s cup of woes brimmeth — scanty rainfall and pest attacks have dragged down production in May, prices are lower than last year, and demand from some export markets is......

Assam's Gamosa, Telangana's Tandur Redgram, Ladakh's apricot get GI tag

The government has granted Geographical Indications (GI) tag to various products, including Gamosa of Assam, Tandur Redgram of Telangana, and an apricot variety of Ladakh. The commerce and industry......

Tata Motors reveals sub-compact SUV Punch, launch on Oct 20

The Punch's pricing will be revealed only on October 20, the day of its launch. SUVs are what everyone is looking for nowadays... Be it small, medium or large. The extra ground clearance needed for......

Is Darjeeling Tea Losing its Fizz?

Scanty rainfall, last year's lockdown, growing competition from Nepal and the disaster of the 2017 Gorkhaland agitation are steadily weakening exports and sales of Darjeeling tea. IMAGE: A worker......

What's Mrunal Doing In Kashmir?

Aditi honoured in Dubai... Sonal turns poet...Kalki goes surfing... Photograph: Kind courtesy Mrunal Thakur/Instagram Mrunal Thakur shoots for an ad in Gulmarg. Photograph: Kind courtesy......

Shark Tank Season 2 Review: The Show Gets It Right!

There are serious entrepreneurs with some innovative ideas, like the young women from Bangalore who run a business selling packaged flowers for poojas, or the enthusiastic duo who want to......

#CoupleGoals From Mouni, Suraj

When stars travel, they make lovely pictures on social media. Photograph: Kind courtesy Mouni Roy/Instagram Mouni Roy is making pretty pictures with husband Suraj Nambiar in Doha. ......

Sneaking A Peek at Kareena's Latest Film

Kareena Kapoor Khan is making her OTT debut with Sujoy Ghosh's Netflix film, The Devotion of Suspect X. Co-starring Jaideep Ahlawat and Vijay Varma, the movie is an adaptation of Japanese novelist......

'You need violence and gore to shake things up'

'I always feel that to shake up human beings, you have to go a little extreme.' IMAGE: Anil Kapoor, Mukti Mohan and Director Raj Singh Chaudhary on the sets of Thar. Raj Singh Chaudhary, who......

RIP Subhas Bhowmick: The 'Jose Mourinho' of Kolkata Maidan

IMAGE: India's football legend Subhas Bhowmick was part of the 1970 Asian Games bronze winning team. He was also famous for exploits at the club level for East Bengal primarily and Mohun Bagan.......

Can India win an Olympic Medal in Climbing?

While sport climbing made its debut in the Olympics only this year, it has had a popular home in India for many years now, says Shyam G Menon. IMAGE: Shauna Coxsey of Britain in action during the......

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