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Nadda visits Bengal, compares violence to Partition

Bharatiya Janata Party president J P Nadda drew a parallel between the post-poll result violence in West Bengal with the bloodshed during India's Partition, while his colleagues compared the......

'Army rewarding Major Gogoi undermines stature of the military'

A human rights organisation has criticised the Indian Army for awarding a commendation to one of its officers who used a civilian as a human shield in Kashmir, saying support for such......

'India routinely uses vaguely-worded laws to stifle dissent'

India "routinely" uses vaguely-worded laws like sedition and criminal defamation as "political tools" to "stifle" dissent, a leading rights group said on Tuesday while calling on the government to......

New anti-rape law flawed, must be rejected: Rights groups

The Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have stated that the new criminal law on violence against women should either be replaced or amended.On February 3, 2013, Indian President Pranab......

Global rights groups condemn Afzal Guru's hanging

In the wake of the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, global rights groups have asked India to end the use of executions and move towards abolishing the death penalty. "Questions need......

Battle-scarred Anil Ambani on religious tour

As the wrangle over the energy deal continues between Ambani brothers, younger brother Anil Ambani has opted to go on a religious tour of South India. Anil and his mother Kokilaben visited the......

In India, death to global business

On the night of Apr 24, a group of 300 men and women, armed with bows and arrows and sickles and led by gun-wielding commanders, emerged swiftly and silently from the dense forest in India's......

Dravid stumps Ganguly in ad stakes too

With ominous clouds surrounding Sourav Ganguly's role in the national cricket team over the past couple of months, brand Ganguly also seems to be in jeopardy.Ganguly, who endorsed a total of 10......

Meet the cast of Aashiqui 2

After a nation-wide talent hunt for new faces in Aashqui 2 -- the sequel to the blockbuster 1990 musical Aashiqui, which made Rahul Roy and Anu Aggarwal overnight stars and established......

Column: Bollywood is full of superheroes

Bollywood is full of superheroes.Only, we pretend they're real people. Cornered by a dozen armed goons, our valiant leading men explode into a rage, showering kicks (a shot invariably repeated......

Sports Shorts: Pranati wins bronze at Asian Gymnastic

IMAGE: Pranati Nayak of India competes. Photograph: Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images Indian gymnast Pranati Nayak, on Friday, clinched a bronze medal in vault event at the Senior Asian Artistic......

Asiad: Indian women joint top in chess

Indian women are on course for a chess medal as they scored an easy victory over Bangladesh to remain on joint top along with China after six rounds of the chess competition in the Asian Games in......

Asiad: Indian women chess team continue fine show

Indian women drubbed Mongolia to climb to the joint top position while their male counterparts slipped to the fourth spot with a shocking defeat at the hands of lower-rated Philippines after the......

Asiad: Indian men slip, women go second in chess

Grandmaster GN Gopal's defeat against Ni Hua cost India dearly as it lost the fourth round match to higher rated China in the men's chess team event to slip to the second position in the Asian......

Chess Olympiad: Indian women out contention

Leaving out Tania Sachdev proved a costly mistake as India's medal hopes went up in smoke when the women's team lost to second seed China in the 10th and penultimate round of the Chess Olympiad in......

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