Bhagat Singh's name was not mentioned in the first information report for the murder of a British police officer in Lahore in 1928, the Lahore police have found, in a major boost to prove the legendary freedom fighter's innocence in the case 83 years after his execution.
Delhi Police has sought the help of its Lucknow counterparts to trace a 'cyclist cobbler' who created cavities in the shoes of Parliament security breach case accused Sagar Sharma and Manoranjan D to fit smoke canisters in them, sources said.
On Day One of the Times of India Literary Carnival in Mumbai, Chetan Bhagat took on his two Pakistani counterparts Mohammed Hanif and Mohsin Hamid. Here's what happened.
'I wish I could find a party that could offer the best of the three parties,' best-selling novelist Chetan Bhagat tells Rediff.com's Aseem Chhabra in New York.
The listed information technology (IT) subsidiaries of engineering giant Larsen & Toubro (L&T), LTIMindtree (LTIM) and L&T Technology Services, have seen sharp upmoves over the past fortnight, with returns ranging from 14 to 18 per cent. Both have outperformed the peer index, the National Stock Exchange Nifty IT, which has gained about 8 per cent, while the benchmark Nifty 50 is up 4 per cent during this period.
The government took the step following recommendation of the National Implementation Committee for observing the anniversaries of major events in India's history like First War of Independence, birth centenary of Bhagat Singh and 60 years of independence.
Giving in to the pressure from hardline groups like the Jamaat-ud-Dawah and a section of local residents, Pakistani authorities have put on hold a move to rename a roundabout in Lahore after freedom fighter Bhagat Singh.
Sakshi Vaidya believes a sari is 'a piece of art' that 'just can't look ugly on any woman'.
Gandhi will now be seen in two upcoming OTT series -- Hansal Mehta's Gandhi, starring Pratik Gandhi in the title role, and Freedom at Midnight by Nikkhil Advani.
Amid speculation that Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose may be named for the Bharat Ratna, a Congress leader on Sunday said Bahujan Samaj Party founder Kanshi Ram and Aligarh Muslim University founder Sir Syed Ahmed Khan should also be given the country's highest civilian award.
India wrestler Antim Panghal and her team boarded an Air India flight to New Delhi on Thursday evening, concluding a controversial Olympics campaign in which she was ousted in the opening round before facing the prospect of a three-year ban for alleged indiscipline.
She hopes that the prime minister would apprise the nation of the sacrifice of the martyrs and do something for the betterment of their kin.
The chargesheet, spread over 1,000 pages, was filed before the Patiala House Court in June and the court took its cognisance last month. A supplementary was filed in July.
Members in Rajya Sabha on Monday voiced concern over official records not showing Bhagat Singh as a martyr, prompting the government to promise remedial steps.
Many senior AAP leaders, including Delhi assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel, Deputy Speaker Rakhi Bila, ministers Atishi, Gopal Rai and Imran Hussain attended the day-long 'Samuhik Upwas' at Jantar Mantar in the national capital from 11 am.
Bhagat's songs are peppered with no holds barred anti-establishment lyrics. The words are sharp but mellifluous in his tongue and are meant to cut through the ignorance of his people. He has not even spared his initial mentors -- the right wing outfits for their regressive religious ideologies.
The withdrawal of the candidature by DPAP leaders on the last day on August 30 is seen as a boost to the NC-Congress alliance.
A round-up of the Ranji Trophy matches played on Friday.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced on Sunday that he would resign after two days and sought early polls in the national capital while vowing not to sit in the chief minister's chair till people give him a 'certificate of honesty'.
Rai alleged that MLAs and councillors of the Aam Aadmi Party were stopped from meeting the family members of the Delhi chief minister, who was arrested by the ED in an excise policy-linked money-laundering case on Thursday.
Nitesh Kumar outclassed Great Britain's Daniel Bethell 21-14, 18-21, 23-21 in the men's singles SL3 category final.
The author wants to put a lid on the controversy and 'move on'.
'We have been threatened. We have felt violated.' 'Everything is in danger if you don't give safe spaces to women.'
India have sent an 84-strong contingent of para-athletes, the largest ever in the country's history -- a heady mix of youth and experience, for the Paralympic Games, starting in Paris on Wednesday.
Bhagat Singh Kranti Sena's head Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga was detained by J&K police while trying to enter NIT to unfurl the tricolour.
'Just being recognised for all my efforts towards the game feels good.'
Eighteen Jharkhand Bharatiya Janata Party MLAs were suspended from the assembly till 2 pm of August 2 and were removed by marshals after they refused to leave the House on Thursday.
In the second part of our interview with Chetan Bhagat, the author talks about his much-lampooned blogpost about his domestic help as he replies to those who are outraged at the cold-blooded murder of the English tongue.
After authoring best-selling novels like Five Point Someone, One Night @ the Call Center, The 3 Mistakes of My Life and 2 States, Indian author Chetan Bhagat is ready with his fifth book. In an exclusive interview with Sriram Balasubramanian, the well-known author speaks about his forthcoming book and the anti-corruption mood in the country.
The ruling Jharkhand Mukti Morcha-led alliance won all five seats, performing particularly well in Singhbhum, Rajmahal, and Dumka.
'Your activities are not in the interest of the nation. Being a public institution, TISS cannot permit or tolerate its students indulging in such activities which are anti-national and bring a bad name to the nation. Hence all such activities fall under the category of serious criminal offence'
Gen Pande was to retire from service on May 31.
The Delhi Police probing the Parliament security beach case for more than 40 days on Tuesday said the six accused were 'self-funded and self-motivated' to do 'something big' for fame.
The prime minister and his cabinet will be compelled to do what governments in other democracies must: Listen to criticism from citizens and tolerate it and even learn from it. In doing so, perhaps they can also get a laugh out of the material, as many of us so often do, notes Aakar Patel.
'He never mentioned his whereabouts who are in his family or not. I have not seen him being violent personally'
A screening of Kriti Sanon and Shahid Kapoor's new release Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya was held in Mumbai on Thursday night.
Bestselling author Chetan Bhagat discusses the Information Age with Rediff.com Founder, Chairman and CEO Ajit Balakrishnan to mark the launch of his book The Wave Rider. Don't miss this event, which will be live streamed at 3 pm IST on Monday, December 3.
Author Anita Nair talks about the art of writing, her latest book Cut Like Wound and more.
Tokyo Paralympics silver medallist IAS officer Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj bettered his bronze from the last edition by winning gold in the SL4 final. Sukant Kadam took home the bronze in the same event.
Pakistani rights groups and members of civil society have demanded that the place in Lahore where freedom fighter Bhagat Singh was hanged should be named after him to commemorate his role in the movement for the independence of the subcontinent.
