A lesson we have not learnt from China is the urgent need to knit the vast country together to keep it from falling apart at the seams. While there is considerable dent in poverty, sadly, the North East remains as distant today as it always was, points out Shreekant Sambrani.
In an election condemned by the United States, Europe and the Ukrainian government, voters in Crimea reportedly backed a referendum to split from Ukraine and become a part of Russia.
The new ordinance on land acquisition will allow land grabbers to deprive millions, destroy agriculture, horticulture, rivers, forests, tree cover and mangroves to extract minerals as well as ground water, without replenishment at a pace that will not leave anything for the next generation, warns activist Medha Patkar.
A 1,200-year-old Hindu temple in Pakistan's Lahore city will be restored after 'illegal occupants' were evicted from it following a lengthy court battle, the federal body overseeing minority worship places in the country said on Wednesday.
Daniil Medvedev beat Italy's Jannik Sinner 7-5, 6-3 to win the Miami Open on Sunday for his fourth title of the year and 19th overall.
Vakeel Saab is an out-and-out Pawan Kalyan show, where he makes his point sometimes with a pen and at times with a punch, observes Joginder Tuteja.
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty went down fighting to Olympic champions Lee Yang and Wang Chi-Lan of Chinese Taipei at the Japan Open.
H S Prannoy dished out another splendid show to progress to the quarter-finals with a thrilling win over Indonesia's Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo.
Hitting out at the bill, he termed it as an attempt by the government to acquire land, whose price has been rising, for industrialist 'friends'and crony capitalists.
To state government's allegations of Centre not extending support to Uttar Pradesh, Singh said these were wrong.
The former Haryana chief minister is facing a court case over land deals in Manesar.
''I don't revisit any of my work once it's complete because I'm very self-critical.' 'I will probably exclaim, "Oh God, such bad acting!"'
Amid growing outrage over the killing of a journalist in Uttar Pradesh at the behest of minister of state for backward welfare Ram Murti Singh Verma, yet another controversy has emerged with UP Horticulture Minister Parasnath Yadav, saying about the killing, "There are some incidents that happen in the course of nature and destiny...you can't fight nature."
IMAGES from the Champions League matches played on Tuesday.
Better late than never! That's the thought on Manipuris minds as they gear up to host their first ever international tournament from Wednesday.
She also accused the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government at the Centre of "murdering the democracy" in the name of polls.
Villagers said the temple was constructed five days ago by Lokesh Kumar Srivastava with the help of donations from local residents.
Poor governance and mediocre short-sighted politics are destroying the paradise that Goa was as its environment, water table, culture and way of life is drastically threatened by tourism and migration, points out Ramesh Menon.
Pakistan's Sindh province government will crackdown on 48 madrassas involved in promoting terrorism in the country, according to a report.
Atique Ahmed is one of the most feared dons of Uttar Pradesh today. There was another don who preceded Atique and had he survived, Atique wouldn't have been around today, recalls Sudhir Bisht.
The former world junior number one thus joined fellow Indians Aparna Popat (1996), Saina Nehwal (2006) and Siril Verma (2015) in winning a silver medal at the prestigious tournament.
No matter what field you work in or what stage of your career you are in, metrics-based data always augments your CV, alerts Neelabh Shukla, Chief Business Officer, MyCareernet.
Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand continued their impressive run, dishing out another superlative performance to advance to their second successive semi-finals at the All England Championships.
His backhand blocks and forehand low returns reaped dividends but an alert Gemke managed to grab a four-point cushion at the interval.
'What she did so far and what she will do now is secondary; the most important thing is a person from the Adivasi community has reached the top-most position in the country.'
Two seconds of Kajol and Shah Rukh Khan in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai pack in more chemistry than two hours and 44 minutes of Ranbir and Shraddha's romance in Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar, feels Sukanya Verma.
Rohit Shetty returns with the 13th season of the adventure reality show Khatron Ke Khiladi, and the contestant line-up seems quite interesting.
The EV industry is at an inflection point and batteries will play a critical role ahead -- batteries and related components typically constitute 35-45 per cent of an EV's costs.
Prove your worth through effective storytelling. It matters how you communicate your achievements and articulate the potential to drive the business, suggests Sekhar Garisa, CEO, foundit, a job search app.
Tharoor argued that the proposed bill represents a "grave chapter in the history of the Indian republic, seeking to ratify an ordinance that in many ways is an assault on our democratic heritage and the spirit of federalism."
The Supreme Court has dismissed a public interest litigation against the demolition of 'corona mata mandir,' constructed by a woman along with her husband in Uttar Pradesh's Pratapgarh district, saying it was an 'abuse of the process.'
PHOTOS of the IPL 2023 match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Punjab Kings played at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Sunday.
M Natarajan, husband of Sasikala, close aide of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, was arrested on Monday after he was picked up from Courtallam in Tirunelveli district following a complaint from martial arts expert and sculptor Shihah Husseini that he was threatened by him, police said.
The Supreme Court on Friday set aside a part of the Allahabad high court order concerning bail conditions imposed on Samajwadi Party MLA Azam Khan by which the district magistrate of Rampur was directed to take possession of land attached to the Jauhar University campus.
'If you are doing something to our national democratic space which involves serious amounts of land, the public should have been consulted.'
The Uttar Pradesh government on Monday announced an aid of Rs 30 lakh, two government jobs and an "impartial" probe into the killing of Shahjahanpur journalist in which a minister is an accused, after which the deceased's family decided to end their hunger strike from Tuesday.
Special Judge of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act court, PR Bhavke heard the arguments of lawyers of Bhujbal and Enforcement Directorate before reserving the order.
Dharmendra Singh, a journalist with the Hindi newspaper Dainik Bhaskar, was was standing at a tea stall near his house early in morning when three bike-borne assailants opened fire on him, peppering his chest with bullets.
Spain and Japan have six points and will play each other on Monday for top spot in the group
Members of the National Cricket Academy's sub-committee were in for a rude shock when it was intimated that the Board of Control for Cricket in India lost a whopping Rs 50 crore on a dubious land deal and is now mulling initiating criminal proceedings against those involved in the mess.
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