Why are students being forced to go abroad to study?
'When democracy first came to Bhutan people had no idea and they were like 'What is that?' Oh it's that thing they have in India where the leaders are always fighting and arguing.' When I screened the film to Bhutan's film committee, they thought my film was good but they were concerned about that line. They wanted me to change that line. They said, 'We don't want to offend India.' I tried to tell them that Indians have a great ability to laugh at themselves but they insisted I change it.'
With an endless number of star kid debuts in the offing, we thought of looking at how this decade's brigade compares to their mums, dads, uncles or siblings.
In the recent past, Adityanath and the RSS seem to have come closer. The warmth is more on the part of the RSS. And even now, not all requests from the RSS are accommodated by the UP government, points out Aditi Phadnis.
The incident occurred at Kasi theatre in Chennai's Ashok Nagar during the interval at 11:30 am on Sunday.
The longest-serving Bharatiya Janata Party chief minister and popularly known as mama (maternal uncle) and 'paon-paon wale bhaiya' (foot soldier), Shivraj Singh Chouhan has emerged as the hero of his party's stunning victory in the state assembly elections.
a horrifying case of corporal punishment, a 10-year-old boy died after being allegedly beaten up by his headmaster on the suspicion of stealing a pen in Baddupur area of Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh.
The victim, in her complaint, said she was being sexually abused by the six teachers since September 2007 and was repeatedly raped by them at different places.
'The government never asked any transport association before making this law on hit and run cases.' 'MPs only clapped to Amit Shah's new law and never questioned him about this law.' 'Are these MPs not bothered about the lives of drivers?'
A 33-year-old PhD scholar from Manipur was found murdered with his neck slashed at his home in south Delhi's Kotla Mubarakpur area on Wednesday night.
'If we refused, the teachers threatened to beat us.'
Sources said Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has expressed displeasure at the way the alleged molestation case was handled.
An Indian student was attacked and beaten till he fell unconscious by a gang in Melbourne's Central Business District in broad daylight. According to a news channel, Rajat Tyagi, a trainee pilot, was confronted as he left his apartment in Flinders Street on Sunday morning by five men. Tyagi, who hails from Delhi, said the gang surrounded him and beat him till he fell unconscious. Rajat hopes that the incident was captured on CCTV. He said he has heard no more from the police.
His latest recreation, Manoj Tiwari's Rinkiya Ke Papa, has garnered over 3.5 million views on YouTube in just two weeks.
It's time to move on from fights and dances and clich, says Kshmaya Daniel.
To prevent dehydration, drink plenty of water, natural fruit juices, or vegetable juice every day, suggests Dr Divya Gopal.
Rediff.com brings you glimpses of the violent protests that has rocked Acapulco in southern Mexico.
Students burnt effigies of policemen and the Uttar Pradesh Women's Rights Commission has decided to probe the incident.
Jadavpur University students, who were beaten up and arrested for protesting against the university's apathy over a sexual assault on campus, talk to Sumit Bhattacharya about a night of horrors.
According to police, on April 10, the boy, a resident of Jagatpur town, was taken to Ramlila Maidan on a motorcycle by his friend.
In the third such incident in the past four months, a three-year-old girl student was allegedly sexually abused inside a private school in Bangalore.
Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies.
'There were 10-15 JNU guys who came in fake lawyer dress and instigated the violence. They want to give us a bad name.' 'When someone holds my brother lawyer's neck must I wait for permission from the media and the police to beat the attacker?' 'These JNU guys are raising anti-India slogans and I am saying Hindustan Zindabad and you say I have created problems.' Lawyer Yashpal Singh tries to explain the violence outside a Delhi court.
The Congress needs to reorganise itself at the grassroots, infuse younger blood, and have more boots on the ground. Just offering freebies is not the answer anymore. Leadership matters, asserts Ramesh Menon.
'Those who support the attacks should realise that beating Kashmiri students can't help anyone change the result of the game.'
Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Congress MP Shashi Tharoor were also present with the PM as he interacted with the students inside the train.
Concerned over continued disappearance of a Jawaharlal Nehru University student for nearly two months, Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the police to "scan" the entire campus, including hostels, classrooms and rooftops, of the varsity by using sniffer dogs.
France defender Benjamin Pavard made a spectacular comeback to the team as his superb second-half strike saw them beat Ireland 1-0 away in Euro 2024 qualifying Group B match.
Despite rising salaries, the country can sustain the cost advantage for another 10-15 years.
Images from the FIFA World Cup Group G match between Brazil and Switzerland on Monday.
The ongoing violence in the valley is driving students to excel, but it is also making them angry, discovers Ritwik Sharma.
'What we need is right skilling, re-skilling and up-skilling.'
A case was registered against Sanjay's son Bandi Bhagirath Sai based on a complaint filed by the Mahindra University, where both study - after the videos of the alleged assault went viral.
Police on Tuesday registered FIRs against three students and two staffers of the prestigious Scindia School at Fort in connection with the suicide attempt made by Adarsh Singh, son of Bihar Cooperatives Minister Jai Kumar Singh after alleged ragging.
A group of villagers from Meghalaya allegedly vandalised and burnt down a forest office in Assam's West Karbi Anglong district, following the killing of six people in violence that occurred in a disputed area along the border between the two states, officials claimed on Wednesday.
Giving a chilling account of the gory crime, the police alleged that Poonawala's partner Walkar was "already living in constant fear of getting killed" even before the accused decided to get rid of her in a barbaric and brutal manner.
'Mr Kejriwal has played it cool in distancing himself from Delhi's hotspots, adroitly pandering to the BJP's Hindu vote.' 'He neither visited the scene of JNU violence nor has he dropped by at Shaheen Bagh,' notes Sunil Sethi.
A victim Mohammad Ajmal said they were not given a chance to say anything, adding that their skull caps were thrown and crushed with feet.
This year's final placement surprise has once again come from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A). The premier institute recorded the highest-ever international offer of $360,000 (around Rs 1.44 crore) made by a financial conglomerate (markets) to a Post Graduate Programme (PGP) student.
'Oommen Chandy always had time for his people and valued their voices.' 'There was no rest for him as long as the betterment of his fellow citizens was at stake.' Ambassador Venu Rajamony, who knew the former Kerala chief minister for half a century, salutes a beloved leader who worked tirelessly for the welfare of its people.
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