I think it is best to abolish the Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan -- they dilute the value of the Padma Shri, says RTI activist Subhash Chandra Agrawal in an interview to Indulekha Aravind
Two passengers travelling on the same United States-bound Air India aircraft from Mumbai as Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis have come out in his support, saying he did not delay the flight even as he has threatened legal action once he returns to India.
However, he did not specify against whom he plans to take legal action.
Seizing on reports that an Air India flight for US was delayed for about an hour by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Congress leader and former chief minister Prithviraj Chavan demanded an apology from him for causing inconvenience to over 200 passengers.
BSE proposes two models for making gold trading and investment transparent
Rijiju said India has approached a number of countries to retrieve any documents related to Netaji and they have responded to the requests.
Counting of votes for the high-profile Delhi Assembly polls in which Bharatiya Janata Party and Aam Aadmi Party are locked in a direct fight will be taken up on Tuesday and final results are likely to be available by 1 pm.
After an hour-long deliberation, the five-member collegium unanimously decided that Justice Joseph's name should be accompanied with the recommendation of names of other Chief Justices of high courts for elevation as judges of the Supreme Court.
'She was not forced into the decision," a close friend of Yuvraj Singh tells Subhash K Jha.
Jolly LLB director Subhash Kapoor has been accused by an actress, Geetika Tyagi, of sexually assaulting her, an incident he regrets in a video secretly recorded by her. Kapoor did not respond to telephone calls and messages, but indiatvnews.com reports that he plans to lodge a police complaint against the actress for character assassination.
'Had Muslims been a vote bank, they wouldn't be in the condition they are now,' Asaduddin Owaisi tells Jyoti Punwani.
'Rarely do you come across a leader of a free world who meets another leader of a free world and serves him tea in a suit that chants his name. Over and over again.'
How many of these will you include in your travel list for 2016?
The govt plans to seek Centre's help for a re-assessment by the World Bank.
Here is what influenced the realty picture of Kolkata in the 2016's first quarter that just went by:
'When my school principal heard that I took science in college, he slapped me hard.' 'I had once told him I was interested in arts.' 'He asked me if I wanted to be a doctor.' 'When I said no, he asked why I took science then.' 'My father said he would change his name if I survived science for more than two months.'
'Unless Sanju and me have become so bad that there is no hope left for the makers!'
'The time has come to substitute the present Constitutional set-up with an alternative democratic framework,' argues B S Raghavan, the distinguished civil servant.
The combined networth of India's 100 wealthiest is $381 billion (nearly Rs 25.5 lakh crore), a rise of 10 per cent from $ 345 billion in 2015
Uttar Pradesh Police claimed that the situation was now again turning normal.
'Yes, seriously. This was the time she was going through a bad phase; her personal life was a mess after her alleged affair with Amitabh Bachchan ended and her career was going nowhere.'
'A pact was made between the government and 12 producers that I would be restrained from speaking on the Babri Masjid issue.' 'After Meryl spoke out she got the wholehearted support of the entire Hollywood fraternity.' 'In India no one will speak up in support of a celebrity's political stand for the fear of a backlash.'
40,000 security personnel guard every nook and corner of New Delhi as US President Barack Obama arrives.
Gully Boy is a glorious blend of hip-hop and assured filmmaking, promises Sukanya Verma.
'Cinema in our country is changing rapidly. Newton is proof of that change.'
In a politically-significant move, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reconstituted a government committee on commemoration of the 125th birth anniversary of Jawaharlal Nehru which will be headed by him, replacing his predecessor Manmohan Singh.
'I broke into Hindi cinema with Tere Mere Sapne and the song Aankh Mare become a big hit.' 'And now that song has become a rage again in Simmba.'
'It is the journey of my father -- how he made it in this industry in no time, from a nobody to a music mogul.'
While Arun Jaitley remains part of the decision making process, Piyush Goyal, who was given additional charge on May 14, attends cabinet meetings and takes the day-to-day decisions.
Ahead of the four-Test series against the West Indies, starting in Antigua, on July 21, Rajneesh Gupta sheds light on India's first tour of the Caribbean.
10 central trade unions have called a nationwide shutdown against 'anti-worker policies' of the central government. Apart from being successful in Bengal, Kerala and NE states, the bandh has also got support from Cong leader Rahul Gandhi and Shiv Sena in Maharashtra.
The 50,000 Man Booker Prize will be announced tonight. The Indian-American author is in the fray for her book 'The Lowland', but what are her chances?
A K Bhattacharya lists three reasons why Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will most likely present a full Budget on February 1, 2019.
The rejection of the notice comes a day after Naidu held the consultations with such experts to determine the maintainability of the motion.
Cupid has played its role for years in the 200-year-old Presidency University in Kolkata but for the first time, love will now become a subject of study in its undergraduate curriculum. The unique interdisciplinary course on love would be offered by the varsity's sociology department and would be available to students of all streams as a 50-mark optional paper.
Aamir, Shah Rukh, Irrfan are just some of the interesting examples.
Political observers feel that the outcome of the elections weighs in favour of the BJP which had won a massive mandate in the Lok Sabha elections, held earlier this year.
"The Pakistani Army initiated indiscriminate firing of small arms, automatics, 82 mm and 120 mm mortars from 0715 hours along the Line of Control (LoC) in Nowshera sector", PRO, ministry of defence, Jammu, Lt Col Manish Mehta said. The Indian Army posts are retaliating strongly and effectively, he said, adding that the firing is currently going on.
Amidst snakelike political manoeuvrings for government formation in state, Devendra Fadnavis still remains top contender for CM post, say sources
