There is nothing more important in ‘student politics’ than the ongoing tension in FTII Pune, if one were to read national media. Until you type ‘Dalit students’ on Google News. News of torture, ostracisation and harassment abound; but these incidents are another story in the newspapers. One wo

The Centre on Friday came out with a notification allowing controversial bull taming sport Jallikattu in poll-bound Tamil Nadu following extensive demand for its restoration by political parties in the state. The decision to allow Jallikattu and bullock cart races in other parts of the country ca

New Delhi: Veteran Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan has been selected as the next brand ambassador of Incredible India, sources said on Thursday, a day after the government dropped Aamir Khan from the campaign. Tourism Ministry sources told CNN-IBN that Bachchan's name was finalised for the role o

New Delhi: The year 2015 witnessed many incidents and controversies. Despite being at the centre of many debates, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has emerged as the second politician after Dr APJ Abdul Kalam who generated the most positive sentiments in 2015. Former president Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, who

MUMBAI: Shiv Sena, which shares an uneasy alliance with the BJP, has hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, squarely blaming the Pathankot terror attack on his Lahore diplomacy and saying it was time for him to focus on India rather than "trying to unite the world". "Seven of our soldiers get m

Pakistan Premier Nawaz Sharif today called up Prime Minister Narendra Modi and promised "prompt and decisive action" against the terrorists behind the Pathankot attack as the Indian leader pressed for immediate steps on "specific and actionable" information provided to them. Modi received a call

MUMBAI:  An Istanbul-bound flight of Turkish Airlines was called back from the runway in Mumbai today morning after an "unclaimed" mobile phone was found on a seat of the Boeing 777 plane. The aircraft was brought back to the bay and all the passengers were deplaned for a thorough frisking. Th

NEW DELHI: India will decide on going ahead with the foreign secretary-level talks with Pakistan scheduled later this month only after operations to flush out terrorists from the IAF base at Pathankot is over, finance minister Arun Jaitley said on Monday. "I think let the operations get over and

Exchange of bullets resumed between the security forces and terrorists inside the Pathankot Air Force station on Sunday afternoon after at least two militants opened fire at NSG commandos. One of the terrorists was killed in the counterfire. The operation to neutralise the remaining terrorist was

Terror revisited Punjab in the early hours of Saturday after heavily-armed militants in army fatigues stormed into the Air Force base in Pathankot, barely 45 km from the Pakistan border. Four militants and three security personnel were killed in the gunbattle that lasted nearly 13 hours. The m

The process of the much-delayed organizational elections in Congress could get a fillip after the return of party Vice President Rahul Gandhi from Europe next week amid indications that his much talked elevation could happen soon. On December 27, Rahul took to Twitter to announce that he will be

NEW DELHI: As the odd-even rule took off in Delhi today, Delhi's Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia appealed, "for the sake of the city, it's time to stop thinking that we have to use our own car all the time." For 15 days from today, private vehicles will be allowed only on alternate days in a

New Delhi: Petrol price was on Thursday cut by 63 paise per litre while diesel rate was lowered by Rs 1.06 a litre, on the back of a softening global oil market. Revised prices will take effect from the midnight of December 31 and January 1, 2016. After this revision, petrol will cost Rs 59.35 pe

NEW DELHI: Make space — Mahatma, Vivekananda and Ambedkar may join you. If a proposal made to Prime Minister Narendra Modi by an academic and policy maven, who was amember of the Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council at one time, gets enough high-powered backing, Indian currency notes may fe

It will be an apt New Year’s gift for Pakistani singer Adnan Sami. Mr Sami can become an Indian citizen as soon as he completes the necessary paperwork. The Union Home Ministry cleared the proposal on Wednesday. Mr Sami, who has been staying in India since 2011, will have to fill a citizenship form

NOIDA: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday launched a Rs 7500 Crore project to widen the Delhi-Meerut highway and replace it with an expressway to decongest Delhi. He described it as the "road to freedom from pollution." The road connecting Meerut to Delhi is the busiest highway in the regio

Continuing its offensive against him, AAP today alleged that Arun Jaitley, in his capacity as President of DDCA in 2011, had "pressurised" the then Police Commissioner to "close" an investigation involving a cricket club of a private bank. The party released two letters, purportedly written by Ja

After the ban on Maggi by most of the Indian states, more cats are slowly coming out of the bag. Data tabled in the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) website, more food products from India have been rejected in the US in 2015 than that from any other country. The data on the website shows that m