Patna: It appears that the Nitish Kumar government’s decision to ban sale of liquor in Bihar has failed to deter people from buying alcohol even if it comes at an inflated cost. According to India Today, dealers in Bihar are openly selling bottles of alcohol for as much as RsRead More

NEW DELHI:Union Minister Smriti Irani’s “request” to IITs or Indian Institutes of Technology to teach Sanskrit has provoked sharp reactions from opposition parties. Manish Sisodia, the Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi, mocked it in tweets, saying computer language should be declared “anti-national”.Ms Irani, the Education Minister, told Parliament yesterday thatRead More

NEW DELHI: Pakistan has spurned basic protocol during Foreign Secretary talks with India by releasing a statement while the dialogue was still in process. As a further irritant, Pakistan’s statement makes it clear that Jammu and Kashmir is “a core issue that requires a just solution.” Today’s meeting between IndianRead More

Mumbai: Charges against eight Muslim youths accused in the 2006 Malegaon bomb blasts case were on Monday dropped by a special court in Mumbai due to lack of evidence against them. The accused were discharged by V V Patil, Designated Judge of Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA), nearlyRead More

Ahmedabad (Gujarat), Shiv Sena workers on Monday were seen tearing banners of Pakistani singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan’s concert which is scheduled to be held on April 30. A Shiv Sena worker said that it was very condemnable that Pakistani artists are coming to India when the country is sufferingRead More

Kottayam: A 22-year-old Kerala girl who had undergone a complicated heart and lungs transplantation surgery at a super-speciality hospital in Chennai nine months ago, died today at a private hospital here after she developed infection to her blood and internal organs. Health condition of Ambily Fathima, a Post Graduate studentRead More

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday pulled up the Maharashtra government for framing rules that prohibit dance bars within a distance of one kilometre from educational institutions. Terming the government’s condition as equal to prohibition, the apex court said that it viewed dancing as an art performance and thatRead More

Mumbai: JNU students’ union president Kanhaiya Kumar on Sunday claimed that he was attacked by a passenger on board his flight to Pune. However, Mumbai police dismissed Mr Kumar’s claims and said that prima facie it appears that Mr Kumar was involved in an onboard scuffle with co-passenger Manas JyotiRead More

New Delhi: India has cancelled the visa given to a leading Chinese dissident to participate in a conference in Dharamsala, apparently after China objected to it. “We have cancelled the visa given to Dolkun Isa,” a Home Ministry spokesperson today said without elaborating further. Isa, a leader of World UyghurRead More

New Delhi: In an indication that the second half of the Budget Session of Parliament, commencing today, is going to be a stormy affair, the Opposition parties are planning to corner the government over issues, including the imposition of President’s Rule in Uttarakhand. The Uttarakhand issue also dominated the all-partyRead More