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Surat: Panch Manzila (five-storied building), as locals refer to the building, has a quaint and regal ring to it. But neither its run-down facade nor the dilapidated interiors offer opulence to hundreds of Odia migrant workers, mostly from southern Odisha’s Ganjam district, who live there and eat at one of the eight messes in the building. As […]
On March 24, 2002, while living in Ahmedabad, I received an invitation to an unusual Oscar viewing party. The party began in the wee hours of the morning, given the time difference with Los Angeles, and since flat screen TVs were unheard of back then, the invitation came with a request to help the host […]
New Delhi: 11 Indian nationals tragically died from carbon monoxide poisoning at a restaurant in Gudauri, a popular mountain resort in Georgia. The incident was confirmed by the Indian Mission in Tbilisi and Georgia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs, according to a PTI report. Initial inspections revealed no signs of injuries or violence, with local police attributing the deaths to carbon […]
New Delhi: In the first structured diplomatic engagement after the Awami League government’s ouster, India on Monday (December 9) expressed its desire for a “mutually beneficial” relationship with Bangladesh, while raising concerns about the safety of minorities. Bangladesh, in turn, voiced apprehension over “propaganda” by the Indian media and the repeated statements made by former Prime […]
American expert on India’s constitutional history, Granville Austin, who authored a book The Indian Constitution: A Corner Stone of a Nation observed in it: “With the adoption of the Constitution by the members of the Constituent Assembly on 26 November 1949, India became the largest democracy in the world.” He then remarked with emphasis, “By this […]
New Delhi: Several top oncologists of India have released notes, urging people not to rely on unproven remedies following claims by former cricketer and politician Navjot Singh Sidhu that remedies such as neem, lemon juice, turmeric and cinnamon helped cure his wife’s breast cancer. Following Sidhu made the claims at a media conference last week, the […]
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party-led Mahayuti’s landslide win in Maharashtra and INDIA bloc’s comprehensive victory in Jharkhand have yet again shown that the elections in India are won by those who get their alliances – both electoral and social – right. While multiple observers may look at the success of Ladki Bahin in Maharashtra or Maiya Samman […]
New Delhi: Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leader Hemant Soren looks firmly set to remain in power in Jharkhand. The INDIA bloc have the lead according to the Election Commission’s website, with the following breakdown: Party Won Leading Total Jharkhand Mukti Morcha – JMM 11 24 35 Bharatiya Janata Party – BJP 1 19 20 Indian National Congress […]
New Delhi: The votes of the Jharkhand Assembly Elections 2024, held across 81 constituencies in two phases on November 13 and 20, are being counted today, November 23. The INDIA bloc have a slight lead according to the Election Commission’s website, with the following breakdown: Party Won Leading Total Rashtriya Janata Dal – RJD 0 2 […]
New Delhi: The majority mark of the 288-seat Maharashtra assembly is 145 – the number to watch out for, for six parties today. The Mahayuti alliance has a sizeable lead now. Party Won Leading Total Nationalist Congress Party – NCP 0 7 7 Bharatiya Janata Party – BJP 0 6 6 Shiv Sena – SHS 0 […]
New Delhi: A majority of exit polls have predicted a win for the BJP and its allies in the Maharashtra assembly elections. Many also forecast a victory for the BJP camp in Jharkhand, but some predicted that the INDIA bloc would win. Elections were held in a single phase in Maharashtra on Wednesday (November 20), where […]
New Delhi: On November 18, the Union health ministry released a letter to reporters. It was written by the health secretary to the chief secretaries of all states and union territories in the country on the same day. The letter asked them to take a series of steps to tackle health issues arising out of rising […]
On the eve of the Lok Sabha poll results, both Narendra Modi and Amit Shah gave an unprecedented call urging people to buy shares in the market on the assumption that BJP would win a decisive victory and the stock markets would be on a roll. However, after the results, the stock market crashed over […]
As Maharashtra braces for another fierce electoral showdown, the political landscape is sharply divided between two formidable alliances: the Mahayuti, a coalition led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), an opposition front comprising the Congress, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Sharad Pawar faction, and Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena faction. This […]
Bengaluru: More than 3,200 people dead. As much as 3.2 million hectares of crops damaged, around 2.3 lakh houses and buildings destroyed, and more than 9,400 livestock dead: all due to extreme weather events that occurred on 255 of the 274 days of the first nine months of this year across India. These are some […]
New Delhi: More than 800 academics, students and other concerned citizens have condemned the alleged “vindictive harassment and persecution” of Dr Deepak Malghan by the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIM-B). Malghan, an award-winning scholar, was ‘demoted’ by IIM-B for his social media posts that were deemed critical and in violation of the premier institute’s service […]
In an interview earlier this week, Sam Rose, the senior deputy director of UNRWA affairs in Gaza, spoke with Politico about his increasing despair in relation to the genocide in Gaza, where despite a full year of widely shared atrocities, the world has not yet felt compelled to collectively act to stop it. In Rose’s words, “Everyone’s attention […]
In 2019, the World Economic Forum ranked India mid-table – 68th out of 141 – in terms of competitiveness, based on its Global Competitiveness Index. This ranking was partly due to a major innovation deficit. Although from an innovation point of view, India ranks 35th, this is largely due to the performance of the services sector. […]
(IMAGE: The new ‘Lady Justice’ statue. In the background is the Babri Masjid which stood in Ayodhya till 1992.) It is reported that when our lordships were stuck in a judicial jam while trying to find a way to resolve the Babri Masjid case, god came to their rescue and showed them a bypass. This […]
(IMAGE: Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI) chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch. Photo: Securities and Exchange Board of India (GODL-India), GODL-India via Wikimedia Commons) New Delhi: The parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) meeting was postponed on Thursday (October 24) after Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch cited “personal exigencies” to not […]
