Narendra Modi favours fresh polls, but not now

Priests prepare for a religious service held in memory of the victims at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight. AP

Subroto Roy will get ‘jail leave’ to meet clients

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi at Parliament in New Delhi on Tuesday. PTI Photo by Shahbaz Khan -PTI

Himanta Biswa Sarma (centre), along with other dissident MLAs of the Congress, addresses the media after meeting governor. PTI

CBI quizzes ex-PM secretary T.K.A. Nair on Coalgate

India's Ravindra Jadeja, second right, celebrates with his teammates including captain and wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni -AP

Narayan Rane quits government, attacks Prithviraj Chavan

International

Gaza rocket halts Israel flights, world pushes for truce

Jul 23, 2014 - AFP

Major airlines blocked flights to Israel Wednesday after a rocket from Gaza struck near airport runways, as the UN chief urged an end to a conflict that has killed 636 Palestinians and 31 Israelis.

India

‘Gaza won’t affect ties with India’

Jul 23, 2014 - PARUL CHANDRA

In the backdrop of the Modi government having successfully stalled an anti-Israel resolution in Parliament, Jerusalem has said it will not allow the on-going Gaza conflict overtake its bilateral ties

Newsmakers

Schizophrenia linked to genes?

Jul 23, 2014 - AFP

A massive gene trawl has linked over 100 DNA coding mutations to schizophrenia, yielding critical clues about what causes the illness and possibly how to treat it, scientists said on Tuesday.

Editorial

The message from Lord’s

Jul 23, 2014

Historic as the Lord’s Test victory is, greater significance lies in it being a huge breakthrough for a young team. Not having won away from India in three years, Dhoni’s squad put away some bad memories of away Tests (10 defeats in 15 Tests) behind by winning in competitive conditions after being put in to bat on a grassy pitch.

Here and Now

Here & Now
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Bollywood

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Dining

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