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Miss World Manushi Chhillar with school girls during an event on menstrual hygiene in New Delhi on Tuesday. (Photo: Bunny Smith)

‘Menstruation a natural phenomenon’

NDMC chairman Naresh Kumar said it was a matter of privilege that the Miss World had wished to visit them.

07 Feb 2018 2:55 AM

The extradition trial seeks to prove that there are no 'bars to extradition' and that Mallya is assured a fair trial in India over his now-defunct Kingfisher Airlines' alleged default of over Rs 9,000-crore in loans from Indian banks. (Photo: File)

Rats and snakes: Adequate conditions lack in Indian jails, says Mallya's defence

Vijay Mallya's defence claims that jails in India are overcrowded and do not have adequate conditions for him to stay.

15 Dec 2017 10:39 AM

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro (Photo: AP)

Embattled Venezuelan President to visit India soon

Visit a year after PM Modi skipped NAM summit.

23 Oct 2017 12:47 AM

More than one-fourth, i.e. 27 per cent, of Indian citizens want a strong leader. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

85 per cent Indians trust govt, 55 per cent back autocracy: Pew survey

India is one of the three countries in the Asia Pacific region where people support technocracy.

17 Oct 2017 9:39 AM

92 per cent of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train’s route will be elevated.

Railway authorities to face technology and land hurdles

The train will stop at Thane and Virar, Boisar in Mumbai. It will halt at Vapi, Bilimora, Surat, Bharuch, Vadodara, Anand and Ahmedabad in Gujarat.

14 Sep 2017 5:59 AM

A Rohingya refugee carries two children in buckets as they arrive at Shah Porir Dwip in Teknaf, Bangladesh, on Saturday. (Photo: AFP)

UNHRC deplores current steps in India to deport Rohingya refugees

Communal tensions appeared to be rising across Myanmar on Monday after two weeks of violence in Rakhine state.

11 Sep 2017 5:37 PM

Mr Liu referred to President Xi Jinping’s recent utterance that “military option is the fundamental guarantee” to protect China’s unity and territorial integrity. (Representational Image)

India’s Doklam stand ‘risky’: Chinese envoy

Deputy chief of mission in the Chinese embassy Liu Jinsong warns India of ‘serious consequences’ if it did not pull out all troops from Doklam.

04 Aug 2017 2:18 AM

Deaflympic athletes upset, protest at IGI

Won 5 medals, but no one to welcome them at IGI.

02 Aug 2017 2:40 AM

The Centre told the Supreme Court that I-T department surveys over the last 3 years led to the detection of around Rs 71,941 crore of "undisclosed income". (Representational Image)

'Undisclosed income' of 71,941 crore exposed by I-T searches in 3 yrs

Total undisclosed income was more than Rs 5,400 crore and total quantity of gold seized was 303.367 kgs.

23 Jul 2017 11:04 AM

“The bribes generally were two-four per cent of the contract price and paid through fraudulent subcontractors, who provided no actual services and understood that payments were meant to solely benefit the officials,” it said. (Photo: ANI/Twitter)

US firm paid Rs 1.2 million bribe to NHAI

‘CDM Smith bribed government officials to get contracts’.

12 Jul 2017 2:08 AM

The Pakistani Foreign Office had raised the matter with the Indian High Commission earlier as well.

Pakistan’s family gets Indian visa for child’s surgery

The Indian government had not issued medical visas to Pakistani residents since three months.

03 Jun 2017 3:03 AM

Bharatiya Janata Party leader C.K. Bose branded Imam Burkati anti-national. (Photo: ANI/Twitter)

Have been allowed by 'British Raj', will not remove my red beacon: Imam Barkati

I will continue to use it since I have permission from the erstwhile British government, he added.

09 May 2017 9:07 PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)

Govt’s ‘Digital India’ push fails to help disabled

Despite guidelines, all major govt websites lack electronic accessibility.

30 Apr 2017 6:32 AM

Police personnel stationed outside the security of Khulbhushan Jadhav's home at Silver Chowk in Powai on Monday. (Photo: Mrugesh Bandiwadekar)

Kulbhushan Jadhav’s home wears deserted look

Kulbhushan Jadhav joined the Indian National Defence Academy in the year 1987. He joined the Indian Navy in the year.

11 Apr 2017 1:58 AM

Indians are racists to the core

This greater exposure to the sun meant the skin needed some form of protection against ultraviolet rays which cause cancer.

09 Apr 2017 12:47 AM

Assam Tribune newspaper director Babita Rajkhowa presents a sarai, a traditional Assamese brass handicraft, to the Dalai Lama during the platinum jubilee celebrations of the newspaper in Guwahati. (Photo: PTI)

Arrival to India was moment of freedom, says Dalai Lama

Spiritual leader strongly disapproved of terms like ‘Muslim terrorists’.

02 Apr 2017 2:47 AM

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor. (Photo: PTI)

Hope Modi leads bipartisan team to Israel: Shashi Tharoor

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin’s visit to India last November had set the stage for PM Modi’s historic visit to the Jewish state.

31 Mar 2017 4:07 AM

Indian government representatives have attended functions at the Pakistan high commission in recent years on the day. (Photo: PTI)

Indian envoy summoned by Pak over ‘border firing’

The fresh controversy between the two countries comes ahead of the Pakistan National Day celebrations on March 23.

21 Mar 2017 1:33 AM

Pakistan Prime Minister's Advisor on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz and alleged Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav. (Photo: AFP)

MEA irked as Pak says won’t return Kulbhushan Jadhav

Government sources said Islamabad has not allowed New Delhi consular access to Jadhav despite requests.

04 Mar 2017 2:52 AM

The forecast includes spending by the Centre and state governments on internal services, software, IT services, data center systems, devices and telecom services.

Indian govt IT spending to grow 9.5 pc to $7.8 bn in 2017: Gartner

Government spending on IT services will total USD 2,093 million USD in 2017.

13 Feb 2017 4:02 PM

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