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Bullet train has become an issue among villagers

Japan agency funding bullet train project ready to meet farmers:...

On Sep 18, 1,000 farmers from Gujarat had written to JICA, funding agency, and requested it to form team to hear...

4 Oct 2018 8:25 AM IST

A person familiar with TSBs investigations into recent frauds said while it can be difficult for the bank to know for certain how criminals obtain information about an account, activity on social media is a concern. (Photo: Pixabay)

The price for being banked

The World Bank Group has put forward an ambitious global goal to reach Universal Financial Access (UFA) by 2020.

4 Oct 2018 6:38 AM IST

Confident of a favourable judgment from SC on the matter, RSS general secretary Bhaiyyaji Joshi said the construction of temple would begin after the courts order and it would be built on the basis of its verdict on the ownership of land. (Photo: PTI)

RSS backs SC verdict on Sabarimala temple issue

The Kerala government has made it clear that it will not be filing a review petition against the apex court's order.

4 Oct 2018 5:58 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Photo: File/AFP)

Putin in India today, focus on S-400 air defence deal

There have been indications by New Delhi that it will go ahead with the deal notwithstanding the US sanctions.

4 Oct 2018 5:54 AM IST

Though Rohingya have always been persecuted in the country, it got much worse after 2012, when violence in Rakhine killed hundreds and drove about 140,000 people, most of them Rohingya, from their homes to camps. (Photo: File)

India to deport 7 Rohingya illegals to Myanmar today

All the seven migrants will be handed over to Myanmar authorities from the Moreh border checkpost in Manipur.

4 Oct 2018 5:26 AM IST

The AFSPA was promulgated in Assam in November 1990 and the entire state was declared as a disturbed area as the activities of the United Liberation Front of Asom (Ulfa) were at their peak. (Photo: Representational/PTI)

MHA extends AFSPA in Arunachal Pradesh

The decision was taken following a review of the law and order situation in the three districts and eight police station...

4 Oct 2018 5:23 AM IST

Gautam Navlakha with writer Arundhati Roy

Signals of hope

One of the reasons to harp on such post truth propaganda is to divert the attention of people from their actual...

4 Oct 2018 2:48 AM IST

I feel blessed, says first dalit priest after a year in service

Krishanan, a disciple of Anirudhan Thantri of North Paravoor, entered priesthood after a 10-year long study of Thantra...

4 Oct 2018 2:43 AM IST

Woman devotees at Sabarimala File pic

RSS to iron out issues over women entry into Sabarimala

A section of the BJP State leadership had earlier welcomed the Supreme Court order but has now retracted on its stand.

4 Oct 2018 2:39 AM IST

The protesting farmers had ended their march at Kisan Ghat in Delhi early on Wednesday after the police, which had stopped them on the citys border, allowed their entry. (Photo: PTI/File)

Govt hikes rabi Minimum Support Price to defuse rural fury

Agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh said MSPs for all rabi crops are higher than the cost of production ranging from...

4 Oct 2018 1:58 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi poses for photos as UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, science & environment minister Harsh Vardhan and UN Environment Programme executive director Erik Solheim look on after Mr Modi received the UNs highest environmental honour Champions of The Earth Award at a ceremony in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Clean, green environment at root of govt policy, says PM

The UN Secretary-General said technology was on the side of those who believe in a green economy.

4 Oct 2018 1:40 AM IST

Saffron-clad men install Godse statue in UP district

As tension mounted in the village, the local people immediately informed the police that rushed to the spot and arrested...

4 Oct 2018 1:34 AM IST