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Haryana to launch low-cost eateries soon
February 28, 2017
Low-cost eateries in India are catching everybody's fancy and Indian politicians are no exception. Latest to join the bandwagon will be Haryana that will provide cooked meals at unimaginably low prices. For the last four years, more than half a dozen states have been providing lo...
Read MoreIndia slashes prices of stents
February 24, 2017
As cardiovascular diseases emerge as the number one killer among the billion plus population of India, the country has finally slashed the prices of stents by 85 pc. Heartening news indeed! The question is, whether the manufacturers and hospitals will fall in line.
Read MoreBJP looking to leave footprint in Manipur
February 21, 2017
After Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, will the lotus bloom in Manipur - as 60 assembly seats go up for grabs when polls are held on March 4 and 8 - even as the Congress eyes a fourth consecutive term, despite the OkramIbobi Singh government facing strong anti-incumbency?
Read MoreComplex permutations to decide Goa’s truncated political landscape
February 4, 2017
Who will rule over India's tourist paradise—the tiny state of Goa—when it goes to polls on February 4 to elect 40 members of the legislative assembly? Torn by an internal feud and a tussle with the ideological fountainhead, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the ruling BJ...
Read MoreTough triangular tests await political titans in Punjab
January 21, 2017
For the first time, it is getting difficult for political observers to predict which way the wind will blow at the upcoming Assembly polls next month in Punjab, though they believe that Captain Amarinder Singh-led Congress has an upper hand.
Read MoreIncome Tax Dept raids top Tamil Nadu bureaucrat
December 22, 2016
Income tax raids on Tamil Nadu’s senior-most bureaucrat, Chief Secretary, P Ram Mohan Rao, conducted on December 21, shook the power centres in the state. Raids were conducted at his Anna Nagar residence in Chennai and other properties in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Karnatak...
Read MoreAgustaWestland Bribery Scandal: Ex-Indian Air Force Chief taken into custody
December 12, 2016
Former Air Force Chief, Shashindra Pal Tyagi, was arrested for his alleged involvement in a INR 4.5 billion AgustaWestland bribery case in procurement of 12 AW101 VVIP helicopters. He, along with his cousin, was sent to four-day Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) custody this ...
Read MoreStudents Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) members killed after jailbreak
November 1, 2016
After a jailbreak in Madhya Pradesh in October 2013 by seven Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) members, eight SIMI insiders escaped from behind the bars yet again and were killed on October 31, 2016. A nationwide high alert has been issued after the incident that is raisi...
Read MoreBollywood film ‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’ caught in controversy
October 21, 2016
The terrorist attack in Uri, Jammu and Kashmir in September 2016, has affected a lot of dimensions in both India and Pakistan. And now, Bollywood suffers too as an Indian nationalist party protest the release of the Hindi movie ‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’ as it stars a Pakistani act...
Read MoreIndia relaxes vigilance on funds from US-based NGO
October 18, 2016
Although the Indian government has decided to relax its vigilance over the US-based NGO, Compassion International, in terms of disbursing funds to Indian NGOs, there is still a lot of muddy water in this foreign funded NGO-affair, giving rise to social unrest in the country.
Read MoreSecurity Watch India concludes 8th annual conference and exhibition
October 10, 2016
Security Watch India, a non-partisan, not-for-profit organisation addressed the issues and challenges faced by the security sector in India in a two day conference in New Delhi. The event saw discussions with government officials and presented awards for innovations in the sector...
Read MoreFIR filed against Amnesty International in Bangalore
August 17, 2016
Amnesty International India, a prominent human rights advocacy group, has been booked by the Indian police for the alleged participation of some of its members in seditious activities at an event organised recently by the group in Bangalore (capital of the Indian South West state...
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