In Gujarat, all schools asked to perform ‘compulsory’ Saraswati...
Ahmedabad: The Ahmedabad School Board has whipped up a controversy with its circular asking all schools to hold ‘Saraswati Vandana’ on Vasant Panchami on Saturday, drawing accusations of promoting ruling BJP’s Hindutva agenda and warnings of legal action and protest by... read more »
Death of ‘reformer’ King Abdullah: Why Saudis will remain frene...
The death yesterday (23 January) of Saudi King Abdullah – widely acclaimed as a “reformer”, albeit a one only in the context of the glacial pace of change in this semi-mediaeval kingdom – changes nothing for anybody anywhere. While the optics of geopolitical political correctness... read more »
US and India Appear Ready to Try to Hash Out Differences
Differences that the United States and India have been grappling with for years are expected to dominate talks between President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Narendra Modi when they meet in New Delhi next week. Climate Change India is the world’s third-largest emitter of greenhouse gases,... read more »
Delhi elections 2015: Confident of running Delhi govt for next 5 years : Ke...
NEW DELHI: AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal is confident that the voters of Delhi will give a clear verdict in this elections. Kejriwal, who answered a range of questions from readers on TOI Hangout, said that his party has a 7-point action plan for Delhi once they are voted to power. In an hour-long... read more »
Belgium terror arrests: Cops launch more overnight raids in hunt for ‘Jihadi cells&#...
The operations come after two suspected Islamists were killed and a third arrested during a gun battle with cops in the Belgian town of Verviers yesterday Cops in Belgium have launched... read more »
Another threat message scribbled in Mumbai airport toilet wall
A threat message warning of an Islamic State (ISIS) attack on Republic Day was spotted on a toilet wall in Mumbai airport on Friday, nine days after a similar message. Central Industrial... read more »
BJP has a visionary leadership, can give strong, experienced govt in Delhi: Kiran Bedi
New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kiran Bedi, who joined the party on Thursday, today said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership inspired her to join politics... read more »
Dhanush gears up for two releases in February
Dhanush will have two back-to-back releases next month as his films Anegan and Shamitabh will hit the marquee within the span of a week. While Dhanush’s Tamil romantic-drama Anegan,... read more »
Amitabh Bachchan named Social Media Person of the Year
Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan has been honoured with the Social Media Person of the Year award by Internet and Mobile Association of India. The 72-year-old actor, who is an active social media... read more »
