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Students demand headmaster’s transfer, l...

Students demand headmaster’s transfer, launch stir

Students of a sevashram at Champi in Koraput district of Odisha have launched a stir demanding immediate transfer of the headmaster accusing him of physically assaulting them. Officials said an inquiry would be conducted into the matter after the agitating students locked the school yesterday... read more »

Clashes in Vadodara ahead of by-polls

Clashes in Vadodara ahead of by-polls

In the last four days, Gujarat’s Vadodara district has witnessed three group clashes between two communities. While nearly 70 people have been arrested for rioting, the district police said the skirmishes were not communal in nature. The latest clash saw a confrontation between two groups in the... read more »

India, Japan for upgrading trilateral ta...

India, Japan for upgrading trilateral talks with U.S.

India and Japan will explore with the United States the possibility of raising their joint secretary-level trilateral dialogue to the level of foreign ministers, even as a bilateral accord on civil nuclear cooperation has failed to materialise. In a significant regional signal, a joint declaration... read more »

Sena wants Amit Shah to meet Uddhav

Sena wants Amit Shah to meet Uddhav

BJP national President Amit Shah’s visit to Mumbai on Thursday is becoming a bone of contention between the party and its ally the Shiv Sena. The latter has made it clear that it expects Mr. Shah to call on Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray while the BJP remains non-committal on whether this is on the... read more »

Domestic passenger car sales increased 14.76 per cent to 1,60,232 units in June

New Delhi: SpiceJet today launched a fire sale for travel beginning next calendar year, at fares which are about 35-40 percent lower than prevailing rates on most routes. The airline said... read more »

Bullet trains: Is Modi courting a dream or a nightmare?

The one thing that gave me considerable cause for pause in Sadananda Gowda’s Railway Budget was his proposal for a bullet train between Ahmedabad and Mumbai. Gowda said: “It is... read more »

Car sales increase 14.76 pct, two-wheelers 13 pct in June

Domestic passenger car sales increased 14.76 per cent to 1,60,232 units in June as compared to 1,39,624 units in the year-ago month. Motorcycle sales last month climbed 9.63 per cent to... read more »

13 militants killed in Pakistan airstrikes

Pakistani fighter jets killed 13 suspected militants in fresh airstrikes on Tuesday, the military said. War planes targeted seven suspected hideouts used by militants in the North... read more »

South Africa to keep India posted on reconciliation efforts in Sr...

South African Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has told the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) here that he would keep India informed of South Africa’s reconciliation efforts in Sri Lanka. Mr. Ramphosa... read more »