June 25, 2012
Rock music has become a means of survival for the youth of Manipur, caught between the large presence of the Indian army and the separatist rebels. For them rock music is a statement against India's mainstream culture which seems alien and imposed by national authorities.
June 25, 2012
London — The bickering trio of Leander Paes, Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna will have a point to prove when the Wimbledon Championships start here Monday.
Seeded fourth, Paes will be pairing up with Radek Stepanek of Czech Republic in the men's doubles. The duo already have a Grand Slam win under their belt in 2012, triumphing at the Australian Open.
June 24, 2012
The Maharashtra government's fire-ravaged administrative headquarters, Mantralaya, is expected to be fully functional within three months, Public Works Department Minister Chhagan Bhujbal said here on Saturday.
June 24, 2012
India has been ranked the fifth most attractive destination for retail investment among 30 emerging markets because of rising disposable incomes and rapid urbanisation.
Even though its ranking slipped from the fourth spot in 2011, India has been placed ahead of the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia and Russia.
June 24, 2012
Washington – Asserting that Mahatma Gandhi's message is still relevant for the world of today, Indian ambassador Nirupama Rao has called for a pooling of individual capabilities for the advancement of the Asia-Pacific region.
June 24, 2012
MUMBAI: Three unit members of the film Dabangg 2 were injured during the shooting of an action sequence at Bandra's Mehboob Studio on Saturday evening.
June 24, 2012
A man who was falsely declared dead by a relative is now running in India’s presidential election to prove he is alive. The man was disowned and declared dead by his family after he married a Dalit woman, referred to as an “untouchable”.
'Dead man' runs for India's presidency
June 23, 2012
Petrol prices should have been cut by Rs 2.20-2.30 a litre as global rates have fallen to 18- month low but oil companies will not reduce prices as they watch the volatile rupee that is making imports costlier.
Rupee depreciating to an all-time low of Rs 57.30 to a US dollar has wiped away most of gains arising from oil dropping below USD 90 a barrel for the first time since December 2010.
June 23, 2012
Thick snow cover at Kashmir's Amarnath cave shrine and on the route leading to it is posing multiple risks to pilgrims and has increased challenges before the organisers of the annual pilgrimage, due to start on June 25.
June 23, 2012
Chennai — DMK activists will "fill the jails" across Tamil Nadu July 4 to denounce the "vendetta politics" of the AIADMK government, party president M. Karunanidhi said on Friday.
And if they are not released in time, DMK MPs and legislators will still vote in the presidential election next month, he told reporters.
He said he had called for the protests as the government had invoked the Goondas Act on one of its leaders and former minister Veerapandi S. Arumugam.
