Striking TN Forest College students get a feel of life in woods

COIMBATORE: Their four-day-old strike demanding preference for them in the direct recruitment of forest rangers seems to be the best training opportunity for 213 students of the Forest College and Research Institute at Mettupalayam in Tamil Nadu.The...

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Infighting in Uttarakhand Congress; Bahuguna threatens to hold rally

DEHRADUN: In a sign of infighting in the ruling Congress in Uttarakhand, former chief minister Vijay Bahuguna has threatened to hold a rally against his own party's government in protest against non-implementation of decisions take during his tenure.In...

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Suspected terror link SIM card racket busted in Mumbai

MUMBAI: The city police have busted a major fake SIM card racket suspected to have international terror links with the arrest of three persons including two sales executives of two mobile service providers. 2,173 SIM cards, eight high end mobile phones,...

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'Secular' in constitution is non-negotiable and can't even be debated: Badal

PHAGWARA: Amid the controversy triggered by Union government advertisements featuring pictures of preamble of the constitution without words "secular" and "socialism" and Union telecom minister Ravi Shankar Prasad saying that there can be debate on it,...

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Senior Navy officer to face court martial for fire in

NEW DELHI: The commanding Officer of INS Sindhuratna will face court martial while six other officers were issued letters of "severe displeasure" after being found guilty for the fire onboard the submarine last year, which led to the resignation of then...

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Sushma Swaraj knew Jaishankar would replace Sujatha Singh

NEW DELHI: External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj on Thursday said that she was in the loop on the appointment of new foreign secretary as it was she who informed Sujatha Singh on the change."I told her (Sujatha Singh) that the government wanted to...

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Cong unhappy over Preamble issue, targets govt

NEW DELHI: Congress on Thursday took strong objection to the government's call for a debate on whether the words 'socialist' and 'secular' should be in the Preamble of the Constitution, saying it reflects a "concerted agenda" of the Modi government as...

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Secularism has already been reduced to a show piece: Dal Khalsa

JALANDHAR: Radical Sikh organization Dal Khalsa has said that word "secular" in the Constitution had already been reduced to a mere show piece to hoodwink the international community and mislead minorities. This comment came as areaction to Shiv Sena's...

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TMC leader Mukul Roy to appear before CBI tomorrow

KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress leader Mukul Roy on Thursday said he would "fully cooperate" with CBI in its probe into the Saradha chit fund scam and claimed he had not committed any "immoral activity"."I will meet the investigating agency (CBI) tomorrow...

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Jaishankar's appointment as foreign secy signals hardening of stance on China

BEIJING: Appointing S Jaishankar as foreign secretary, who was earlier Indian ambassador in Beijing, has given the government a better grip on the developing situation in China. He would also be useful in dealing with US president Barack Obama's pivot...

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CM Fadnavis orders probe into invite delay

MUMBAI: Upset over missing dinner with US President Barak Obama, Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said he had already directed the resident commissioner at Maharashtra Sadan in Delhi to probe the delay in communicating dinner invite to him and take action.A...

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Bar bribery case 'involving' law minister KM Mani: HC rules out CBI probe for now

KOCHI: The Kerala High Court on Wednesday held that it cannot order a CBI probe into the bar bribery case allegedly involving law minister KM Mani.However, the court has not disposed the public interest litigation (PIL) filed by RSP (B) leader AV Thamarakshan...

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Cong uses Obama remarks to hit out at Modi

NEW DELHI: Utilising the handle given by US President Barack Obama, Congress today targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi, questioning if he will "look within" and do the course correction by checking the "lumpen elements" in the Sangh Parivar.Party spokesman...

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Tejas flies in -15ºC in Ladakh

BENGALURU: Soaked overnight in extreme cold (around -15oC) weather in Ladakh, light combat aircraft (LCA) Tejas' engine required three consecutive start-ups of the engine, but the fighter fought the limitations and flew on Wednesday, achieving another...

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Bengal to get World Bank aid to be ready for cyclone

KOLKATA: When supercyclone (05B) struck Odisha in 1999, nearly 10,000 people were killed. A decade and a half later, another supercyclone (Hudhud) hit Odisha in October 2013. This time, the death toll was was 36. A lot happened in the intervening years...

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Full transcript of Obama-Modi 'Mann ki baat'

Following is the complete transcript of special episode of 'Mann ki baat' featuring PM Modi and US President Obama:(Hon'ble Shri Narendra Modi):Today, Shri Barack Obama, President of the United States, joins us in a special programme of Mann Ki Baat....

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Cold wave continues to sweep across north India

NEW DELHI: Cold wave continued to sweep across north India as the minimum temperature plunged in several places and fog affected movement of trains in some parts of the region.Icy winds swept through Delhi even as the sun shone bright during the day...

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Tamil daily threatened of 'Charlie Hebdo style' attack

CHENNAI: A Tamil newspaper has received a letter threatening an attack similar to the one on the office of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, police said. "We have received the letter from the newspaper and a probe is on," a senior police official...

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EC directs Kejriwal not to ask voters to take bribe

NEW DELHI: Taking "serious note" of AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal's repeated remarks asking voters to accept bribe from Congress and BJP but vote for his party, Election Commission on Tuesday directed him to desist from making such comments in future and...

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PM Modi, Obama share 'Mann ki baat', talk of their humble beginnings

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Barack Obama together on Tuesday scripted another history as they addressed the nation together in a special edition of 'Mann ki baat'.The two leaders shared several personal moments as they took...

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Life and time of RK Laxman

NEW DELHI: RK Laxman was born in Mysore. His father was a headmaster and Laxman was the youngest of six sons. His older brother is the famous novelist R K Narayan.Laxman was engrossed by the illustrations in magazines such as The Strand Magazine, Punch,...

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Obama assures Modi on concerns over H-1B visa issue

NEW DELHI: President Barack Obama has assured Prime Minister Narendra Modi that he will look into India's concerns on the H-1B visa issue as part of his comprehensive immigration reform, US officials said on Monday.Obama told Prime Minister Modi that...

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Laxman immortalized passive, hapless common man

PUNE: Capturing the entire gamut of idiosyncrasies of Indian politicians in an innocuous newspaper box with his cartoons, R K Laxman immortalized the passive, hapless common man with an uncanny perception and sarcasm in a daily commentary on his life...

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R K Laxman, nation's uncrowned conscience keeper

NEW DELHI: R K Laxman, considered by many as one of the world's greatest cartoonists, was an institution unto himself, indisputably the uncrowned conscience keeper of the nation. No politician or minister, however high or mighty, escaped his pointed...

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Obama's 'Beast' a big hit among kids, grown-ups

NEW DELHI: Six-year-old Siya Singh may not know the first name of the US president but she knows for sure that he rides in 'The Beast'. So, when Barack Obama arrived at the Rajpath on Monday in his bulletproof vehicle, her mother held her aloft so that...

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US wants to trade even more with India: Obama

NEW DELHI: "We want to trade even more," US President Barack Obama said on Sunday as the two-way commerce between America and India touched a record USD 100 billion."In the last few years, trade between our two countries increased by some 60 per cent,...

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Religion cannot be made cause of conflict: President

NEW DELHI: Asserting that religion cannot be made a cause of conflict, President Pranab Mukherjee today said "tolerance" and promotion of goodwill between diverse communities needs to be preserved with "utmost care and vigilance".In his address to the...

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Let certain things be under wraps: Modi, Obama

NEW DELHI: What transpired between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Barack Obama over tea on Sunday at the Hyderabad House is likely to remain in the realm of speculation with the two leaders refusing to share details of their tete-a-tete with...

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India, US to set up hotline between top leaders

NEW DELHI: In a first, India and the US on Sunday agreed to set up a hotline between their top leaders - Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Barack Obama."We will establish hotlines between myself and Barack and our National Security Advisors,"...

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Ordinance route 'breaches' trust of people: President

NEW DELHI: After cautioning the Government against taking the ordinance route, President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday did some plain speaking, saying enacting laws without discussions "breaches the trust" reposed by people and is not good for democracy.In...

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India,US hoping for progress in nuclear,defence,tech transfer

NEW DELHI: Moving forward on issues of civil nuclear deal, technology transfer and joint ventures in defence will be among the key areas where India and the US will like to have "concrete deliverables" during the three-day high-voltage trip of US President...

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Obama greets Pranab Mukherjee ahead of Republic Day

NEW DELHI: US President Barack Obama has greeted President Pranab Mukherjee ahead of Republic Day, appreciating India's rich and diverse cultural heritage and promising to advance the relationship between the two countries.In a special message to Mukherjee,...

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Manjhi refutes differences with Nitish

PATNA: With JD(U) chief Sharad Yadav holding a closed door meeting with Bihar chief minister and state party chief to stem the deepening crisis in the party, Jitan Ram Manjhi on Saturday denied speculations about 'differences' with senior party leader...

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