Disproportionate attention to caste, Muslim chroniclers in NCERT, Kerala textbooks: Thinktank tells Parl PanelThe report has criticised NCERT and Kerala textbooks for giving more weightage to accounts of Muslim chroniclers such as Ibn Batuta and Al ...
08 Jul, 2021, 11.30 PM IST
How pseudoscience is coming in the way of India tackling the pandemicThe unscientific Hindu, in fact, has been the bane of our land for the past millennium. It is the reason why the Indian subcontinent has be...
25 Apr, 2021, 10.10 AM IST
PM Modi offers prayer at centuries-old Jeshoreshwari Kali temple in BangladeshPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday offered prayers at the centuries-old Jeshoreshwari Kali temple in Ishwaripur village in Bangladesh...
27 Mar, 2021, 01.43 PM IST
Some iconic, historical landmarks that lent Allahahad its identity & a new nameAllahabad was earlier called 'Prayag'.
20 Dec, 2018, 07.06 AM IST
Defence minister Manohar Parikkar invokes mythology to inspire DRDO scientistsThe sages of the Rigvedic era were "probably great scientists", and defence scientists should learn several lessons from their "humble" liv...
11 Jul, 2018, 01.11 PM IST
Narendra Modi government's 4 years were full of tears: Sitaram YechuryThe CPI(M) leader, accompanied by his colleague Brinda Karat, also released four booklets that listed the failures of the government on var...
01 Jun, 2018, 09.01 PM IST
BJP banks on RSS, VHP efforts in tribal areas to enter Congress bastion in GujaratThe BJP’s hopes stem in part from a vast network of Ekal Vidyalayas, schools run by the VHP for tribal children.
12 Dec, 2017, 01.43 AM IST
Proposal for yoga, culture courses in JNU rejected againThe proposal to introduce three short-term courses in these subjects had come last year against the backdrop of right-wing organisations, i...
09 Oct, 2016, 11.03 AM IST
No tinkering with constitutional provisions in education: GovernmentHRD Minister Prakash Javadekar today said only inputs or comments have been sought on a draft for which the deadline too has been extended ...
12 Aug, 2016, 02.40 PM IST
JNU to reconsider introducing courses in yoga and cultureThe document further said that Indian culture cannot be understood without the help of "Indian literature, which are generally written by s...
29 May, 2016, 12.14 PM IST
BJP government at Centre introducing 'new Emergency': Sitaram YechuryCPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury today said the BJP government at the Centre is introducing a "new Emergency".
21 Feb, 2016, 10.45 PM IST
BJP sets the agenda of disruption of parliament before every session: Sitaram YechurySitaram Yechury on Sunday said that before every session of parliament BJP creates such situations whereby its functioning becomes difficul...
21 Feb, 2016, 07.22 PM IST
Russia cracks down on Yoga classes to check occultismThe Moscow Times reported that the order has been issued "to prevent the spread of new religious cults and movements."
30 Jun, 2015, 05.10 PM IST
Why transgender not an option in civil service exam form: Delhi HCThe PIL, filed by advocate Jamshed Ansari, has also sought addition or inclusion of transgender as an eligibility criteria or gender option...
15 Jun, 2015, 06.16 PM IST
It’s official, Transgenders finally get formal identity from Supreme CourtIn a landmark judgement, the SC today recognised transgenders or eunuchs as 3rd category of gender and directed Centre to grant them all fa...
16 Apr, 2014, 02.51 AM IST
Descendants of Chandra Shekhar Azad, Tatya Tope in poll fray tooVinayak Rao Tope, a third generation descendant of Tatya Tope is going to contest from Kanpur against sitting MP and Union coal minister Sr...
24 Mar, 2014, 12.45 PM IST
- Ravi Varma award: VHP seeks Kerala minister's resignation
Flaying the LDF government for selecting well-known painter M F Hussain for the prestigious Raja Ravi Varma award, the VHP and Bajrang Dal ...
13 Sep, 2007, 02.03 PM IST