Word of the Day: FastidiousWord of the Day: Fastidious reminds readers that language provides powerful tools for describing the subtle qualities that shape human char...
15 Mar, 2026, 05.12 PM IST
Global rights groups, think tanks question fairness of Bangladesh's ex-PM Hasina's trialInternational rights groups are questioning the fairness of Sheikh Hasina's death sentence. The former Bangladesh prime minister was senten...
18 Nov, 2025, 03.44 PM IST
Centre punishing Kerala for population control success: Minister P RajeevSouthern states are in disagreement over population control. N Chandrababu Naidu and MK Stalin want more children for greater parliamentary...
05 Aug, 2025, 12.26 AM IST
Attempt to cover up Kolkata rape and killing, crime scene altered: CBI to SCThe CBI accused Kolkata police of altering the crime scene in the case of a post-graduate medic's rape and killing at RG Kar Medical Colleg...
22 Aug, 2024, 06.59 PM IST
Even in countries like Iran, women are fighting against hijab: Karnataka government to SCSolicitor General Tushar Mehta submitted before a bench of Justices Hemant Gupta and Sudhanshu Dhulia that the purpose of uniform, is for e...
21 Sep, 2022, 11.40 AM IST
SC asks NTA to rectify injustice met to disabled student, whose answer sheet was taken away in NEETThe top court said individual injustices originating in a wrongful denial of rights and entitlements prescribed under the law cannot be sen...
23 Nov, 2021, 09.30 PM IST
Sincerity of the govt in dealing the Naga issue is in serious doubt: NSCN-IMIn a statement NSCN-IM stated, “A different story being unfolded particularly in interior villages bordering Myanmar and Ukhrul district. T...
05 Dec, 2019, 10.05 PM IST
India, China should ink new boundary pact in Sikkim sector: Chinese scholarsThe Chinese Foreign Ministry too in its August 2 fact- sheet on Doklam standoff referred to Beijing's expectations of an "early harvest" in...
12 Jul, 2018, 11.11 AM IST
‘Do Abu Salem’s life terms violate India’s treaty with Portugal?’Last January, when the 1993 serial blasts trial was still on in Mumbai, Salem had filed a case before the European Court of Human Rights (E...
21 Feb, 2018, 10.22 AM IST
What did the US president sign? Donald Trump's executive order explained in 4 pointsUS President Donald Trump signed an executive order that calls for a review of the way America does business and hires workers.
19 Apr, 2017, 01.31 PM IST
State-owned ONGC has no claims in KG gas row: Reliance Industries LimitedAll wells, it said, were drilled "strictly within the KG-D6 block boundaries, as per the Development Plan approved by the relevant authorit...
16 Oct, 2015, 04.34 PM IST
Five safest apps to send private and secure messagesPeople are always looking for better ways to shield their communications from prying eyes. So here are five applications that can actually ...
22 Apr, 2015, 01.36 PM IST
6 amazing things you didn't know about your computerEvery gigabyte, there's 1,024 megabytes; 1,024 kilobytes in a megabyte, and 1,024 bytes in a kilobyte. Breaking it down to the lowest level...
02 Jun, 2014, 05.44 AM IST
- 'Something rotten' in Allahabad High Court: SC
In an unusually scathing indictment of the Allahabad High Court, the Supreme Court has said, “there is something rotten” there.
27 Nov, 2010, 05.34 AM IST
- Swear words
Make oath of office easier to pronounce.
30 May, 2009, 12.04 AM IST
- SC orders banks to be polite to defaulters
Taking serious note of growing complaints of extralegal methods used against loan defaulters, the Supreme Court has cautioned banks to resp...
06 Jun, 2008, 12.15 PM IST
- Insurance council to keep tabs on cos
General Insurance Council (GIC), the representative body of insurers, will play the role of industry watchdog from January 1 when the indus...
01 Jan, 2008, 12.27 AM IST