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Bulandshahr police probe lapsesexposed after court verdict

MEERUT, Dec. 23 -- The conviction of five accused in the Bulandshahr national highway gangrape case not only delivered long-awaited justice to the victims, but also brought to fore glaring lapses in B... Read More


Why are sleeper buses prone to infernos

New Delhi, Dec. 23 -- In the early hours of December 16, a multi-vehicle pileup on the Yamuna Expressway in Mathura caused by fog-induced low visibility killed at least 13 people as a result of the fi... Read More


Nine JeM launch pads revived across IB after Op Sindoor: BSF

New Delhi, Dec. 23 -- The Border Security Force (BSF) in Jammu has flagged the re-emergence of at least nine Jaish-e-Mohammed terror launch pads across the international border in Pakistan that were s... Read More


Mumbai civic body to survey Powai lake, mark boundaries

MUMBAI, Dec. 23 -- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has appointed a consultant to conduct a fresh survey of Powai Lake and clearly demarcate its boundary, both on the ground and on officia... Read More


Gaining ground at the grassroots

India, Dec. 23 -- The results of the first phase of the Maharashtra local bodies polls are in step with the trend the state witnessed in the assembly polls held in November last year. Mahayuti, the al... Read More


Reform jobs scheme, but build on its gains

India, Dec. 23 -- India's rural employment programme, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (or MGNREGS), has long attracted two criticisms. First, that it is wasteful, and plagued... Read More


The soft power of Radio Ceylon

India, Dec. 23 -- The earliest radio station in Asia, Radio Ceylon, turned 100 last week. Nearly a decade older than All India Radio (AIR), the Sri Lankan radio service was once the Indian Subcontinen... Read More


US, Japan & China: New configuration on Taiwan

India, Dec. 23 -- China-Japan ties are likely to see a prolonged chill after newly minted Japanese Prime Minister (PM), Sanae Takaichi, described a Taiwan Strait conflict as a "survival-threatening si... Read More


Reinventing the comic genre as serious cinema

India, Dec. 23 -- The Malayalam movie actor-director, Sreenivasan, who passed away at the age of 69, had become a legend in his own time. His filmography includes two directorial ventures, screenplays... Read More


Car rams into truck; three killed

Lucknow, Dec. 23 -- Three persons were killed and seven others seriously injured after a speeding car rammed into a stationary truck from behind on the Purvanchal Expressway near Darpipur village unde... Read More