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Rlys operates over 700 trains in 2 days to facilitate devotees' return

Mahakumbh Nagar (Prayagraj), Feb. 1 -- The flow of devotees continued into the second day of the Mauni Amavasya festival, with about 2 crore devotees taking the sacred bath on January 30. To ensure th... Read More


All VIP passes cancelled, entry of 4-wheelers banned

Mahakumbh Nagar, Jan. 31 -- The Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday announced major crowd control measures following the stampede on Mauni Amavasya in Mahakumbh, amid religious fervouramong pilgrims ... Read More


Judicial panel members record statements of govt employees

LUCKNOW, Jan. 31 -- The members of judicial commission constituted to probe the Sambhal violence visited that district third time on Thursday and recorded statements of the government employees who we... Read More


Man shot dead in clashbetween two groups

Agra, Jan. 31 -- A man from a village in the Sureer area of Mathura was shot dead in a clash between two groups near a marriage home on Parikrama Marg in Vrindavan on Wednesday night. Another person s... Read More


Neil Gaiman controversy and the case of power differentials

India, Jan. 31 -- Over the weekend, a fortnight after one of the world's bestselling authors in English, Neil Gaiman, faced a fresh raft of sexual misconduct and assault accusations, Dark Horse Comics... Read More


Don't mess with the midday meal scheme

India, Jan. 31 -- The Mahayuti promised a slew of freebies, including cash transfers to women, ahead of the Maharashtra assembly polls. After retaining office in November, the BJP government in Mumbai... Read More


Stop choking the consuming class

India, Jan. 31 -- It is a yearly occurrence in the run-up to the budget, but this year, the chorus for a more rational income tax regime has been louder (including by some of this newspaper's columnis... Read More


Breaking India's Sisyphean cycle

India, Jan. 31 -- The legend of Sisyphus from Greek mythology is widely known. The gods condemned Sisyphus to roll a massive boulder up a hill for eternity, only for it to roll back down each time he ... Read More


Need new round of reforms to benefit from earlier ones

India, Jan. 31 -- In the last week of December, there were reports of Foreign Portfolio Investor (FPI) inflows being down 99% from the previous year. Reasons ranged from high returns from the United S... Read More


Delhi Metro to pace up work in Mumbai area

MUMBAI, Jan. 31 -- Following chief minister Devendra Fadnavis' call to complete at least 50 km of metro rail annually in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Developmen... Read More