Aiming to conserve and improve the quality of litchis, the sweet and juicy summer fruit has acquired its first field gene bank in India – and possibly in the world – in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district, renowned for its ‘shahi’ (kingly) variety. “After approval from the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, we have set up India’s […]
Will the religious census released by the central government on Tuesday stir up India’s political cauldron? Reports from two states with a sizeable Muslim population suggest that it just could. In Uttar Pradesh, the answer seemingly is in the affirmative, fear many, as the already polarized polity of India’s most politically crucial state is set […]
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday directed the court registry to prepare afresh the paper-book pertaining to the Salman Khan accident case. Justice V.R. Joshi also asked the registry to ask for a fresh paper-book from the sessions court, and if required, the assistance of the trial court judge should be taken to prepare the […]
Five people were killed, and over 100 injured as a statewide shutdown in Gujarat called by the Patidar Arakshan Andolan Samiti turned violent on Wednesday, officials said. Riots, arson, stone-pelting and widespread damage to public and private property forced the authorities to call the army and paramilitary forces. “Three people were killed in Ahmedabad and […]
‘Ankho Dekhi’ fame actor Sanjay Mishra has come on board with director Pritish Chakraborty’s comedy film, ‘Mangal Ho’ where he’ll be playing a Bengali businessman. About the reason behind choosing Mishra to play the character, Chakraborthy told media, “I signed Sanjay Mishra because he is a brilliant actor and brilliant actors can easily fit into […]
A news clip aired by an Assamese news channel, which went viral on social media, has equated young girls wearing shorts to monkeys, giving rise to a heated debate in civil society in the northeastern state with some saying “nowadays we are more scared of the media than the police”. Assam boasts of traditionally empowering […]
Despite an export-ready factory at Noida for smartphones, Samsung India now wants to focus on the domestic market, where it is growing faster than the overall industry, anticipating a surge in demand for 4G devices in the near term, a top company official has said. The company that claims 150,000 outlets in India is also […]
Indian Ambassador to Nepal Ranjit Rae on Tuesday met Nepal’s Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Bamdev Gautam and told him that India or its citizens were not involved in protests or riots that have erupted across the Himalayan nation over the proposed six-province model of the proposed constitution for the country. Nepal’s southern plains […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday expressed serious concern over the issue of “call drops” and asked officials about steps being taken to address the issue while Communications Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad asked telecom companies to optimise networks to end this problem. The prime minister said as call drops directly affects the common man, “steps […]
Even as the government is exploring every option to bring the various factions of the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN) within the recently inked Naga Peace Accord, the outfit’s strongest group NSCN (Isak-Muivah) is recruiting fresh cadre from parts of eastern Nagaland. The recruitment drive was started immediately after the Naga accord was signed […]