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Akali Dal members allegedly vandalise Rajiv Gandhi’s statue in Ludhiana

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh blamed Shiromani Akali Dal for the act.

TV show Crime Patrol possibly inspired Agra man to burn his Dalit teen cousin dead

Police say Sanjali Chanakya’s cousin Yogesh, who committed suicide hours after her murder, had planned the crime down to the last detail.

Bogibeel bridge, India’s longest rail-cum-road bridge, opens in Assam today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the 4.94 km long Bogibeel bridge, which took nearly 21 years to be completed.

Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel inducts 9 ministers in his cabinet

Portfolios for the new ministers, who were sworn in by Chhattisgarh governor Anandiben Patel, are yet to be announced.

Google, Facebook, WhatsApp not ready to accept Modi govt’s plan to share user data

The govt recently shared a new set of draft rules with social media platforms, but the companies have raised several objections to the proposals.

Tax collection in Jammu and Kashmir up 19.3% despite political turbulence

Direct tax collection in Jammu and Kashmir stood at Rs 1,302.60 crore in financial year 2018, up from Rs 1,091 crore from a year ago.

‘Nation with NaMo’ looks for IIT, IIM grads to drive Modi’s 2019 campaign

Organisation backing Modi, which Trinamool MP Derek O'Brien claimed was Facebook's biggest advertiser, now looking for professionals to drive PM’s 2019 campaign. 

Review petition in Supreme Court wants Aadhaar verdict re-examined

The petition has also sought an open court hearing in the matter.

Good news for Delhiites as govt withdraws order of 18-fold hike in parking charges

Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot withdrew the previous order due to 'irregularities' in it.

Supreme Court to hear Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title dispute case on 4 January

The matter is listed before a bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice S K Kaul.

On Camera

Trump’s unpredictability is not the absence of strategy—it works on everyone but China

The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.

Asia’s ‘weakest’ link: Yunus on a tightrope as Bangladesh tries to fix banks without breaking economy

With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.