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Road overbridge collapses in busy Mumbai suburb, two injured

Some people are suspected to be trapped under the debris even as the rescue operation is underway; officer-goers are the worst hit.

Shashi Tharoor moves court for anticipatory bail in Sunanda Pushkar’s death case

The Congress leader's plea was filed before special judge Arvind Kumar who sought Delhi Police's response and kept it for hearing tomorrow.

Cow vigilantism a law & order issue that states must tackle, says Supreme Court

Nobody can take law into their hands, reiterates 3-judge bench, observes that vigilantism is actually mob violence.

Where are the jobs? Modi government ‘employment bank’ may soon offer answer

The NDA administration will undertake the seventh economic census, which will form the backbone of a national business register platform.

With haphazard examinations for years, Haryana’s nursing diploma students left without degrees

State conducted examinations of 2011, ‘12, ‘13 and ‘14 batches in May 2018; other batches to wait.

One in four girls fears being abducted, assaulted or raped in public places: Survey

The survey shows one in three adolescent boys believes girls should be careful about clothes and slapping a woman isn’t violence.

Month after Shillong violence, Sikhs in no mood to relocate, threaten to move court

Residents of Punjabi Line protest and lock doors as municipal officials arrive to conduct survey of the locality.

To make more Indians drink their whiskey, US giant Jim Beam bribed govt officials

The company is said to have made illicit payments to get licences and secure prominent placements on store shelves.

To be happy, be an adult: The new lesson for children in Delhi schools

The Happiness Curriculum includes breathing exercises, role-play drama and moral science lessons for kids between 5 and 15 years.

The art of ruining a world-class exhibition, brought to you by the National Museum

Years of apathy and India's absent museum culture have ensured that the museum fails to compete with its international counterparts.

On Camera

Imtiaz Ali obsesses over vulgarity, misses Chamkila’s cultural resistance against purity

Peter Manuel's ‘Cassette Culture’ showed the booming Bhakti music during the '80s and '90s when Anoop Jalota, Gulshan Kumar achieved success by singing the sanitised Bhajans.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

India and Japan hold 10th round of consultations on disarmament, non-proliferation, and export control

The two sides also discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in outer space security, conventional weapons, and export control

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.