Ullhas P Revankar is eerily familiar with the surroundings of the New Ashok Nagar police station in New Delhi. He has never committed a crime but visits to this cop shelter, tucked away in a clamourous corner of the eastern part of the capital, are alarmingly frequent. Officers greet him with coy smiles and unsure glances — for them, Revankar’s Read More

Ever since cab aggregators like Ola and Uber have entered the market, autos and taxi drivers have voiced their concerns. The competitive pricing policy offered by the former is posing a huge challenge for taxi and auto drivers. The government has been asked to interfere and introduce fair pricing — charge by meter, not by GPS. We are asking you, Read More

India has ranked 59th in the Rule of law index 2015 compiled by The World Justice Project gaining an overall score of 0.51 out of 1. Rule of law index measures adherence to the rule of law by looking at policy outcomes such as whether people have access to courts or whether crime is effectively controlled. The top five countries Read More

After a year and a half or so on sale, says Cook, Apple is now the number-two watch brand behind Rolex. And the top-selling smartwatch. What we’re seeing here is something designed to blend Pokemon Go with your daily walk or run. As you walk, you can see calories burned, for instance. When a Pokemon appears, you don’t have to Read More

Swiss third seed Stanislas Wawrinka outlasted tiring former champion Juan Martin del Potro in four sets to advance to the semi-finals of the US Open on Wednesday. Twice Grand Slam winner Wawrinka ended the rousing comeback effort by the Argentine at Flushing Meadows with a 7-6(5), 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 win to close out Day 10 at the year’s last Grand Read More

Last year, Rajesh Gupta, Bharatiya Janata Party MLA from Jammu East, demanded to know in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly how much money the Government of India spends every year on providing security to Kashmiri separatist leaders. Gupta, image, below , was shocked at the reply. “We are spending Rs 100 crore every year on these separatist leaders,” he fumes. Read More

Five brothers playing first-class cricket, four of whom appearing in Test matches as well. Cricket historians and statisticians have never been tired of recounting how Hanif Mohammad, who passed into the ages on August 11, and his three brothers dominated Pakistan cricket in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. Apart from Hanif, the eldest, Wazir Mohammad, and younger ones, Mushtaq Mohammad Read More

Five brothers playing first-class cricket, four of whom appearing in Test matches as well. Cricket historians and statisticians have never been tired of recounting how Hanif Mohammad, who passed into the ages on August 11, and his three brothers dominated Pakistan cricket in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. Apart from Hanif, the eldest, Wazir Mohammad, and younger ones, Mushtaq Mohammad Read More

11:41  Modi appoints 4 ministers to brief media on Kashmir unrest: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has appointed Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers Anath Kumar to brief the media about the government’s efforts to bring peace to troubled Kashmir. The development comes after the one-sides news presentation after Read More

Seated in her tiny home in Kurla in north Mumbai, Reshma Qureshi has plenty of unanswered questions. “How come it’s easier to buy acid than get the right shade of lipstick?” “Why can’t people treat me normally, just like they would treat other girls my age?” Reshma is just like any girl her age. She shares the same excitement of Read More