Blockade lifted, but Manipur still tense
byImphal : The economic blockade has been lifted in Manipur, but it has not done much to douse the seething anger of people still…
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Struggle for gender equality in Buddhism ups global pitch
byNew Delhi : The struggle of Buddhist nuns to be at par with male monks intellectually and spiritually in the ranks of the 2,600-year-old…
India put West Indies in to bat in second ODI
byVisakhapatnam : India won the toss and chose to field against the West Indies in the second One-Day International at the Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy…
MiG-21 crashes in Haryana, pilot safe
byChandigarh : An Indian Air Force MiG-21 fighter crashed in Haryana’s Sirsa district Friday but the pilot managed to eject moments before the plane…
Violent video games affect emotional control
byWashington : Playing violent video games even for a week could alter brain regions bearing on cognitive function and emotional control in young male…
Team Anna to discuss strategy for December protest
byNew Delhi : Team Anna members will meet in the capital for two days in the second week of December to plan strategy for…
Parliament adjourned till Wednesday over FDI
byNew Delhi : The parliament stalemate over foreign equity in retail and other issues continued for the ninth day Friday with the opposition and…
Declaring election candidates: Cong, BJP play cat and mouse game in Uttarakhand
byDehra Dun : Though elections to Uttarakhand vidhan sabha, scheduled for February, are just over two months away, both the major political parties, the…
Akali Dal takes U-turn on retail FDI
byChandigarh : After going to town welcoming the central government’s move to allow Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in retail, the ruling Akali Dal in…
For life without a cellphone – dial in
byNew Delhi : Ankit Varma pores over his worn out, slightly yellowed diary, tracks his own smudged handwriting for a number and thumbs in…