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Relax guys! Tunday Kababi has confirmed it is not closing anytime soon

The Tunday Kababi shop at Chowk in Lucknow had closed only for a day, and is back in action!

Mar 23, 2017

14 years after the 2003 Nadimarg massacre Kashmiri Pandits mourn 24 fallen brethren; still seek justice

The Kashmiri Pandits were killed by 10 terrorists who had come dressed in Indian Army uniforms

Mar 23, 2017

Former Congress stalwart SM Krishna FINALLY joins BJP

The former Congress leader's addition to the BJP is being seen as an important move by the party towards its effort to regain power in Karnataka.

Mar 22, 2017

Furore over Srijato Bandyopadhyay's anti-BJP verse raises the question once again, has freedom of expression ever truly existed in India?

The Bengali poet faces legal complaint for expressing his dislike for Yogi Adityanath's ascension as UP CM, but this has always been a tradition in India irrespective of the leaning of the political rulers.

Mar 22, 2017

'Solve Ram Mandir issue out of court', says CJI Khehar

CJI Khehar said the SC would intervene only if discussions between the Hindu and Muslim groups fail.

Mar 21, 2017

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Yogi Adityanath's journey begins: 5 former UP chief ministers he can keep in mind as he assumes office

While a lot of apprehension is in the air about Hindutva leader Yogi Adityanath's journey as the CM of Uttar Pradesh, he can learn some lessons from five of his predecessors who ruled the state after Independence.

Mar 20, 2017

Rev Tomy Kalathoor Mathew stabbed in Melbourne Church

Indian Catholic priest Tomy Kalathoor Mathew stabbed in Melbourne church in an alleged racial attack; attacker arrested

Indian Catholic priest Tomy Kalathoor Mathew was stabbed by a man in an apparent hate crime moments before he was to conduct a mass at a Melbourne church.

Mar 20, 2017

Who is Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath?

Adityanath was born as Ajay Singh Bisht in Garhwal. He took deeksha and changed his name.

Mar 19, 2017

Yogi Adityanath picked as UP chief minister: How BJP ruined all the good work it did last week

Just when the BJP top brass was giving signals that the party looked beyond its traditional Hindutva politics in a changing India, its pick of the hardliner took it back by 25 years.

Mar 18, 2017

Yogi Adityanath to take oath as Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh on Sunday

Keshav Prasad Maurya and Dinesh Sharma have been named the deputy chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh. According to Venkaiah Naidu, Adityanath suggested the idea of having two deputy CMs.

Mar 18, 2017

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Putin, Erdogan... Modi? Tracking the BJP's impending PR calamity

PM Narendra Modi has been delivering one election win after another, thanks to his development platform. But minorities still fear what he allegedly represents, and come the inevitable downturn, this could hurt him and the party.

Mar 17, 2017

Uttarakhand: A look at Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat and past CMs

Before Trivendra Singh Rawat, Uttarakhand was ruled by seven chief ministers of the BJP and Congress.

Mar 17, 2017

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Interesting tweets, videos by India's corporates, entrepreneurs

Harsh Goenka of RPG Enterprises, Harsh Mariwala of Marico, Anand Mahindra of Mahindra Group, Kiran Mazumdar Shaw of Biocon and Mohandas Pai are active on social media.

Mar 16, 2017

Kamal Haasan's controversial comment on Mahabharata gambling episode; HMK, AHM file complaints

Superstar Kamal Haasan is facing the wrath of Hindu Makkal Katchi and Akila Hindu Mahasabha for his controversial comments on the gambling episode of Mahabharata in a recent interview.

Mar 15, 2017

Muslim clerics issue fatwa against 16-year-old Indian Idol runner-up Nahid Afrin; song against ISIS triggered action?

Nahid Afrin was soon to take part in a programme that, according to the fatwa, was "against the Sharia."