With the Supreme Court restored criminal conspiracy charges against BJP leaders L.K. Advani and others in the Babri Masjid demolition case, here’s a look at a timeline of events so far….. The Supreme Court on Wednesday revived the 25-year-old trial in the Ayodhya-Babri Masjid dispute by allowing fresh charges of criminal conspiracy against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders L.K. Advani, Murali Manohar Joshi, Uma Bharti and 13 others. A bench […]

You might have read several articles on the habits you need to adopt in order to get one step closer to becoming a successful version of yourself. But what about some of the habits that you practise on a daily basis which are preventing you from reaching prosperity? Whether it is eating a wholesome breakfast every morning or dragging yourself to the gym, there are several patterns we pledge to […]

High-profile disasters such as Chernobyl and Fukushima have given nuclear power a bad name. Despite 60 years of nuclear generation without major accidents in many countries including Britain and France, many people have serious concerns about the safety of nuclear energy and the impact of the radioactive waste it generates. The very high capital cost of building a plant is also seen as a significant barrier, particularly given recent low […]

The big data industry in the country is expected to grow eightfold to touch $16 billion by 2025 Hortonworks Inc. stunned the tech industry a few years ago when it became the fastest enterprise software start-up to reach $100 million in annual revenue in just four years from inception. The California-based company said that it now saw its next big growth coming from international business and the Indian market is […]

If the United States wages reckless provocation against us, our revolutionary power will instantly counter with annihilating strike, and we will respond to full-out war with full-out war and to nuclear war with our style of nuclear strike warfare,” a close aide to Kim Jong-un said. North Korea warned the United States on Saturday to end its “military hysteria” or face retaliation as a US aircraft carrier group steamed towards […]

Infosys saw A whopping 37,915 engineers leave the software major while its hiring plunged 65 per cent in fiscal year 2016-17 thanks to increasing automation and thrust on artificial intelligence in its operations and projects. According to the employee metrics disclosed by Infosys on Thursday, 37,915 left the company and its subsidiaries worldwide during the fiscal year under review (FY 2017) as against 34,688 in the previous fiscal year (2015-16). […]

China executed more people in 2016 than all other nations combined, Amnesty Internationalsaid Tuesday, even as death penalties in the world decreased overall. The human rights organisation estimates the Asian giant alone killed “thousands” of people, a figure based on examinations of court records and news reports. All other countries together executed at least 1,032 people last year — a decline of 37 percent compared to 2015. Of those, 87 percent […]

Over 2,000 fresh accounts were opened in a Bareilly branch of State Bank of India post-demonetisation till December 31 to allegedly channelise black money in which at least Rs. 8 crore were deposited in old notes, a CBI probe has found. The CBI has now registered an FIR against unknown bank officials and unknown persons for criminal conspiracy, cheating and corruption. Based on source information, the CBI had carried out […]

In the aggressively fought by-election to J Jayalalithaa’s RK Nagar constituency in Tamil Nadu, in which every day has been dramatic and action-packed, taxmen arrived at the homes of minister C Vijayabaskar and popular actor Sarath Kumar in Chennai early this morning. They both are accused of handing out cash for votes, tax officials say. They claim documents seized during the raids reveal 80 crores have been paid to RK […]

CRPF Commander Chetan Cheetah was finally discharged from the hospital after an admittance of 50 days, most of which was spent in intensive care, on Wednesday. Chetan was not shot just once or twice, but nine times, in an encounter with a group of terrorists in Kashmir. This happened nearly two months ago, with Chetan suffering bullet injuries in several places, including his brain, abdomen, and eyes. “His blood pressure […]