Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday upped the ante against rival Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Prime Minister Narendra Modi and former CM BS Yeddyurappa in the run up to the state Assembly elections, where polling is scheduled to be held on May 12. In a newspaper ad in Bengaluru dailies, the Congress leader has challenged PM Modi and BJP’s chief ministerial candidate Yeddyurappa for an open debate, accusing them of […]

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is all set to conduct the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) on May 6. A competitive exam conducted by CBSE for aspirants seeking admission to undergraduate MBBS and BDS courses all over India, lakhs of candidates apply for admission in medical colleges. With tough competition and a vast syllabus, months of dedication, focus and hard work is required to excel in the same. NEET […]

Seven years after the sensational murder of senior crime journalist Jyotirmay Dey, the MCOCA court today convicted underworld don Chhota Rajan in the case. The court convicted journalists Jigna Vora and Paulson Joseph in the case. The court found Rajan guilty of ordering the murder of J Dey.        It’s over, finally – those were the words of Jigna Vora after she was acquitted in journalist Jyotirmay Dey murder case […]

Aadhaar could be a very important document for verification in various services, but it is not mandatory to get a mobile SIM, as per a newspaper report. The government has directed telecom operators to accept other documents like driving licence and voter ID card to get a mobile SIM card, the Times of India reported. Telecom secretary Aruna Sundararajan told TOI that the telecom companies have been “asked to follow […]

Negative thinking is a pattern that is easy to make, however, quite difficult to break. Once you let these emotions take the brighter side of you, everything else seems to take a back seat and all that will exist for you is the negativity that consumes you whole. Our mind is a sponge and it absorbs and acts on whatever we allow it to think – it also gradually multiplies. […]

Continuing with its tradition to celebrate specific days and events, search engine giant Google on Tuesday celebrated the International Labour Day with a very interesting doodle on its homepage to mark the victory of workers` movement. Similar to its earlier theme, Google’s this year’s Labour Day doodle too features some parts of tools such as pair of gloves, rolls of insulating tape, a wrench, a bucket, a shovel, pencil, screws, […]

A popular philosophy says, ‘Love yourself. Believe in yourself.’ You can only believe  things that you do not know. ‘Know thyself.’ That’s good. ‘Believe in yourself?’ The idea itself is crazy! Why can’t you just say, ‘I cannot perceive.’ ‘I believe in myself, I love myself,’ this is a sure way to mess yourself up. You will create a loony breed. For love, you need a subject and an object. […]

Self-styled godman Asaram has been pronounced guilty in the 5-year-old rape case of a 16-year-old girl by a Jodhpur court. Along with Asaram, 3 other accused in the case have also been convicted while 2 are acquitted by the court in the 2013 rape case. The state administration in the wake of the judgment in the Asaram rape case had turned the district into a fortress taking all security precautions […]

An old king unwisely decides to divide his kingdom among his three daughters based on whose declaration of love flatters him the most. The youngest, his favourite, refuses to play along and is disinherited. Thus begins King Lear, one of William Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies. As Lear comes to terms with the consequences of his actions and slowly goes mad, he learns that one must judge people by their actions and […]

It’s that time of the year when your skin needs extra care. One needs to be more cautious during the summer season as the scorching heat and UV rays of the sun can damage your skin. Though there are many expensive beauty creams and face washes available in the market, but eating a healthy and balanced diet, high in nutrition value can help keep skin problems at bay. Here are […]