It has been a see-saw ride for the BJP since it formed an alliance government at the centre two years ago but victory in the Assam polls has helped it wrest back the political momentum it lost after deffeats in Delhi and Bihar. The victory has also helped the BJP emerge as a party with a noticeable pan-India pres...
As the BJP-led NDA government completes two years in office, an industry chamber described it as "work in progress" but said that "a lot more is required" to be done on the issue of tax disputes, while concerns remain on the huge bad loans incurred by the banking system. ...
As the Narendra Modi government completes two years, it's been a mixed bag as far as foreign policy is concerned, with the handling of relations with close neighbours Pakistan and Nepal sticking out like a sore thumb, despite making advancement in engaging with the rest of the world....
The people who say they have no religion are rapidly escalating and significantly outnumber the Christian population in England and Wales, according to a new analysis....
The rise of user-generated content (UGC) - information submitted by members of the public or posted on social media - has made journalists harness a variety of new skills, thereby bringing in a sea change in the profession, a study says....
He was not a very known or successful singer when his second album came out in May 1963, nor a very conventional one, with his raspy, almost nasal voice, but he would go on to express the era's growing social unrest and questioning of tradition and status quo which had not diminished inequity or led to p...
The news of India's launch of a Reusable Launch Vehicle Technology Demonstrator (RLV-TD) has been blown out of proportion by the media, according to a report in "Space Review," an online journal from Washington devoted to analysing key space issues and events across the world....
A team of international researchers has evaluated the pivotal relationship that exists between mankind and fire, hoping it would help policymakers "reassess their attitudes" towards how to deal with fire in the natural world....
What is the one common thing between Canadian model Coco Rocha and Indian celebrities like Randeep Hooda, Mandira Bedi and Dino Morea? Besides their glitzy professions, they all share a love for whiskey!...
Sonia Gandhi and Rahul had mounted a bitter attack on Mamata during the campaign in West Bengal. Against this background, would she ever shake hands with the Congress? asked NDTV's Barkha Dutt. Mamata came down sharply with the above one liner....
