‘Tourism sector to see job losses’
New Delhi: The fallout of the Covid-19 outbreak and 21-day lockdown to combat the pandemic on the country’s tourism and...
‘People flouting lockdown norms with impunity’
New Delhi: As Covid-19 cases in India see a steep rise, the call for “social distancing” and national lockdown given...
Slum dwellers vulnerable to covid-19 outbreak
As in Mumbai’s Dharavi, in Delhi’s JJ clusters, practising social distancing isn’t possible in absence of basic amenities. New Delhi:...
Assam building 700-bed quarantine facility at Guwahati
The isolation hub, to be ready in a week, is being built at Sarosajai Sports complex. New Delhi: As the...
Lockdown gives anxious moments to farmers
New Delhi: The 21-day lockdown to combat the spread of the coronavirus is giving anxious moments to farmers across the...
Green cause makes activist walk from Assam to Delhi
New Delhi: Going by Google Maps, it’s a distance of 2,250 km, takes 41 hours by car and almost two...
‘Virus’ slur being used to harass Northeast students
New Delhi: Following the outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19), students from the northeast have alleged that incidents of “racial discrimination” against...
Virus scare deals body blow to travel industry
NEW DELHI: The novel coronavirus, which has crossed China’s borders and spread across the world, has brought the travel and...
Education hit as Delhi riots leave students afraid
Fear among students has forced many parents to change their schools. NEW DELHI: On Wednesday, Rihan Saifi, a student...
Wait for customers as shops reopen in riot-hit areas
NEW DELHI: Showing signs of normalcy in riot-hit northeast Delhi, almost all shops in the worst affected localities such as...
Rioters came from outside, allege Hindu, Muslim neighbours
Even as the stench of burnt houses and vehicles is still afloat in the air in riot-affected Northeast Delhi, residents...
‘Sans office, staff, Lokpal is toothless’
NEW DELHI: Seven years after Lokpal and the Lokayuktas Act was signed into law and almost a year since the...
Hanging of Nirbhaya convicts may get delayed further
Convict Pawan Gupta has not even sent his mercy plea to the President. NEW DELHI: After rescheduling the date...
Blame game in Delhi Congress after flop poll show
‘There was not a single road show by the central leadership’. New Delhi: With the Congress drawing a blank in the...
‘Scam’ forces Conrad to strip brother of Home portfolio
The alleged coal scam has created displeasure among coalition partners. With a scam about illegal transportation of coal rocking the...
Huge decline in Northeast insurgency in five years
The success of the Centre in involving the Songbijit faction of the Bodoland group in the peace talks is crucial,...
AAP’s Atishi vs BJP’s Dharamveer in Kalkaji
NEW DELHI: The high profile Kalkaji constituency will witnessed a tough battle between Aam Aadmi Party’s Atishi Marlena and BJP’s...
BJP reaches out to intellectuals, youths
New Delhi: The BJP is making special efforts to reach out to opinion leaders such as intellectuals, youths and religious...
BJP will win Delhi elections with a thumping majority: Shyam Jaju
‘BJP’s main poll pitch is the work by the Centre and non-performance of the Delhi government.’ New Delhi: Ahead of the...
More Shaheen Bagh-type protests in Delhi’s Muslim areas
NEW DELHI: Replicating the Shaheen Bagh style of protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), other Muslim-dominated localities of Delhi,...
PM, Mamata meet leaves some in Bengal ‘confused’
New Delhi: The recent meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Mamata Banerjee at Raj Bhawan in Kolkata has left...
‘Indian higher education needs to go international’
New Delhi: Citing extensive investment in teaching and research, institutional autonomy and academic freedom as the needs of the hour,...
Bodo faction gives up arms, inks pact with Centre
New Delhi: The decades-long Bodo insurgency in the northeast has, for all practical purposes, come to an end with the...
Cabinet nod to funds for Northeast gas grid
New Delhi: Giving a major boost to development of the northeast region, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) chaired...
