Government may consider lowering drinking age: Delhi minister
The Delhi government may "consider lowering" the legal age for drinking, a minister in the Arvind Kejriwal cabinet said on Wednesday.
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Why are Manipur hills reverberating with protests (Comment)
The Joint Committee on Inner Line Permit System in Manipur which often claims to represent the voice of the native people of the northeastern state is a misrepresentation of the factual situation in the state....
Skipped a heartbeat? Don't panic (Sep 29 is World Heart Day)
If you are young and at times experience sudden weakness, perspiration, shortness of breath and the need to sit down - with your heart beat pulsating like a new racy rap song from Yo Yo Honey Singh - do not just disregard it as a “panic attackâ€....
Owaisi has few takers among Bihar’s Muslims
For Tufail Ahmad and Riaz Ansari, residents of Bihar's Seemanchal region, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is their leader, not firebrand Muslim leader Asaduddin Owaisi.
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Modi government attacking people's right to dissent: PUCL
The government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is suppressing people's voice, according to a senior executive of a human rights body....
Manipur hills simmer with tension as tribals resent bills (News Analysis)
The hills of Manipur continue to simmer with tension ever since the state assembly, in a specially convened session on August 31, passed three controversial bills ostensibly to protect the rights of the indigenous people in the state....
Beef and meat bans cast shadow over Eid-ul-Azha
With hundreds of families across the country preparing Eid-ul-Azha in the last week of September, the ban on sale of meat, including beef, has come as a huge setback for the traders who were expecting a good business during the festive season.
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BJP's divisive impulses are test of India's plurality
Two questions are relevant here. One is how many of those who chose the BJP, probably for the first time, have remained with it? The other is whether the party's traditional supporters, who seemingly have less interest in the economy and development than in a pro-Hindu outlook, are influencing the party's agenda....
Leander might retire after Rio Olympics, says father
Leander Paes, one of the greatest tennis players India has produced, might retire after the 2016 Rio Olympics if he does not perform well....
Need for security of women reporters in small towns
Harassment of five women reporters of a women's-only news publication based in Banda in Uttar Pradesh and the casual approach of police on the issue has once again put focus on the security of women reporters in the country's small towns....