Written By Siddharth Pandey

A young man in eastern Uttar Pradesh's Siddharth Nagar district, near the border with Nepal, was beaten, dragged on the road and slapped by two policemen on Tuesday, the visuals of which were capture on camera.

What made 22-year-old Saifullah accept the ISIS worldview and turn against the country? Hours after his death following a 12-hour encounter in Lucknow, his devastated family is desperately trying to find an answer. Having dropped out the Bachelor of Commerce course after his second year, Saifullah had gone to Mumbai two months ago.

Billed as a landmark move to curb tax evasion and corruption, the government's less than two week-old decision to recall 500 and 1000 rupee notes faces a graver challenge than the political bickering it has spawned.

The battle for Madhya Pradesh is still far away but Congress lawmaker from Guna, Jyotiraditya Scindia has already sounded the bugle for the 2018 polls in the state. He is holding 'Jan Aakrosh' (public anger) rallies across the state with an aim to consolidate support for his party and to cash in on anti-incumbency against the BJP government led by ...

The Supreme Court today refused to change its order on holding a single entrance test for admissions to undergraduate medical and dental courses across the country. The common entrance test, NEET, will go on as ruled earlier.

The Right to Information Act has helped millions of citizens demand accountability from their government, get basic services from ration cards to water connections and even helped unearth details of the coal allotment scam.

The wedding of two sisters in troubled Bisada has not only brought together two families. It has also brought the Hindus and Muslims together in a village that was at the centre of a storm two weeks ago over the killing of a man on September 28 over rumours of cow slaughter and beef consumption.

The National Green Tribunal has asked for stricter norms to check pollution in Delhi especially from diesel vehicles.

The wife of Vyapam whistle-blower Prashant Pandey was detained by the Indore police on Saturday evening from her workplace on suspicion of carrying Hawala money. She was released after being questioned for a few hours and the police seizing Rs 9.96 lakh from her.

With allegations of corruption in procurement of rice for the Public Distribution System or PDS in Chattisgarh, the state congress today launched a padyatra from Baloda bazar, about 90 km from the state capital Raipur, to raise awareness over the scam and put pressure on the state government.

17 Delhi families who lost people in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots today received five lakh rupee cheques from Home Minister Rajnath Singh in a move that the BJP's critics say is linked to polls in the capital early next year.

Environmentalists say last year's devastating flash floods in Uttarakhand, in which at least 5,000 were killed, and the unprecedented deluge in Jammu and Kashmir this year, both have the same cause - urbanization, reduced forest cover and erratic monsoon.

Go anywhere in the world and you can find Sikhs. Proud in their turbans and usually a happy go lucky attitude to life combined with determination to excel have set this community apart. I still remember the ad by Bajaj scooters with a Sikh riding with wife and two small kids, the message on the spare tyre inscribed "Chunnu Munnu de pape de gaddi" a...

A young man in eastern Uttar Pradesh's Siddharth Nagar district, near the border with Nepal, was beaten, dragged on the road and slapped by two policemen on Tuesday, the visuals of which were capture on camera.

What made 22-year-old Saifullah accept the ISIS worldview and turn against the country? Hours after his death following a 12-hour encounter in Lucknow, his devastated family is desperately trying to find an answer. Having dropped out the Bachelor of Commerce course after his second year, Saifullah had gone to Mumbai two months ago.

Billed as a landmark move to curb tax evasion and corruption, the government's less than two week-old decision to recall 500 and 1000 rupee notes faces a graver challenge than the political bickering it has spawned.

The battle for Madhya Pradesh is still far away but Congress lawmaker from Guna, Jyotiraditya Scindia has already sounded the bugle for the 2018 polls in the state. He is holding 'Jan Aakrosh' (public anger) rallies across the state with an aim to consolidate support for his party and to cash in on anti-incumbency against the BJP government led by ...

The Supreme Court today refused to change its order on holding a single entrance test for admissions to undergraduate medical and dental courses across the country. The common entrance test, NEET, will go on as ruled earlier.

The Right to Information Act has helped millions of citizens demand accountability from their government, get basic services from ration cards to water connections and even helped unearth details of the coal allotment scam.

The wedding of two sisters in troubled Bisada has not only brought together two families. It has also brought the Hindus and Muslims together in a village that was at the centre of a storm two weeks ago over the killing of a man on September 28 over rumours of cow slaughter and beef consumption.

The National Green Tribunal has asked for stricter norms to check pollution in Delhi especially from diesel vehicles.

The wife of Vyapam whistle-blower Prashant Pandey was detained by the Indore police on Saturday evening from her workplace on suspicion of carrying Hawala money. She was released after being questioned for a few hours and the police seizing Rs 9.96 lakh from her.

With allegations of corruption in procurement of rice for the Public Distribution System or PDS in Chattisgarh, the state congress today launched a padyatra from Baloda bazar, about 90 km from the state capital Raipur, to raise awareness over the scam and put pressure on the state government.

17 Delhi families who lost people in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots today received five lakh rupee cheques from Home Minister Rajnath Singh in a move that the BJP's critics say is linked to polls in the capital early next year.

Environmentalists say last year's devastating flash floods in Uttarakhand, in which at least 5,000 were killed, and the unprecedented deluge in Jammu and Kashmir this year, both have the same cause - urbanization, reduced forest cover and erratic monsoon.

Go anywhere in the world and you can find Sikhs. Proud in their turbans and usually a happy go lucky attitude to life combined with determination to excel have set this community apart. I still remember the ad by Bajaj scooters with a Sikh riding with wife and two small kids, the message on the spare tyre inscribed "Chunnu Munnu de pape de gaddi" a...