26/11 anniversary | The voice that steered them to safety
It was a nippy Wednesday evening on November 26, 2008; a regular day in the announcement box at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT). Bablu Kumar Deepak had been announcing the arrival and departure of trains for around three hours, when all hell broke loose.
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Remembering 26/11: Images from then and now
Ten years ago terrorists from Pakistan laid siege to India's financial capital for three days, killing 166 people and injuring hundreds more. Here are some of the places that bore the brunt of the attack, as they were then and as they are now.
Editorial | Leave them alone: on the Sentinelese
The death of a young American man at the hands of the inhabitants of North Sentinel Island in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands has led to dangerous lines of debate.
Watch: All you need to know about the Sentinelese tribe in Andaman
Iravatham Mahadevan passes away
Iravatham Mahadevan, 88, one of the world’s leading scholars on the Indus Valley Script, the pre-eminent scholar on the Tamil Brahmi script, passed away in Chennai early on Monday after a brief illness.
Kartarpur marks a fresh start
As Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu and Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh together unveil a foundation stone on Monday for a six-km route leading from Dera Baba Nanak in Punjab to Kartarpur in Pakistan’s Punjab on Monday, it will not just be the reopening of a route closed by Partition, but would mark the beginning of an unprecedented form of diplomacy, say diplomats.
Norms violated to favour Russia in defence deal: bidders
Allegations of procedural deviations continue to be levelled against the Army’s multi-billion dollar deal for Very Short Range Air Defence (VSHORAD) in which Russia was declared the lowest bidder last week. It has been learnt that two other contenders, MBDA of France and Sweden’s SAAB, protested as the announcement was made, alleging deviations to favour Russia.
Despite CIC orders, PMO refuses black money info
The Prime Minister’s Office has refused to disclose the quantum of black money brought back from abroad, citing a provision of the Right to Information Act that bars disclosure of information that may impede investigation and prosecution of offenders.
106 judicial postings cleared in a month
The government has singularly honoured the recommendations of the Supreme Court Collegium since October 3, the day Justice Ranjan Gogoi took office as 46th Chief Justice of India.
HIV infected children likely to suffer cognitive impairment: study
Children infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) have to endure a significant adverse impact on their neurodevelopment and cognitive functioning, a new study has revealed.
Madhya Pradesh Elections: Rural voters hold the key
Livelihood and opportunity: these are the buzz words of the Madhya Pradesh elections this time. There is a palpable anti-incumbency mood among farmers across large swathes of the State, which makes this election more challenging for Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan than the previous ones.
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