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The Gorkhaland Movement and Indian Politics

Dr Trent Brown Australia India Institute The struggle for a separate state of Gorkhaland in the Darjeeling hills is several decades old. But an emerging class division within the movement is characteristic

/ 28th August 2017
Quality education ahoy

R. Hingba PaulAsst. Prof., St. Josephs College Jakhama, Kohima, Nagaland Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world, Nelson MandelaWhat is real education to this modern competit

Perspective / 28th August 2017
Huge gap between action, perception on ease of doing business: NITI Aayog

New Delhi, August 28 (IANS) There is a huge gap between what the state governments have done to improve ease of doing business and what the enterprises know of these improvements, a NITI Aayog report has found.

/ 28th August 2017
20 years imprisonment for rapist Dera chief; Rs 30 lakh fine

Rohtak (Haryana), August 28 (IANS) Eighteen years after he raped two of his female disciples, Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was on Monday sentenced to 20 years jail for rape and criminal intimi

/ 28th August 2017
Statins may cut breast cancer risk

London, August 28 (IANS) Women who take statins -- cholesterol lowering drugs -- may be at a lower risk of developing breast cancer and subsequent mortality, researchers, including one of Indian-origin, have fo

/ 28th August 2017
Thailand's Yingluck fled at the 'last minute' fearing harsh sentence, say aides

BANGKOK, August 28 (Reuters) - Thailand's former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra kneeled before a row of saffron-robed Buddhist monks last Wednesday as she offered them fruits and sticky rice soaked in cocon

/ 28th August 2017
Railway services to NE region likely to resume from Tuesday

Agartala/Guwahati, August 28 (IANS) Train services between the northeastern region of India and the rest of the country are expected to resume on a trial basis from Tuesday, officials said on Monday.

/ 28th August 2017
High salt intake may double heart failure risk

London, August 28 (IANS) Love to eat salted wafers, nuts, french fries and other processed foods? Beware, according to a study, high salt intake is associated with a doubled risk of heart failure.

/ 28th August 2017
Airtel, Symantec ink partnership on cyber security for businesses

New Delhi, August 28 (IANS) To serve the growing cyber security needs of businesses in India, Bharti Airtel and cyber security provider Symantec have inked a strategic alliance to protect customers from increas

/ 28th August 2017
Tense Doklam standoff ends; India, China agree to withdraw troops

New Delhi/Beijing, August 28 (IANS) The 75-day-long tense standoff between India and China in Doklam ended on Monday with both sides agreeing to withdraw troops from the disputed region in the tri-junction with

/ 28th August 2017
Would've proudly said so had I directed 'Simran': Kangana

New Delhi, August 28 (IANS) National Award winning actress Kangana Ranaut, who was earlier slammed by writer Apurva Asrani for taking the co-writer credit in "Simran", says she didn't take part in the direction

/ 28th August 2017
Why heart attacks are more prevalent in winters

London, August 28 (IANS) The risk of suffering a heart attack is more likely to peak in the winter season and decline in summers because air temperature acts as an external trigger for the life threatening dise

/ 28th August 2017
Car bomb kills eight at Baghdad market: medics

BAGHDAD, August 28 (Reuters) - A car bomb killed at least eight people in a crowded vegetable market in a Shi'ite Muslim district of Baghdad on Monday, police and medics said, in an attack claimed by Islamic St

/ 28th August 2017
Denmark's Axelsen sinks Lin for badminton world championship title, Japan's Okuhara wins

August 28, (REUTERS) - Viktor Axelsen blanked China's five-times winner Lin Dan 22-20 21-16 to become the third Danish man to win the world championship title and Japan's Nozomi Okuhara beat India's Pusarla Sin

/ 28th August 2017
Philippines' Duterte says police can kill "idiots" who resist arrest

MANILA, August 28 (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte told police on Monday they could kill "idiots" who violently resist arrest, two days after hundreds of people turned the funeral of a slain tee

/ 28th August 2017
Pope to visit Myanmar, Bangladesh amid Rohingya crisis

ROME, August 28 (Reuters) - Pope Francis plans to visit Myanmar and Bangladesh in late November and early December, two countries caught up in a crisis over the Rohingya Muslim minority. The Vatica

/ 28th August 2017
Exclusive: India and Pakistan hit by spy malware - cybersecurity firm

MUMBAI, August 28 (Reuters) - Symantec Corp <SYMC.O>, a digital security company, says it has identified a sustained cyber spying campaign, likely state-sponsored, against Indian and Pakistani entities in

/ 28th August 2017
Islamic State readies to evacuate Syria-Lebanon border zone

BEIRUT, August 28 (Reuters) - The Syrian army and Hezbollah on Monday prepared to escort Islamic State fighters to eastern Syria from their enclave on the border with Lebanon under an agreement following a week

/ 28th August 2017
Facebook has more MAUs than any religion except Christianity

San Francisco, August 28 (IANS) Recently, Facebook crossed the two billion mark for its monthly active users (MAUs) which is more than the number of people that follow Islam, and the users' count is closing in

/ 28th August 2017
Justice Dipak Misra sworn in as Chief Justice of India

New Delhi, August 28 (IANS) Justice Dipak Misra was on Monday sworn in as the 45th Chief Justice of India (CJI), succeeding Jagdish Singh Khehar. He will preside over the top court for 13 months and six days.

/ 28th August 2017