Category: India

The author of “The God of Small Things” won the National Award for Best Screenplay in 1989 for the film “In Which Annie Gives it Those Ones.” She announced that she’s returning the award in a column in today’s Indian Express newspaper. Roy writes that ‘intolerance’ is the wrong word to use in the prevailing climate where a respected academic […]

Justice T S Thakur would succeed Justice H L Dattu as the next Chief Justice of India. Justice Thakur, the senior-most judge of the apex court, will take over as the CJI after Justice Dattu retires on December 2. His name was recommended to the government by Justice Dattu on Monday, official sources said. After the Law Ministry clears the […]

MUMBAI: Even as he came under attack from sections in BJP, Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan on Wednesday received support from ruling ally Shiv Sena which said the superstar should not be targeted only because he is a Muslim and that the minority community in India is “tolerant”. “This country is tolerant and the Muslims are tolerant as well. Shah […]

Government will on Wednesday issue notice to Volkswagen Group over “significant variations” that have been found by testing agency ARAI in on-road emission levels, compared to laboratory measurements, of the firm’s three diesel models in India — Jetta, Audi A4 and Vento. “ARAI has found significant variations in the emission level in on-road vehicles as compared to the laboratory measurements. […]