Jaipur, Jan 20 : Industrialist Anand Mahindra has gifted a special car to shooter Avani Lekhara who won the gold medal at the Tokyo Paralympics. The car is a special...

New Delhi/Darjeeling, Jan 20 : Two pairs of Red Pandas, an endangered species, from the Darjeeling Zoo were restocked in the Singalila National Park, the second such restocking by the...

By Vishnu MakhijaniNew Delhi, Jan 19 : This is not an account of Indians accusing British colonials of perfidies but of the rulers themselves laying bare the truth in their...

New Delhi, Jan 19 : In a first, the ‘Daredevil’ bikers of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) will showcase 10 kinds of formations at Rajpath on the Republic Day Parade-2022,...

Mumbai, Jan 18 : The 160-year-old Veermata Jijabai Bhosale Zoo has got two new star attractions – Royal Bengal tiger cub ‘Veera’ and Humboldt penguin chick, aOscar’, officials said here...

By Archana SharmaJaipur, Jan 18 : Believe it or not but a Class 10 dropout from Rajasthan would be rubbing shoulders with scientists and academicians to design organic farming curriculum...

Kolkata, Jan 18 : Famous Bengali cartoonist Narayan Debnath passed away at a South Kolkata nursing home on Tuesday morning.He was admitted to hospital several times last year and was...

The Hague, Jan 18 : The Jewish family of Anne Frank hiding in Amsterdam during World War Two was most likely betrayed by a notary in Amsterdam, says a new...

Bhopal, Jan 18 : Cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar on Monday expressed grief over the demise of Indias first tigress to be radio-collared, who died at the Pench Tiger Reserve in...

Chennai, Jan 17 : ‘Ponniyin Selvan’, the dream project of Tamil movie star and former Chief Minister late M.G.Ramachandran, popularly known as MGR, is all set to be made as...

Kolkata, Jan 17 : Famous theatre personality and daughter of ‘legendary’ Sambhu Mitra and Tripti Mitra passed away at her Kolkata residence on Sunday evening.She was 74 when she died...

By Sukant DeepakNew Delhi, Jan 17 : It is not about their meetings, their conversations, the long rehearsal sessions.It is a love letter to what need not be said.To what...

Shimla, Jan 16 : Donning traditional dress, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Sunday inaugurated the ninth National Ice Hockey Championship — 2022 at the country’s highest open...

By Archana SharmaJaipur, Jan 16 : At a time when the Congress in Uttar Pradesh is making news for giving 50 per cent tickets to women candidates, the party’s government...

By Vishnu MakhijaniNew Delhi, Jan 15 : S.Nambi Narayanan, the aerospace engineer discharged in what is known as the ISRO spy case of the 1990s, is now playing the martyr...

New Delhi, Jan 15 : Education Cannot Wait (ECW) has announced a total of $91.7 million in catalytic grant financing for new and expanded Multi-Year Resilience Programmes in Bangladesh, Pakistan,...

Hyderabad, Jan 14 : Sankranti celebrations in the extended Chiranjeevi family saw some heartwarming and funny moments unfold on Friday.The entire family gathered for celebrating Sankranti, complete with the traditional...

By Sukant DeepakNew Delhi, Jan 14 : She has vivid memories of going to the Ganga ghats in Kolkata every year.She might have been six or seven-years-old but the subtle...

Agra Jan 13 : A seven-foot Indian rock python was rescued by a Wildlife SOS team after it was found stuck inside a pipe at Nalkoop Khand, which falls under...

New Delhi, Jan 13 : He is considered the “Father of Fibre Optics”, one of the seven “Unsung Heroes of the 20th Century” for his Nobel Prize deserving breakthrough that...

Guwahati, Jan 12 : Dhani Ram Baruah, a Guwahati based heart specialist and transplant surgeon, became very cheerful after getting to know that the US doctors at University of Maryland...

Mumbai/Thane, Jan 12 : On the occasion of the 424th birth anniversary of Rajmata Jijabai Shahaji Bhosale on Wednesday — the mother of warrior king Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj — the...

Mumbai, Jan 12 : After making massive strides in revolutionizing the art industry, Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) are seemingly set to overhaul how movies are being funded and decentralize it to...

By Sukant DeepakNew Delhi, Jan 12 : There is a short story ‘Conchology’ in her book ‘The High Priestess Never Marries’, which was the first time she had attempted to...

Amaravati, Jan 11 : The row over cinema theatre ticket prices in Andhra Pradesh continued unabated as the panel set up by the state government met on Tuesday but could...

New Delhi, Jan 11 : As we enter the New Year, some of us would want to focus on our physical health and wellbeing, while others may want to foray...

Mumbai, Jan 10 : In a significant achievement, the BMC on Monday completed the excavation work on the first of the twin-tunnels from Priyadarshini Park to Girgaum Chowpatty – exactly...

New York, Jan 10 : Global lightning activity dropped almost 8 per cent during the 2020 Covid-19 lockdowns, according to new research. According to researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of...

Chennai, Jan 10 : The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) incubated electric aircraft startup Ubifly Technologies Pvt Ltd commonly known as ‘The ePlane Company’ will test fly e50 prototype...

By Amita VermaVaranasi, Jan 9 : The modest ‘mosambi or sweet lime can now be used to prevent cancer. Researchers at IIT (BHU) claim that the ‘mosambi’ (Citrus limetta) peels...

By Vishal GulatiShimla, Jan 9 : The country’s highest open air ice hockey rink, developed recently amidst the stunning backdrop of the mighty Himalayas at an altitude of 3,720 metres...

By Sukant DeepakNew Delhi, Jan 9 : Created from the thought of humans beings an extension of nature, the idea of us, who we are as a connecting factor between...

Mumbai, Jan 8 : With the Omicron scare making theatrical screenings a risky business proposition, several movie-makers are opting for OTT release instead. However, the makers of Kicha Sudeepa starrer...

By Vikas GuptaLiterary traditions take centuries to develop, let alone acquire a following outside their own linguistic realm.Russian literature, however, saw an accelerated rate to global popularity within 200 years....

San Francisco, Jan 8 : On his 80th birth anniversary on Saturday, Google has paid tribute to late physicist Stephen Hawking with a Doodle. The two and a half minute-long...

By Sukant DeepakNew Delhi, Jan 7 : National Award-winning filmmaker Gurvinder Singh’s next feature in Punjabi language, Adh Chanani Raat (‘Crescent Night’) will make its world premiere at the prestigious...

Kochi, Jan 7 : Kerala Police, probing the actress abduction case, has asked film director Balachandra to record his statement. The police probe team served a notice to Kumar to...

New Delhi, Jan 7 : From 2016 to 2020, Jacob Helberg led Google’s global internal product policy efforts to combat disinformation and foreign interference.During this time, he found himself in...

New Delhi, Jan 7 : Much more than a tale of two enigmatic individuals past their prime and beyond the underlying recital of love, honour and treachery, what his book...

Mysuru, Jan 6 : Prajna Kashyap, a fourth year integrated law student of Vidya Vikas Institute of Legal Services in Mysuru in Karnataka is among the 2,500 people across the...

Shillong, Jan 5 : Padma Shri awardee and founder of Shillong Chamber Choir, Neil Nongkynrih, breathed his last on Wednesday evening at a hospital in Mumbai after a brief illness,...

New Delhi, Jan 5 : The World Book Fair 2022 that was scheduled to be held from January 8 to 16 at the new International Exhibition Centre at Pragati Maidan...

New Delhi, Jan 5 : The recent killings of civilians in Nagaland in an army operation gone awry has led to renewed debate over the controversial Armed Forces (Special Powers)...

By Sukant DeepakNew Delhi, Jan 5 : “The most important thing that modern-day music applications have ensured is transparency.Not only have they killed piracy, but also ascertained that the artist...

New Delhi, Jan 4 : ‘The Kashmir Files, an upcoming movie by noted filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri, is a landmark film depicting the gruesome genocide of hundreds of thousands of indigenous...

New Delhi, Jan 4 : In the West Bengal elections of 2021, the longest state polls in the history of India, Mamata Banerjee won the khela, and the BJP lost...

Varanasi, Jan 4 (iANS) The Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital, Varanasi, has started an allogeneic bone marrow transplantation facility in the city for cancer patients. With the introduction of this facility...

By Sukant DeepakNew Delhi, Jan 4 : Getting his first motorcycle at the age of 16, he decided to enter an amateur race near his home in Shoranur in Kerala.He...

BY VISHAL GULATIShimla, Jan 3 : Like other park rangers, Roshan Chaudhary normally leaves for patrolling in the morning and returns at sunset.And when there is a tip-off on the...

New Delhi/Srinagar Jan 3 : The Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir has seen some of the greatest days of development in the past year concerning Railways, Roadways, Tunnels, Education...

By Shambu Nath ChaudharyRanchi, Jan 2 : The fame of products made from Jharkhand’s soil, metal and wood, including jewellery and handicrafts, is spreading worldwide. In the last four to...

By Mohammed ShafeeqHyderabad, Jan 2 : Hyderabads favourite trade fair is back after a gap of one year but the spike in Covid-19 cases and the threat of the new...

By Vishnu MakhijaniNew Delhi, Jan 2 : General Ved Prakash Malik’s endorsement of Shiv Kunal Verma’s epic book, “1965: A Western Sunrise” is a show stopper in its own right.It’s...

By Shambu Nath ChaudharyRanchi, Jan 2 : The fame of products made from Jharkhand’s soil, metal and gold is spreading worldwide. In the last four-five years, the talent of Jharkhand’s...

Jhansi, Jan 2 : The New Year has dawned with the Jhansi railway station being renamed as ‘Virangana Lakshmibai’ railway . New signages have been put up in place of...

By Vikas DattaFrom ‘The Far Pavilions’ to ‘Bhowani Junction’, ‘Heat and Dust’ to Yashpal’s ‘Veh Tufani Din’, and ‘Kim’ to ‘Kanthapura’ and many others, the British Raj inspired a varied...

By Vishnu MakhijaniNew Delhi, Jan 1 : Pakistan is once again attempting to gain traction in Kashmir after the “severe loss that has come its way” with the abrogation of...

By Vikas DattaBOOK DETAILS How the West Stole Democracy from the Arabs: The Syrian Arab Congress of 1920 and the Destruction of its Historic Liberal-Islamic Alliance Author: Elizabeth F.Thompson Publisher:...

Lucknow, Dec 31 : Lucknow’s dastangoi (storyteller) Himanshu Bajpai has been selected for the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar 2021 in Hindi for his collection of stories ‘Qissa Qissa Lucknowa-Lucknow ke...

By Sukant DeepakNew Delhi, Dec 30 : She was 28 when her debut book ‘Paro: Dreams of Passion hit the stands.Several decades and 20 books since, author Namita Gokhale, who...

By Sukant DeepakNew Delhi, Dec 30 : She was 28 when her debut book ‘Paro: Dreams of Passion hit the stands.Several decades and 20 books since, author Namita Gokhale, who...

By Archana SharmaJaipur, Dec 30 : In a bizarre case reported from Hanumangarh district of Rajasthan, police have had to conduct an identification parade of donkeys at a police station...

By Sukant Deepak New Delhi, December 30, 2018 : .Ridhi Khakhar made her debut on Netflix’s ‘Lust Story’ in 2018.She is currently being seen on ‘The Whistleblower,’ streaming on Sony...

Kolkata, Dec 29 : The Tiger Hill — a popular tourist attraction in Darjeeling, witnessed the first snowfall of the year on Wednesday as the temperature in the northern part...

Cairo, Dec 29 : Egyptian researchers have “digitally unwrapped” the mummy of King Amenhotep I for the first time, revealing many secrets about the pharaoh who ruled the country from...

Jaipur, Dec 28 : A video of a tigress pouncing on and dragging away a dog, close to a fleet of tourist vehicles in Rajasthan’s Ranthambore national park, has gone...

By Vishnu MakhijaniNew Delhi, Dec 28 : The Gajapati empire (1434-1568) reigned for over a century in a vast swathe stretching from the Hoogly to the Cauvery rivers and encompassing...

Moradabad (Uttar Pradesh), Dec 26 : Zainul Abedin, popularly known as ‘Moradabad Express’, ran non-stop on a treadmill for 12 hours. He thus covered a distance of 66 kilometres and...

By Vishnu MakhijaniNew Delhi, Dec 26 : Understanding true forgiveness is a personal process that takes place within the heart, a process that takes time to assimilate. “Numb with shock...

Lucknow 26 December : .ICAR FUSICONT is a biofungicide that controls fungal diseases that cause wilting banana plants.It can also be used to manage the cumin-wilt disease, which was discovered...

By Quaid Najmi Mumbai, December 25, : .Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar turned 60 today.She was busy planning her celebrations and made sure that about 100 “sightless”, poor people had a...

By Vishal GulatiNew Delhi, Dec 24 : Expect less snowfall over the Himalayas, but intense cold wave in north India this winter, warn climate scientists. The reason: The development of...

Vijayawada, Dec 24 : Chief Justice of India Justice N.V.Ramana took a bullock cart ride during his visit to native village Ponnavaram in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh. On his...

By Vishnu MakhijaniNew Delhi, Dec 23 : His most vivid memories are of cooking with his mother from a very early age in Gwalior, where he was born, raised and...

By Susitha FernandoColombo, Dec 23 : The Sri Lanka government has awarded a plot of land adjoining the lands leased to 1996 Cricket World Cup winning team members to ‘Manike...

New Delhi, Dec 22 : Yogi Adityanath’s biographer Shantanu Gupta, having made waves with his bestselling ‘The Monk Who Became Chief Minister’, returns with a new title ‘The Monk Who...

By Sukant DeepakNew Delhi, Dec 22 : “Yes, some films may not be commercially viable but it takes a lot of courage to make such cinema.What the audience then witnesses...

New Delhi, Dec 21 : The country’s love for biryani only seems to be growing as online food delivery platform Swiggy said on Tuesday that Indians ordered 115 plates of...

By Sukant DeepakNew Delhi, Dec 21 : To observe nature, he does not have to undertake a physical journey.For inspiration, the movement does not have to be necessarily external.He stresses...

New Delhi, Dec 19 : Hamtramck will become the first known city in the US with a government made up entirely of Muslims, according to the Muslim Public Affairs Council,...

By Narendra PuppalaPrized for their smooth, silky writing experience, and the touch of elegance they add to sartorial style, fountain pens have become a rarity today.First, the advent of ballpoint...

Lucknow, Dec 19 : Ram Babu Rastogi, an octogenarian who owns a chain of jewellery stores, begins his day with a plateful of ghee-soaked kachoris and hot jalebis, washed down...

By Archana SharmaJaipur, Dec 18 : A Jaipur-based designer couple, known for their passion to experiment, has come up with a design that pays ode to architecture by embedding it...

Beijing, Dec 18 : Alimihan Seyiti, the oldest person in China, has passed away at the age of 135 in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, local authorities said on Saturday....

By Sukant DeepakNew Delhi, Dec 18 : “Why I got back to acting? Well, I wanted to breathe again.As a creative person, I feel like a phoenix rising from the...

Itanagar, Dec 17 : In joy for the Forest Department, Takin (or gnu goat) – one of the rarest mammals – was caught by a trap camera above 3,500 metres...

Guwahati, Dec 17 : An elephant calf aged around seven months was killed after being hit by a speeding train in Assam’s Jorhat district in the wee hours of Friday,...

New Delhi, Dec 17 : The second phase of the 10th edition of three-day ‘Jashn-e-Adab’ Hindi and Urdu poetry festival was inaugurated on Friday at the India International Centre (IIC)...

Chennai, Dec 17 : The Tamil Nadu archeology department in association with the Archeological Survey of India (ASI) will be intensifying the mining process in Ramanathapuram district after a Class...

New Delhi, Dec 17 : Voice artist Mayur Suvarna has won the ‘Best Audiobook Narration – Male’ award at the India Voice Fest 2021 for Mukund Rajan’s widely acclaimed memoir...

Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 17 : With just seven days left before the cricketing extravaganza ’83’ hits the big screen, actor-producer Prithviraj Sukumaran, who is also one of the presenters of the...

Hyderabad, Dec 16 : The bidding for the iconic Volkswagen Beetle 1960 will start from Re 1 at the e-auction for vintage and classic cars on December 19. A wide...

Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 16 : It has been three weeks since the residents of Kurukkanmoola village in Kerala’s Wayanad district have been living in fear of a tiger.Despite the forest officials...

Riyadh, Dec 16 : The Arabic calligraphy was officially inscribed on the list of the Unesco’s list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Saudi Minister of Culture, Prince Badr...

By Sukant DeepakNew Delhi, Dec 16 : “How can art not be dangerous? After all, it guides people on how to think, presents narratives other than those propagated by those...

Kolkata, Dec 15 : In a major appreciation for the biggest festival in the Bengali calendar, the UNESCO has added Durga Puja to its ‘Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage...

By Sukant DeepakNew Delhi, Dec 15 : The only Indian YouTuber to be nominated twice in a row for the prestigious Streamy Awards and win it in 2021, Mithilesh Patankar...

New Delhi, December 14, 2008 : .The Ganga is a sacred river that occupies the most prominent place in India.Many stories surround it, and they have been a fascination for...

New Delhi, December 14, 2008 : .The third section of the sculpture exhibition titled “iSculpt for Delhi” featuring 20 works from artists has opened in Delhi recently.It transforms the Gandhi...

New Delhi, Dec 14, : .The Kala Ghoda Arts Festival in Mumbai (KGAF), will be returning in physical form from February 5-13 next year.It will also host more than 70...

By Archana Sharma Jaipur (Dec 13) : .At a moment when International Human Rights Day is being celebrated worldwide, a quiet story of change was being written in the Panchayat...

Chandigarh : , Harnaaz, Miss Universe 2021 will be returned to Chandigarh by her parents with makki ki roti, sarson da gaag, and other special treatment. It’s an proud moment...

By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, December 13, 2013 : .There is no better example of fraud than the two British Generals who commanded the Indian Army (and the Pakistani Army)...

By Sukant Deepak New Delhi (12/12/IANS): While there is sadness, some shades of autumn sunset never escape the nine interconnected stories.Sometimes you almost can see Wong Kar Wai, the filmmaker...

Nivedita Khandekar Panaji, December 11, : .Panaji’s 496 rocket kit prototypes, which represent India’s proposed manned space mission, were assembled by Goa students.They set a Guinness World Record of the...

Guwahati (Dec 11th, 2012) – A Hublot heritage watch belonging to football legend Diego Maradona was recovered by Assam Police.Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma stated on Saturday. The police in...

By Venkatachari JagannathanChennai, Dec 11 : A 25-member team comprising students and faculty of the Patiala based Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology (TIET) are hoping to launch their nano-satellite...

By Brij Khandelwal Agra, December 11, : .The Sheroes Hangout Cafe has reopened in Agra & Lucknow after nearly two years of closures due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The Sheroes...

By Sukant Deepak New Delhi, December 11, 2011 : .He hopes to contribute stories that not only entertain but are also thoughtful and explore the complexity of human life.Tariq Vasudeva...