By Sukant DeepakNew Delhi, Feb 23 : She just ‘started’ singing one day…also a dancer, playwright, and former equity trader, whose latest album ‘The Bhajan Project 2’ released recently, UK-based...

By Vikas DattaWhenever Hindi filmmakers needed a canny yet commanding police officer who could devise strategies to outsmart criminals, tackle emotional subordinates, or just serve as a reasonable authority figure,...

Lucknow, Feb 22 : The Uttar Pradesh government has received a proposal to start a ‘movie to museum’ project in the state. The investor wants to shoot a film on...

By Arun LakshmanChennai, Feb 22 : The Martin Foundation, which in association with Dr APJ Abdul Kalam International Foundation, Kalpakam Atomic Research Centre, and Space Zone of India recenly launched...

Chennai, Feb 22 : The Tamil Nadu forest department is on high alert after a troublesome makhna elephant that was captured and relocated to deep forests on February 6 is...

By Vishal GulatiShimla, Feb 22 : A fully grown tiger caught on a camera-trap in Himachal Pradesh’s 27.88-sq-km Simbalbara National Park, which supports dense Sal forests with grassy landscape and...

Lucknow, Feb 22 : A former college principal has lodged a case against the employees of a pet grooming firm, alleging that her two-year-old golden retriever died of electric shock...

New Delhi, Feb 22 : Sadly, studying music or arts for a lifetime is not considered important enough.Success means winning a talent show and not otherwise.I fail to understand how...

Chennai, Feb 21 : Want to eat in a rail coach but without travelling? Well, it may soon become a reality, with the Southern Railway calling bids from interested parties...

Lucknow, Feb 21 : A student of Master of Visual Arts in sculpture from the Arts College in Lucknow has got an entry into India Book of Records for making...

By Sukant DeepakNew Delhi, Feb 21 : As we speak, a procession of writers have entered this institution in Kerala where the pen is the deity… Asserting that it is...

San Francisco, Feb 20 : A group of scientists has discovered that in addition to the lungs and respiratory system, Covid-19 may have long-term effects on heart health, even in...

Ayodhya, Feb 20 : A 31-feet state of Bharata, the Jain King, is coming up in Ayodhya which is also considered the land of five ‘Tirthankaras’ of the religion. In...

By Vikas DattaHis portrayal as an insecure and devious court poet, jealous of emerging talent, in TV serial Mirza Ghalib may be termed artistic license, but is actually disservice to...

Mumbai, Feb 19 : Maharashtra celebrated the 393rd birth anniversary of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj with pomp in a series of social, cultural, historical and political events organised, on Sunday. Governor...

By Arun Lakshman,Chennai, Feb 19 : Tamil Nationalist leader, Dr.Pazha Nedumaran on February 13 made a startling and shocking revelation at Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu that the LTTE Chief Velupillai...

By Vishal GulatiShimla, Feb 19 : Authorities in the Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh, where farming communities are some of the most vulnerable to the changing climate, have initiated steps...

Panaji, Feb 18 : Giving several social messages, carnival festivities kicked off in Goa with a colourfully-decorated float parade in the state capital on Saturday evening. The participants gave the...

Hyderabad, Feb 18 : Well-known filmmaker S.S.Rajamouli has said that he is not sure if he would direct a film on Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the script of which has...

Bhopal, Feb 18 : The 12 cheetahs translocated to India by South Africa have been released at Kuno National Park (KNP) in Madhya Pradesh’s Sheopur district, taking the total count...

By Shaneer N.SiddiquiDubai, Feb 18 : The historical India-UAE Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) was signed on February 18, 2022 during the virtual summit attended by Indian Prime Minister Narendra...

Bhopal, Feb 18 : Indian Air Force’s (IAF) C-17 Globemaster plane carrying as many as 12 cheetahs from South Africa arrived in Madhya Pradesh’s Gwalior airport on Saturday afternoon, months...

Srinagar, Feb 18 : Farmers are emerging as key players in ‘Naya Jammu and Kashmir’.They have become a force to reckon with as the government has devised multiple schemes and...

Hyderabad, Feb 18 : Devotees queued up at Shiva temples across Telangana on Saturday on the occasion of Maha Shivaratri. Men and women were seen offering special puja and participating...

New Delhi, Feb 17 : Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Friday inagurated the 35th Garden Tourism Festival, being held at the Garden of Five Senses, by the Tourism...

Kochi, Feb 17 : For a change, the judges of High Courts from five South Indian states will be seen in action at the picturesque Wayanad Cricket ground competing in...

By Vishnu MakhijaniNew Delhi, Feb 17 : Supreme Court Counsel Rohan J.Alva’s ‘A Constitution to Keep’ (HarperCollins) is a definitive account of the law on sedition in India.Created during British...

By Sukant DeepakNew Delhi, Feb 17 : He may have stunned the entire theatre fraternity with the portrayal of Hamlet in the Shakespearean tragedy as a student at the National...

New Delhi, Feb 16 : Twelve cheetahs will be translocated from South Africa to India on February 18, Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate change, Bhupender Yadav on Thursday....

Srinagar, Feb 16 : As part of Khelo India initiative, the Army on Thursday organised Women’s Snow Cricket tournament in Panzgam village in North Kashmir’s Kupwara district. The event witnessed...

Jammu, Feb 16 : Mrs World 2022-2023 Sargam Koushal called on J&K Lt.Governor Manoj Sinha on Thursday. An official statement, The Lt Governor congratulated Smt Sargam Koushal for her achievement....

By Narendra PuppalaBengaluru, Feb 16 : Amid all the hustle and bustle of Aero India 2023, a small group of startups and MSMEs from Karnataka is silently making its mark,...

Chennai, Feb 16 : To commemorate the International year of Millets 2023, the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) has introduced four new varieties of millet and 23 new varieties of...

By Vishnu MakhijaniNew Delhi, Feb 15 : His first job was as a charitable intern earning Rs 150 a month and after nine years of struggle, he started earning Rs...

By Sukant DeepakNew Delhi, Feb 15 : When ‘Miss Lovely’, centering around Mumbai’s C-grade porn and horror industry, released it did many things… most of all challenging the very grammar...

Patna, Feb 15 : The ‘Samadhi sthal’ or the memorial of ‘Mountain Man’ Dashrath Manjhi is emerging as the Taj Mahal of Bihar as large numbers of foreign and domestic...

Lucknow, Feb 14 : A modern GITA guidance, one that uses artificial intelligence, can help in finding a solution to life problems. The AI stall, set up as part of...

Romantic and revolutionary fervour may seem polar opposites but this Urdu poet achieved a unique balance between them, describing his own course on: Maqaam ‘Faiz’ raah mein koi jacha hi...

New Delhi, Feb 13 : Social media influencer ‘Aiyyo’ Shraddha, whose video on mass layoffs recently went viral, said on Monday that she met Prime Minister Narendra Modi whose first...

Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 13 : There are millions who enjoy eating ice creams from cones and then munching on the cones too.A Deoria-based farmers’ group in Uttar Pradesh has...

By Sukant DeepakNew Delhi, Feb 13 : Back on stage after two years of hiatus owing to the pandemic, the sixth season of Aadyam Theatre, an initiative by the Aditya...

By Manoj PathakBettiah (Bihar), Feb 12 : A resident of Pipra village in Bihar’s West Champaran district has taken a vow to remain unmarried for environmental protection, similar to ‘Bhishma’...

By Vikas DattaIt is far from the smallest nation in Southeast Asia but gets overshadowed by its ASEAN neighbours in both name and fame.However, crime fiction, which has shone the...

By Sanjay BorkarPanaji, Feb 12 : With the reopening of Saptakoteshwar temple at Narve in Bicholim-North Goa after the restoration work, hopes have been raised about the other historical structures...

By Zubair QureshiSrinagar, Feb 11 : Holding of a winter camp in Pahalgam has brought joy to the local children as this time many activities, including Martial Arts training, are...

Kolkata, Feb 11 : With the vulture population in West Bengal decreasing at a very fast pace, the state Forest Department has undertaken an unique initiative to increase the population...

Kolkata, Feb 11 : This winter came with twin good news both for nature as well as bird watchers.145 species of birds were spotted during the first Sundarban Bird Festival,...

Jammu, Feb 11 : The Jammu-Srinagar national highway continues to remain closed for vehicular traffic for a second day in a row due to shooting stones and mudslides trigerred by...

Mysuru, Feb 10 : Two leopards prowling in a residential area and farms in Karnataka’s Mysuru district were trapped by forest authorities on Friday. The big cats were caught at...

By Meenakshi IyerNew Delhi, Feb 10 : Artists never really leave anything alone.If you give them a tool it’s going to get used.The prophetic words of art connoisseur Bill Goldston...

Lucknow, Feb 10 : Tourists wanting to get a bird’s eye view of the New Ayodhya and the under-construction Ram temple will soon be able to avail helicopter rides over...

By Sukant DeepakNew Delhi, Feb 10 : When diverse things that do not necessarily get along, come together, there is a possibility of an enigmatic arrangement.‘The Impossible Bouquet’ also proves...

Hyderabad, Feb 9 : India’s longest musical floating fountains were unveiled at Hussain Sagar in Hyderabad on Thursday, adding to the glitter of the picturesque lake ahead of the Formula...

New Delhi, Feb 9 : Asserting that the government is making holistic efforts for wildlife protection, Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Thursday announced that nearly 14 to 16 cheetahs...

New Delhi, Feb 9 : Based on above-grade-level testing of more than 15,300 students from over 76 countries, Aaryaveer Kochhar (9) from Delhi has been named in the ‘World’s Brightest’...

By Sajid RainaSrinagar, Feb 9 : With conservative efforts going on in Asia’s second largest freshwater lake in Kashmir’s Bandipora and Baramulla districts, the Smew — scientifically known as Mergellus...

New Delhi, Feb 9 : Artists Varun Desai, Mira Felicia Malhotra, and Gaurav Ogale will showcase their artworks created on iPad Pro at the India Art Fair here from February...

Mandya (Karnataka), Feb 9 : Local youths on Thursday rescued two leopard cubs trapped beneath a boulder in an agricultural land in the Kolagere village in Mandya district. The youths...

Lucknow, Feb 9 : Uttar Pradesh will soon get its first Divyang Park in Lucknow for children and persons with disabilities. The Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) is planning to open...

Ranchi, Feb 8 : The people of Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh blocked the Hazaribagh-Chatra road in protest after two people died and three were injured in a series of elephant attacks in...

Hyderabad, Feb 8 : Work has commenced for the revival and restoration plan of Sardar Mahal, a landmark near iconic Charminar in Hyderabad. Arvind Kumar, Special Chief Secretary, Urban Development,...

Chennai, Feb 8 : The Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment (HR&CE) department has constructed a bathing pool worth Rs 50 lakhs for an elephant at a temple. The...

Davanagere, (Karnataka) Feb 8 : A leopard has been killed in a highway accident in Davanagere district of Karnataka on Wednesday.According to police, the incident took placewhile the leopard was...

By Sukant DeepakNew Delhi, Feb 8 : He met him for the first time at an event.Slowly, a deep relationship developed — he became like a brother, also like a...

Lucknow, Feb 7 : The Directorate of UP State Archaeology (DUPSA) has decided to promote its heritage scheme vigorously during the Global Investors Summit(GIS)-23 and G-20 events scheduled in the...

Lucknow, Feb 7 : Lucknow is all set to have 100 open gyms in various parks of the state capital. The Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) is planning to set up...

Hyderabad, Feb 7 : The 20th edition of BioAsia, the marquee healthcare and life sciences event, organised by the Telangana Government, on Tuesday announced that the coveted Genome Valley Excellence...

Visakhapatnam, Feb 7 : A herd of wild elephants trampled to death a tracker in Andhra Pradesh’s Parvathipuram Manyam district, officials said. Lakshminarayan (26), who was trying to prevent tuskers...

By Yashwant RajWashington, Feb 6 : Raj Thakur is stressed, anxious and, above all, angry.A Seattle-based IT engineer, Thakur was among the 18,000 employees Amazon laid off in what has...

Guwahati, Feb 6 : At least four tourists were injured during an elephant safari in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park on Monday, officials said. Speaking to IANS, Divisional Forest Officer Ramesh...

Lucknow, Feb 6 : The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in Lucknow has released a newly developed variety of peppermint (Mentha piperita) ‘CIM-surass’ that has over 70 per...

By Shaneer N.SiddiquiDubai, Feb 6 : Dubai received 14.36 million international overnight visitors in 2022, growing 97 per cent YoY from the 7.28 million tourist arrivals in 2021, according to...

By Sukant DeepakNew Delhi, Feb 6 : How does it feel to be the most good-looking man in the room? Well, doesn’t everyone like to be appreciated? But believe me,...

By Vikas DattaPakistan’s fourth military dictator Pervez Musharraf, who passed away on Sunday, had, like his predecessors, an eventful, even tumultuous, tenure and left a contested legacy.Like them, he was...

Lucknow, Feb 5 : IPS officer Sanjay Tarade, posted as Director General (DG) Training HQ Lucknow, completed his masters in (cybersecurity) course from Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow and topped....

New Delhi, Feb 5 : To showcase the cultural and spiritual heritage of Vibrant Gujarat State, the Railways will run its Bharat Gaurav Deluxe AC Tourist Train to start a...

Pilibhit (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 5 : For the first time, the Amangarh Tiger Reserve (ATR) in Uttar Pradesh will use advanced technology for effective field patrolling, assessing ecological status and...

By Vishal GulatiShimla, Feb 5 : Planning to head to the Himachal Pradesh capital to enjoy the snowy landscape? You will be disappointed, as declining forest cover and rise in...

By Altaf Hussain JanjuaJambu Zoo, located on the Berlab of Srinagar National Highway, a few kilometers away from Jammu, the winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir, will be opened for...

New Delhi, Feb 4 : On World Cancer Day, World Health Organization (WHO) has called for intensified action across the Southeast Asian region to strengthen health systems to prevent and...

Chennai, Feb 4 : The Tamil Nadu forest department is in pursuit of a Makhna elephant that has been creating problems for the villagers in the Palacode forest range in...

Chandigarh, Feb 4 : A small format art show, bringing 105 artists showcasing more than 200 artworks opened in the city at ‘105arts Galley’ on Saturday. Artists with differing ethos,...

Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 3 : Sahad and Ziya Paval — a transgender couple in Kozhikode — are gearing up to embrace parenthood after Sahad, a trans man, halted his transitioning process...

Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 3 : An exploitative economy in all its ruthless facets was the hallmark of colonialism across the globe in the earlier centuries, and the same economics continues to...

By Sukant DeepakNew Delhi, Feb 3 : Ever since childhood, she has been maintaining a diary.Recording not just the musing of the day gone by, but how it touched or...

New Delhi, Feb 2 : In treating a complex and rare case of breast cancer, doctors have given a new lease of life to a 42-year-old female patient through a...

Mumbai, Feb 2 : Photographer Dilish Parekh, holding two world records for owning the largest collection of antique cameras and also the biggest collection of photographic instruments, passed away in...

New Delhi, Feb 2 : The Ishara International Puppet Theatre Festival is back for its 19th edition this year, and will take place from February 14 to 20 at the...

New Delhi, Feb 2 : The Serendipity Arts Foundation and Les Rencontres d’Arles have announced the second edition of the biggest photography, video and new media grant, supported by the...

Chennai, Feb 1 : A 50-year-old woman was found dead on Wednesday near the Madumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR) in Tamil Nadu. According to her family and relatives, Maaru had ventured...

Chennai, Feb 1 : The Tamil Nadu forest department has sought the support of Kerala and Karnataka forest departments for a synchronised vulture survey to be held in March. The...

Jammu, Jan 31 : Jammu and Kashmir’s Additional Chief Secretary, Agriculture Production, Atal Dulloo on Tuesday chaired a meeting to discuss roadmap for revamping wool sector in Jammu and Kashmir...

Zubair QureshiSrinagar, Jan 31 : While the youth of Jammu and Kashmir are showcasing their talent in different fields like art, sports and others, some are also striving for a...

Rajkot, Jan 31 : A three-year-old girl was mauled to death by a leopard in the Mervadar village of Gujarat’s Rajkot district. The incident happened on Monday evening and the...

Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 30 : One of the country’s iconic hotels overlooking the pristine Kovalam beach, which was designed by renowned architect Charles Correa and is presently known as Hotel Leela...

By Ummar JamalSrinagar, Jan 30 : In the contemporary world, you will find most of the youth making excuses for remaining unemployed.But not Khazin Munir, who despite being a doctoral...

Kolkata, Jan 30 : An edition of the iconic Kolkata Book Fair will also be held in the national capital from next year onwards, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee...

New Delhi, Jan 30 : The Dhoomimal Gallery will present ‘Raza and His Contemporaries, drawn from the Ravi Jain Collection of modern Indian art from February 7 to March 10...

Chennai, Jan 30 : Protests continued in O’Valley in Tamil Nadu’s Gudalur district demanding the capture of a wild elephant that killed a security guard of a private coffee plantation....

Etah (Uttar Pradesh), Jan 30 : Christen Liebert, a Swedish woman, met Pawan Kumar, an Indian engineer, on Facebook in 2012 and fell in love. More than a decade later,...

By Quaid NajmiGadchiroli, Jan 29 : Way back in 2002, a 17-year-old Bharti M.Bogami felt her world crumbling when her father, a Congress leader and Sarpanch, Malu Kopa Bogami was...

Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 29 : A Leopard which broke open a chicken cage at a home in Palakkad during the early hours of Sunday was found dead in the morning.The leopard...

By Vishal GulatiManali, Jan 29 : Started in 2017 by using an ingenious knowledge to offer travellers with a chance to live like the Inuit people living in the ice-clad...

By Sanjay BorkarPanaji, Jan 29 : After incidents of disturbing Olive Ridley turtles laying eggs on the beaches of Goa were reported, the forest department has decided to make tourists...

By Archana SharmaJaipur, Jan 29 : Rajasthan, blessed with scenic beauty and heritage places, encompassing proud pages of history and lavish forts, will soon script another glorious story of the...

By Vikas DattaApart from the flag, national anthems are the most cherished symbols of nationhood.However, are these musical compositions, eulogising the particular country/nation’s history and traditions or expounding its destiny,...

Gurugram, Jan 29 : A black vulture (Coragyps atratus) was spotted in Gurugram’s Chandu wetlands recently, which is reportedly the first such sighting of the bird in India, a wildlife...

Chennai, Jan 28 : Farmers in Tamil Nadu’s Dharmpuri district are awaiting the capture of two elephants by the forest department as the tuskers are destroying crops in their agricultural...

New Delhi, Jan : The Central government on Friday informed the Supreme Court that according to a 2018 report, there are 2,967 tigers in the country spread across 53 tiger...

By Sukant DeepakNew Delhi, Jan 27 : Stressing that management education, and closely observing and learning from the English publishing ecosystem have been instrumental for Aditi Maheshwari in turning-around Vani...

Ayodhya (UP), Jan 26 : The ‘new’ Ayodhya which is being developed at a fast pace will also have a bird sanctuary. According to the official spokesman, the Samda lake...

Patna, Jan 25 : In a bid to trace a liquor mafia member, police in Bihar’s Gaya quizzed his parrot in expectation of getting any hint about his whereabouts –...

By Quaid NajmiPune, Jan 25 : Prominent writer Shantabai Krushnaji Kamble, renowned as the first woman Dalit autobiographer, passed away here on Wednesday morning at the age of 99, a...

Kanpur, Jan 25 : An alert has been sounded in Kanpur’s Panki area after a leopard was spotted by a police patrol team late in the night. This is second...

Kochi, Jan 24 : A contemporary art illustration by the daughter of noted writer and environmental-human rights activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, who was hanged by the Nigerian military dictatorship nearly three...

Muzaffarnagar, Jan 24 : Burning plastic waste in large quantities is causing intense pollution in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar and adjoining districts. Rajvir Singh, a local resident, said: “I have seen...

Lucknow, Jan 24 : Exquisite items from the ODOP (one-district-one-product) list will be presented to G20 delegates who visit Lucknow between February 13 and 15. These include cufflinks made of...

Mahoba, Jan 24 : An annual bird festival will take place in Uttar Pradesh’s Mahoba district from February 1 to 3 at the Vijay Sagar Bird Sanctuary. The event is...

By Syed AjazSrinagar, Jan 24 : Two Sqay Martial Art players from Tral sub-district of South Kashmir have been selected for the South Championship. The local people expressed their happiness,...

Zubair QureshiSrinagar Jan 23 : The youth of Jammu and Kashmir, especially the women, are now beginning to believe in self-employment. In the past few years, many women have come...

By Sukant DeepakNew Delhi, Jan 23 : He speaks slowly, and weighs words.Pauses.Insists that meanings are found in the ones not spoken and amidst spaces left blank.That when sentences feel...

By Vikas DattaOne of the brighter stars in the galaxy of consummate poets in mid-18th century Delhi, he, with a moderately-sized diwan of ghazals and a handful of masnavis, could...

New Delhi, Jan 22 : As part of its programme to invest in the productive leadership of the future across the globe, the Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR) would...

By Vishal GulatiShimla/Manali, Jan 22 : It is the ‘sun tourism’ that is catching up fast in Himachal Pradesh as one gets more balmy days in the winter compared to...

Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 22 : The Kerala forest department special squad led by decorated veterinary surgeon Dr Arun Zacharia, finally tranquilised a wild elephant code-named PT7 on Sunday morning. A special...

By Sukant DeepakJaipur, Jan 22 : While he had no plans to write a biography, thinking it was too early for him to do that, the fact that he never...

Jaipur, Jan 21 : The third day of the 16th edition of Jaipur Literature Festival featured a gamut of ideas which were shared by renowned authors and veterans from diverse...

Srinagar, Jan 21 : With each passing day, the artists in Jammu and Kashmir continue to showcase their talent at local, as well as the national level; thereby inspiring young...

By Sukant DeepakJaipur, Jan 21 : He says while there has been a change in how people talk about migrants, what remains unchanged is the kind of panic the issue...

By Sukant DeepakJaipur, Jan 21 : The survivor stories fascinate her, drawing author Aanchal Malhotra towards tales of one of the largest and most rapid migrations in human history —...

Jaipur, Jan 20 : The second day of the 16th Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) opened at the Hotel Clarks Amer here with a powerful Carnatic music performance by Aditya Prakash,...

Jammu, Jan 20 : Three siblings, two sisters and their brother belonging to Doda district have qualified the J&K administrative service (JKAS) exam. The results were declared on Thursday. Two...

Prayagraj, Jan 20 : The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh plans to develop a ‘Ganga Drive’, on the lines of Mumbai’s famous Marine Drive, on both sides of the...

Chennai, Jan 20 : Fishermen groups in Chennai and surrounding coastal areas have opposed an upcoming monument at the state capital’s Marina Beach. According to the South Indian Fishermen Welfare...

By Sukant DeepakJaipur, Jan 20 : “When I was the age of my protagonists, I was a mess.I was suicidal, depressed, and anxious and survival came through writing.If you suffer...

Jaipur, Jan 19 : Stressing that the act of writing is not just about nobility and bravely, but also the ordinary mundane business of keeping alive what is important, Nobel...

Chennai, Jan 19 : The Tamil Nadu forest department is closely monitoring the movements of a leopard that recently killed a domestic cat and later walked into Valparai town. A...

Guwahati, Jan 19 : Noted Assamese poet and Jnanpith awardee Nilmani Phookan passed away on Thursday.He was 89. Phookan was undergoing treatment at the Guwahati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH)...

Kanpur, Jan 19 : The Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT-K) and University of Alberta, Canada have signed an agreement for a joint degree program (JDP) and research collaborations. The...

New Delhi, 19 Jan : Schools and higher education institutions across the country will organise special programmes on G20 themes under the ambit of India’s Presidency starting from this month...

Bahraich, Jan 19 : A 60-year-old man was trampled to death by an elephant in Uttar Pradesh’s Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary (KWS) area. The victim, identified as Radhe Shyam from Biharipurwa...

By Sukant DeepakNew Delhi, Jan 19 : “Now you are being clever.You want me to stand behind the gate so that the photograph becomes conceptual — ‘Shailaja is trapped because...

Pune, Jan 18 : Visiting G-20 delegates went around some of the historical and heritage sites of Pune including the Aga Khan Palace, learning about the history and importance of...

New Delhi, Jan 18 : The Kalinga Literary Festival (KLF) Book Awards 2022 have been announced.Well-known writers, including Sanjeev Sanyal, Hindol Sengupta, Ranjit Hoskote, Akshaya Mukul, and Pravin Kumar, among...

Lucknow, Jan 18 : A study by the King George’s Medical University (KGMU) has identified a marker that can predict coronary artery disease (CAD). Through this, a simple blood test...

New Delhi, Jan 18 : This is a riveting memoir of the Duke of Sussex in his own words because an autobiography/memoir narrated in the voice of the author is...

Chennai, Jan 17 : The Tamil Nadu Forest Department team, which is tracking wild tusker, nicknamed ‘Karuppan’, found involved in human-elephant conflict and massive crop destruction at Rangasamy Kovil and...

Panaji, Jan 17 : Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Tuesday, in an ongoing assembly session, said that action must be taken against any gang involved in killing leopards and...

New Delhi, Jan 17 : New York-based photographer, Kriti Bisaria presented her new work – ‘The Plunge’ at Art Magnum, New Delhi recently. An Indian-born photographer and director, whose images...

By Sukant DeepakNew Delhi, Jan 16 : Stressing that it is the job of the historian to take note of new research, historian and author William Dalrymple says there is...

By Vikas DattaThese days, you can find almost all information on the internet – though with no guarantee of authenticity.However, there was a time when this man could teach you...

By Sukant DeepakKozhikode, Jan 15 : Someone who the ‘Los Angeles Times’ and ‘The Guardian’ newspapers reported as a potential winner for the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2011 and...

Bengaluru, Jan 15 : The authorities have issued directions for students and staff, and the general public not to wander in the Jnanabharthi campus after two leopards were spotted there....

By Quaid NajmiMumbai, Jan 15 : World-renowned Flautist and music director, Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia shall be conferred the first ‘Padma Vibhushan Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan Award’, instituted in his memory...

New Delhi, Jan 15 : HarperCollins India will publish author Shobhaa De’s memoir ‘Insatiable: My Hunger for Life’ on January 17 to mark her 75th birthday. Written in her candid...

By Sukant DeepakKozhikode, Jan 14 : When Jerry Pinto wrote his latest ‘The Education of Yuri, which is already in its second edition, he thought the readership would be people...

Kodagu (Karnataka), Jan 14 : Animal lovers and wild activists have raised concerns over the death of a wild elephant during a capture operation near Kushalnagar in Madikeri district of...

By Sukant DeepakKozhikode, Jan 14 : Believe it or not, it was quite a task for Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka to find a UK publisher for his second novel...

By Sukant DeepakNew Delhi, Jan 13 : Alongside modern masters, the 2023 fair will bring forth works of several lesser-known modernists, women artists, folk art forms, and young trailblazing artists...

New Delhi, Jan 12 : ‘The Nitopadesha’, a unique blend of fables and stories that covers politics, economics and philosophy published by Penguin Random House India, has been translated by...

By Zubair QureshiSrinagar, Jan 12 : A group of Kashmiri musicians from Srinagar district recently shared a satirical qawwali on the Internet which went viral. In this video, these musicians...

Srinagar, Jan 12 : With the arrival of winter in Kashmir, life used to become slow as the power curtailment, frequent closure of Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, shifting of the government...

Bahraich, Jan 12 : A farmer was killed by a wild elephant in Verdiya village adjacent to Katarniyaghat Wildlife Sanctuary (KWS) in Uttar Pradesh. Divisional Forest Officer (DFO), KWS, Akash...

New Delhi, Jan 11 : In a book that will be invaluable to any scholar or journalist trying to make sense of what is happening in Kashmir today, Sandeep Bamzai’s...

By Vishal GulatiKullu (Himachal Pradesh), Jan 11 : For him wildlife photography in the western Himalayas is a passion that helped understanding the habitat of the brilliantly coloured western tragopan,...

Varanasi, Jan 11 : Thirty-two Swiss tourists will be part of the inaugural sail of ‘MV Ganga Vilas’ that will be flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi through video...

By Sukant DeepakNew Delhi, Jan 11 : A painter, poet, filmmaker and fashion designer.but is Muzaffar Ali a ‘different’ person in these manifestations? Ali says he is drawn from one...

Pulwama, Jan 10 : At a time when martial arts are witnessing overwhelming response from the aspiring athletes in Jammu & Kashmir, its trainers continue to make efforts to uplift...

By Zubair QureshiSrinagar, Jan 10 : Mission Youth is focusing on encouraging, engaging and mobilising young volunteers of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) to support the government efforts of socio-economic transformation...

Guwahati, Jan 10 : The carcass of a wild elephant was found at a forest reserve in Assam’s Tinsukia district, an official said on Tuesday. According to the official, the...

By Vishnu MakhijaniNew Delhi, Jan 10 : As a journalist one is relentlessly exposed to stories of conflicts between the state and indigenous tribes, more in some areas than others...

Greater Noida, Jan 10 : A forest department team continued with its search operation after a leopard was spotted in Greater Noida’s residential colony. The search operation has been going...

Pilibhit (UP), Jan 10 : A 33-year-old man was killed and dragged away by an adult male tiger to a nearby sugarcane field in Tanda Bijesi village of the district....

New Delhi, Jan 10 : One of Asia’s largest literature festivals, the Kerala Literature Festival (KLF) will be held at Kozhikode beach from January 12 to 15. From Nobel laureates...

New Delhi, Jan 9 : The G20 will not only address climate issues or food crisis, it will also focus on urban issues.U20 was established in 2017 to highlight on...

Kochi, Jan 9 : A distinctive art performance from the “heaven of the earth” is making an impression at the Kochi Muziris Biennale, as the artist’s very attempt is to...

Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 9 : After three days of intense operation carried out by a team of 150 people comprising forest officials, experts and veterinarians, the wild tusker was finally captured...

Lucknow, Jan 9 : Tigress Kajri, aged about 19 years, passed away in the Nawab Wajid Ali Shah Zoological Park in Lucknow due to ill health. Kajri had been an...

Ayodhya, Jan 9 : A 98-year-old convict, Ram Surat, was released from the Ayodhya Jail in Uttar Pradesh’s Ayodhya after serving a jail term in an alleged case he was...

Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 8 : The Kerala Forest Department, which had constituted a team of 150 officials to capture wild tusker, codenamed Pandalur Makhana 2, failed in its attempt on Sunday,...

By Vikas DattaAuthors, especially poets, are feted more for their work than for their lives, with the general impression being that the latter cannot be equated with their exploits of...

By Archana SharmaJaipur, Jan 8 : The country’s first Constitution Park has been set up at the Raj Bhavan in Rajasthan.In this park, the Constitution has been explained differently via...

By Sukant DeepakNew Delhi, Jan 8 : On March 5, Chandigarh’s Open Hand will witness a ‘staged’ court hearing following the format of the National Green Tribunal and will debate...

Bengaluru, Jan 7 : Bengaluru’s celebrity dog breeder and Dog Breeders’ Association President S.Satish has brought a Caucasian Shepherd for a whopping Rs 20 crore. The story of a high-profile...

By Ummar JamalSrinagar, Jan 7 : In present time, you will find most of teenagers squandering hours on social media purposelessly, wasting their time in observing the lives and images...

Guwahati, Jan 6 : Deepor Beel, the only Ramsar site of Assam, recorded over 26,000 birds of 97 species during a recent bird count against 10,289 birds of 66 species...

Junagadh, Jan 6 : The forest department in Gujarat’s Junagarh has arrested three persons and is searching for three others for allegedly chasing lions on their vehicle after trespassing into...

Chennai, Jan 6 : Farmers of Tamil Nadu’s Tiruppur district have urged the state forest department to take immediate action to either capture or kill wild boars that destroy crops....

By Sukant DeepakNew Delhi, Jan 6 : She says one can approach dance through various windows — hers is music.That her body will move only with music.”I was amazed when...

By Zaffar IqbalSrinagar, Jan 5 : Award-winning actress Shraddha Kapoor of ‘Haider’ and ‘Chhichhore’ fame will reportedly play the role of J&K braveheart Rukhsana Kausar in an upcoming movie. Back...

Kolkata, Jan 5 : Armenians living in India are preparing to celebrate Christmas on Friday.Unlike other Christians, those belonging to the Armenian Orthodox Church do not celebrate Christmas on December...

Prayagraj, Jan 5 : With temperatures going down and freezing conditions prevailing on river bans, Prayagraj is all set to host the 44-day long Magh Mela that begins on Friday....

Srinagar, Jan 5 : Tourism is the major source of livelihood in Jammu and Kashmir.Millions of people are connected to this sector in one or the other way.The J&K government...

By Vishnu MakhijaniNew Delhi, Jan 5 : As a child, Kanav Agnihotri, who has a penchant for inventing various fictional characters in a unique style, was always attracted to the...

Lucknow, Jan 5 : The Lucknow University (LU) has drawn up an ambitious plan to set up its campuses in the G20 countries. With G20 meetings proposed in the state,...

Kochi, Jan 4 : ‘Embassy’, an installation set up by noted Australian artist Richard Bell as a symbol of the resistance of the aboriginals, is making waves at the Kochi-Muziris...

By Tabassum AzizSrinagar, Jan 4 : Jammu and Kashmir has given the country thousands of hardworking women who have reached the pinnacle of success.What makes their stories more fascinating is...

Guwahati Jan 4 IANS: The Assam government recently approved a proposal for granting an industrial status to the state’s tourism to make it more appealing to global travellers. Tourism Minister...

Srinagar, Jan 3 : Young Kashmiri singer Ishfaq Kawa is all set to make his playback debut in Bollywood. Ishfaq has recorded the title song for the Bollywood movie ‘Welcome...

Chennai, Jan 3 : The Tamil Nadu Forest Department is devising plans to tranquilise and capture wild tusker ‘Karuppan’, which has become a threat to the life and property of...