What Is The Future Of Ancient Rudra Veena In Hindustani Classical?
Integral to the Dhrupad system of north India, the rudra veena is facing an existential crisis. A just-concluded three-day music festival in Jaipur seeks to find solutions and strings together its exponents, makers and aesthetes from across the country.
'People Of The World Going Back To Nature,' PM Modi Inaugurates All India Institute Of Ayurveda
"There should be Ayurveda-related hospital in each district of the country, government working on it,"
RSS Leader Ravinder Gosai Shot Dead In Punjab
Gosai, who was 60, died on the spot. The police are investigating the matter.
'Want To Act As A Facilitator Between Students And Admin,' Newly Appointed FTII Chairman Anupam Kher Visits Campus
Kher said he had come to listen to the students and wanted to start on a "positive note".
Former CEC Krishnamurthy Says EC's Decision To Not Announce Gujarat Polls Date Was An 'Avoidable Controversy'
Announcing the Assembly election dates for Himachal Pradesh, the Election Commission did not give the exact dates for the Gujarat polls, though the two are to be held in the same period.
In Kerala Temple Priest Appointments, Backward Caste Ezhavas Overrun Brahmins
Priest candidates from Ezhava community, a caste considered untouchable and kept away from temples till 1936, have won 21 seats in the 62 appointments made
Storm Over 'Fake' Twitter Handle Of Australian Actress Calling Imran Khan Bigger Sexual Harasser Than Weinsten
Binge compared Khan to the movie mogul Weinstein, who is facing severe backlash from all the fronts after actresses have openly flung "molestation" charges against him.
Panama Papers' Investigative Journalist From Malta Daphne Caruana Galizia Killed In Car Bombing
Daphne Caruana Galizia, 53, had just driven away from her home in Mosta, when the bomb went off.
COVID-19 Good Samaritans: School Boy Arnav Rathore Is A Blessing For Needy Senior Citizens
The Class XI student from Chennai has been providing rations to the elderly. His initiative to provide food has received crowd funding
CPI(M) Has Converted Kerala Into 'Killing Fields,' Says BJP's General Secretary Ram Madhav
"Marxist party cadres have gone berserk. They have the clandestine support of the state government, converting Kerala into killing fields," said Madhav.
'Eagerly Waiting For Rahul Ji's Poetic Explanation': Smriti Irani Targets Gandhi Over Media Report On Vadra
Irani's swipe at Gandhi, asking for his "poetic explanation", came two days after the Congress leader targeted the government over the Global Hunger Index by citing a poem in a tweet.
For First Time LIGO Discovers Merger Of Two Neutron Stars 1.6 Times The Mass Of Sun
Indian telescopic assets Himalayan Chandra Telescope and GMRT Pune play a significant role in the discovery of gravitational waves resulting from the merger
'If They Want To Change India's Name, Where Will We Go,' Asks West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee
"I don't know how they (the BJP) excluded Taj Mahal. They changed Mughalsarai's name but if they want to change India's name, where will we go?"
Two LeT, One Hizbul Militants Arrested In Kashmir, Police Ask Local Militants To Surrender
The IG said security forces will accept surrender by local militants even during encounters.
Centre And BJP Conspiring To Destabilise Bengal So That Violence Keeps Occurring, Says CM Mamata
The Centre has said it will withdraw 10 of the 15 companies in the region
Sonia Gandhi Was Upset That I Met Bal Thackeray During Presidential Poll Campaign: Pranab Mukherjee
Revealing this in his book "The Coalition Years", Mukherjee said he had met Thackeray on the advice of Sharad Pawar of the NCP, a part of the Congress-led UPA-II government.
Names Of Mulayam And Shivpal Yadav Missing On Samajwadi Party's 55-Member National Executive List
There was suspense as to whether the SP founder, Mulayam Singh Yadav, will remain its patron.
The Sisters We Forgot: Nurses Risk Their Lives To Save Ours, But Are We Grateful To Them?
In India, the public perception about nurses is still one of those who merely carry out instructions of doctors. During COVID-19 times, they are being hailed as angels, but only just
Gujarat Gaurav Mahasammelan: PM Modi Dares Congress To Contest Polls On Development Plank
Mounting a fierce attack on the Congress, Modi told a BJP rally that the Nehru-Gandhi family dislikes Gujarat and Gujaratis.
Every Month, Delhi Police Lose One Cop Due To Depression, Erratic Working Hours, Financial Issues
According to psychologists, more than 70% of the police personnel working on field are either suffering from depression or anxiety.
To Make Uttar Pradesh Strong, We Need To End Politics Of Caste, Appeasement: Yogi Adityanath
Adityanath said the focus of his government is on farmers, women, villages and people who were not part of the mainstream, he said.
Haryana Roadways Suspends Driver After He Was Caught Smoking Hookah While Driving
A video showing a driver smoking hookah in a moving bus had gone viral
KTM RC 250 Test Mule Spotted; Launch Eminent
The production-ready prototype hints at a launch that could be as early as December 2017
Rahul Issues 'Weather Report' For Gujarat, Forecasts 'Jumlon Ki Baarish' Ahead Of PM Visit
"Rhetoric will rain down on Gujarat"
Triumph Street Triple RS Launched At Rs 10.55 Lakh (ex-showroom, India)
The RS sits on top of the Street Triple range with more power and top-spec parts
COVID-19 Good Samaritans: It's A Birdie! A Young Golfer's Drive To Care For The Underprivileged
Three-time junior golf world champion Arjun Bhati sold off more than 100 medals and trophies to raise lakhs for the Prime Minister's Fund. (This story was first published on April 25, 2020.)
COVID-19 Good Samaritans: A Banker For The Migrant Worker, It's Business With A Difference
Thanks to an Aadhaar-enabled system, John Pereira is offering banking services to workers in distress due to the lockdown
COVID-19 Good Samaritans: How A Brand Specialist 'Sells' Time To Raise Funds For Corona Treatment
Himanshu Khanna raised Rs 1.7 lakh in just two days and he has no free slots left. More importantly, he has inspired other brand managers. (This story was first published on April 25, 2020.)
COVID-19 Good Samaritans: Keeping Kashmir Safe, Why Shah Abbas Hotel On Dal Lake Is Heaven
For the sake of Kashmiri students facing quarantine, hotelier Irshad Mirza happily gave up his hotel to the government when most did not
COVID-19 Good Samaritans: Meet The Hoax Busters And Their Unique Fight Against Fake Information
Triggered by the Institute of Mathematical Sciences in Chennai, R. Ramanujam and his team have been riding science to combat false information on COVID-19
COVID-19 Good Samaritans: No Time To Grieve Father's Death, This Cuttack Man Shows Amazing Work Ethic
When his father died, Bhabani Shankar Chaini remembered what his dad taught him: 'incomplete work is no work'. Chaini's sacrifice won plaudits from all
COVID-19 Good Samaritans: Money Can't Buy Goodwill, Why This Garment Shop Owner Has A Heart Of Gold
Imtiaz Khalifa from western Odisha has waived off the rent of his five tenants, all daily wage earners, due to the lockdown. He didn't wait for CM Naveen Patnaik's appeal
COVID-19 Good Samaritans: Donating Fodder Online, This Mumbai Entrepreneur Duo Keeps Gaushalas Happy And Healthy
Gautami and Rajas Paranjpe's Bodhishop has been facilitating a steady supply of fodder to needy and small-time dairy farmers
COVID-19 Good Samaritans: 1500 Starving Monkeys, Goats and Dogs Get A Meal A Day
Tennis player KR Siddheswaran is finding joy in feeding monkeys that had descended from a famous Salem hillock in search of food and water
COVID-19 Good Samaritans: Offering An Entire Hospital Free, This Doctor Does The Unthinkable
Dr Maheshwaran, a pediatrician, made an offer that stunned the chief medical officer of a government hospital near Coimbatore. An entire floor of his hospital is now serving health workers
COVID-19 Good Samaritans: Transporting 8000 Kilos Of Rice, Age No Barrier For The Sekappans
R. Sekappan and his wife, both in their eighties, have been feeding agricultural labourers 90 km from Madurai
COVID-19 Good Samaritans: When RV Ramanan's Free Dialysis Shuttle Was Godsend
From a bi-weekly schedule for his uncle, Ramanan has now been ferrying patients for emergency treatment, six days a week
Static Motion: With Trains Parked And Platforms Empty Of Footfall, Mumbai's Victoria Terminus In Recess
Never in recent decades does the Victoria Terminus seem to have been so pristinely preserved as in these weeks of complete stasis: destitute of people and stripped of clangour and bustle.
Ace Of Hearts: Stars Fund The Corona Fight, Akshay 'Khiladi' Kumar Dishes Out A Covid-19 Blockbuster
A nation under lockdown. Millions struggling for the bare minimum. And India’s film industry has embraced charity like never before.
COVID-19 Good Samaritans: Plugging The Gap, How Citizens Have Risen To Combat Hunger
Concerned citizens have taken on the mantle of feeding India’s poor during the lockdown
COVID-19 Good Samaritans: Empathy, Its Penumbra
The good souls who defy a frozen society and reach out to COVID-19’s myriad victims