8 months ago
Uttar Pradesh Congress chief's house - now a gutted structure
Lucknow, July 16 - Only the blackened structure of Uttar Pradesh Congress president Rita Bahuguna Joshi's house remains. Its interiors were completely gutted following an arson attack Wednesday night, allegedly by ruling Bahujan Samaj Party - activists to avenge Joshi's reported offensive remark against Chief Minister Mayawati. The bungalow, located on Lucknow's prime and high-security Sarojini ... read more

9 months ago
Lizard found in students' lunch in Madhya Pradesh
Bhopal, June 18 - Another case of negligence in preparing the midday meal for students has surfaced in Madhya Pradesh, with a lizard found in the lunch served to students in an Indore city school, officials said. The lizard was found Wednesday in the meal prepared for the students of the Government Hindi Primary School-27 in Indore. 'This is not the first case where poor quality food has been s ... read more

11 months ago
'Indian feminists should involve younger women'
New Delhi, March 25 - The feminist movement in India needs to involve younger women in metros and its scope could be expanded to address the skewed gender ratio in the north of the country, according to participants at a forum here. The feminist movement in India is facing two major challenges, according to Mary E. John, director of the Centre for Women's Development Studies here. While it is y ... read more

1 year ago
Coast Guard conducts pollution response exercise
Jagatsinghpur -, Dec 10 - The Indian Coast Guard Wednesday conducted an exercise off the Orissa coast near the port town of Paradip to assess the response to oil spill and other pollutions, an official said. The exercise was conducted to assess and analyse the real-time situation of oil spill and pollution response capabilities of the Coast Guard, Paradip Port Trust and oil companies. 'We do thi ... read more

1 year ago
Tagore, Bose documents not stolen: government
New Delhi, Aug 5 - Rare documents relating to Rabindranath Tagore, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and other great historical and literary giants are intact in the Kolkata-based National Library, the government clarified Tuesday. R. Ramachandran, director-in-charge of the National Library, said: No such documents relating to Rabindranath Tagore, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, Sarat Chandra Chatterjee an ... read more

1 year ago
Seeing history-laden Hyderabad through many eyes
Book: 'The Untold Charminar: Writings on Hyderabad'; Publisher: Penguin India; Price: Rs.399 Edited by former 'ad-woman' Syeda Imam, 'The Untold Charminar: Writings on Hyderabad' is an anthology on a city that was once ruled by the world's richest man - the Nizam. And its essays sure shine like the twinkling jewels in his treasury. Hyderabad after all bequeathed to the world some of the most leg ... read more

1 year ago
'The Untold Charminar' - tribute to soul of Nizam's city
New Delhi, July 15 - Hyderabad is a city where the old and the new stubbornly coexist. The distinct identities that come together and often merge are brought out beautifully in the book 'The Untold Charminar: Writings on Hyderabad'. The historic Charminar vies for space with the corporate offices of cyber companies and media magnate Ramoji Rao's sprawling film city in a cosmopolitan landscape th ... read more

1 year ago
'The Untold Charminar' - tribute to soul of Nizam's city
New Delhi, July 15 - Hyderabad is a city where the old and the new stubbornly coexist. The distinct identities that come together and often merge are brought out beautifully in the book 'The Untold Charminar: Writings on Hyderabad'. The historic Charminar vies for space with the corporate offices of cyber companies and media magnate Ramoji Rao's sprawling film city in a cosmopolitan landscape th ... read more

1 year ago
'The Untold Charminar' - tribute to soul of Nizam's city
New Delhi, July 15 - Hyderabad is a city where the old and the new stubbornly coexist. The distinct identities that come together and often merge are brought out beautifully in the book 'The Untold Charminar: Writings on Hyderabad'. The historic Charminar vies for space with the corporate offices of cyber companies and media magnate Ramoji Rao's sprawling film city in a cosmopolitan landscape th ... read more

1 year ago
'The Untold Charminar' - tribute to soul of Nizam's city
New Delhi, July 15 - Hyderabad is a city where the old and the new stubbornly coexist. The distinct identities that come together and often merge are brought out beautifully in the book 'The Untold Charminar: Writings on Hyderabad'. The historic Charminar vies for space with the corporate offices of cyber companies and media magnate Ramoji Rao's sprawling film city in a cosmopolitan landscape th ... read more