Who will succeed Venugopal as Congress GSO?

Congress leadership deliberates on successor to K.C....

A Gentle Man Passes

Dr Manmohan Singh remained a gentleman, a...

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‘My heart is always with the Telugu film industry’

Q. In 2011, you took part in Miss India. Is that where your journey in films began?A. I did my first film before I...

December marks the onset of a new smartphone season

MOTO Z2 FORCEMoto Z2 force will feature 5.5inch display QHD ShatterShield POLED display. The device will be offered in two variants- 4GB RAM+ 64GB...

A Delhi-based singer is trying to revive Hindi poems through the power of music

A Delhi-based singer and lyricist has found a unique way of reviving Hindi literature among young people. Chinmayi Tripathi (27), a trained classical singer,...

A musical night with classical maestros

SaMaPa (Sopori Academy of Music And Performing Arts), one of the most acclaimed classical festivals of Delhi is back with its 13th edition.  The...

World’s first helpline to fight stress is here

BetterLYF, formerly known as Dial My Angel, is the world’s first and only instant helpline for stress and anxiety. Making it possible for people...

Violating child rights on the pretext of ‘rescue’ operations

Case of 5-months-pregnant Nandini, and her 5-year-old daughterParmeshwar, Balkumari and Gayatri Devi came to MANUSHI offices in great panic.  The police had taken away...

Tinker, tailor, doctor, spy: Our poets and their professions

While you slept and the quilt heavedwith your even breathing,winter came like a bearded goatherd,armed with a crook and barefooted. Suddenly the tree near...

Bharatnatyam as a stream of stories and an ode to the importance of rivers

For the Hindus, nature is sacred, it is a manifestation of the Almighty that permeates all things—animate and inanimate.This ancient wisdom could not be...

‘A mentalist does not pull white rabbits out of top hats’

How and when did you develop an interest in illusions and tricks?A. I started very young. At the age of four, after having seen...

French connection with India at Delhi exhibition

“Bonjour”, “Namoskar”, “Namaste”, one hears greeting sounds of France and India as one enters the pavillion set up near Children’s Park, India Gate, New...

History of the world through objects, and the future through imagined relics

What object would you like archaeologists 1000 years from now to remember our present day culture by?”A diary? A set of mechanical lock and...

Poetry makes nothing happen

To begin with poetry: take us through your writing process. Do you get certain impulses about the things you observe? Impulses that make you...

BJP’s mission Karnataka will see campaigning by big guns

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has set in motion its plan to capture Karnataka by energising the party cadre through a statewide “parivartan yatra”....

Women’s participation rises at Hunar Haat

The participation of women artisans has increased at the Hunar Haat, which is being organised at the 37th India International Trade Fair (IITF) in...

‘Public transport must become the No.1 choice’

Q. You joined the Volvo Group in India in April 2014. What were the initial challenges you faced as far as the Indian market...

‘Our state is the best investment destination’

For several years in a row, Karnataka has achieved the top spot as the country’s most attractive investment destination. The latest figures add a...

Cereal for breakfast, healthier than before

The importance of eating breakfast has been emphasised time and again. Growing health and wellness awareness is one of the key trends driving the...

Emerging design talent at India Fashion Week London

Seema KashyapDelhi-based designer Seema Kashyap showcased her collection for her brand The Front Row at the India Fashion Week London. Inspired from a line...

Berleigh is new favorite luxury footwear destination for Delhi

Berleigh, the multi-brand luxury footwear and accessories retailer has opened its newest store in New Delhi. It promises to be New Delhi’s favorite luxuryfootwear...

Cover Story is out with its latest ‘future’ collection

Cover Story by Future Style Lab, a subsidiary of the Future Group, brings in their A|W 17 collection “GLAMARAMA”. The collection that speaks about...

Loaded with features, fun to drive: VW’s new Passat

ExteriorsOn the front the horizontal slat chrome grille is the most stylish bit about the new Passat. The car gets projector headlamps with full...

Coal India’s Q2 growth in performance parametres zooms into a New High

Coal India Limited (CIL) zoomed into high orbit growth, during the quarter ending September 2017, in a never-seen-in-the-recent past-performance clocking growths of 13.6% in...

Railway sets March 2019 deadline to replace fatigued tracks

The Ministry of Railways has commenced a major drive to renew railway tracks in the wake of increasing incidents of train derailments. The ministry...

Under pressure, KCR puts on hold bill to regulate Arab marriages

Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) has put on hold the introduction of a Bill on regulating the marriages of older Arab men...

Centre, Chandrababu lock horns over irrigation project

Union Water Resources Minister Nitin Gadkari has rejected the proposal of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu to change the contractor firm of...

Telangana TDP wants tie-up with BJP as MLA moves to Cong

The exit of Telugu Deasam Party’s Telangana unit working president, A. Revanth Reddy, who held secret talks with Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi two weeks...

Jagan goes off to UK before walkathon

Ahead of his much hyped six-month long state wide padayatra, slated to begin from 6 November, YSR Congress president and Andhra Pradesh opposition leader...

‘Mediator’ Sri Sri starts Ayodhya dialogue

Once again track two has been activated to find a way to end the impasse in Ayodhya. In what is seen as a fresh...

Kashmir lady gets trolled for opposing braid vigilantism in valley

A senior lady officer with the Government of India, posted in Jammu and Kashmir, is facing serious online abuse from fellow Kashmiris for taking...

Pharmacists a roadblock for cheaper medicines through Jan Aushadhi stores

The Centre’s plan to make cheaper medicines available to people by opening Jan Aushadhi Stores (JAS) has hit a roadblock as pharmacists are reluctant...

CBI FIR puts Siddaramaiah government in a spot

A fresh First Information Report (FIR) by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the death of Deputy Superintendent of Police M.K. Ganapathy has...

Lots of positives for India despite an early exit

The Indian team may have crashed out in the first round of the under-17 World Cup, but that there are a lot of positives...

Left Front in Kerala is in a political soup

After a lull, the ruling Left Front in Kerala finds itself in a political soup in more than one way. Its Janajagrata Yatra, to...

Political inertia, cultural indifference make us a ‘fear society’

There is No Such Thing as Hate Speech: A Case for Absolute Freedom of ExpressionRavi Shanker KapoorPrice: Rs 399Ravi Shanker Kapoor’s latest book, There is No...

JFK files reveal Soviet fears, Cuba’s glee, FBI warning on Lee Oswald

The National Archives of the United States released on Thursday 2,891 of previously classified files to “unveil” the secrets behind the assassination of John...

Investimonial: Data-based portal aims to marry entrepreneurs with investors

In India’s growing startup space, investors and entrepreneurs have been looking for the right match, and a few startups have taken upon themselves the...

Poor girl from Bihar wins international award

A 20-year-old girl from a financially impoverished family in Bihar’s Bhojpur district has won an international award in recognition for her work for the...

Need for debate on democracy in parties: PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday stressed the need for a debate on democracy in political parties.Speaking at a Diwali get-together with mediapersons at...

BJP asks Mehbooba to walk the talk

In the recent meeting between Rajnath Singh and Mehbooba Mufti, the Union Home Minister asked the Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister to work for...

Water woes in Kashmir due to low river levels

After three decades, drinking water scarcity looms large in Kashmir where dried riverbeds are not allowing water to reach the main reservoirs of about...

Data needed to make better adolescent health policies

Lack of data on adolescent health is a major hurdle hampering efficient policy-making to improve the deteriorating health of adolescents in the contemporary world....

‘There is no single blue-print for parenting adolescents’

The world is home to 1.2 billion adolescents, and at 253 million, India has the largest population of adolescents in the world, with every...

Ethical case for abolishing all forms of surrogacy

All surrogacy is cruel to human infants because even so-called “altruistic surrogacy” demands the removal of the neonate from her or his gestational mother...

Care for your skin with Organic Harvest’s kit

This  season a range of Organic Harvest products will help you navigate through all the glitz and glam, Organic Harvest has introduced its enchanting...

Travel in style: Here are the best airport looks of the week

PRIYANKA CHOPRA On Saturday, the actress touched down at New York’s JFK airport, where she first caught our eye in an uber-chic Etro stripes separates....

Renault Captur offers a mix of elegance and exclusivity

French car maker Renault is set to launch a brand new crossover in the Indian market. The Captur is about to enter a segment...

A contemporary blend of textile craft and visual arts

In this  two-day exhibition, on view till 29 October at Bikaner House Delhi, one can find a rich display of textile and art. Titled...

‘Stranger Things is a nice change for me after Pixar’

Andrew Stanton is an American film director, screenwriter, producer and voice actor working for Pixar Animation Studios, where he is vice president in the...

Grooving to the Rhythm & Blues Festival in Delhi

Genesis Foundation’s flagship event Kasauli Rhythm & Blues has now made its entry into Delhi as Genesis Foundation’s Rhythm & Blues Festival 2017. The...

Here are all the films you just can’t afford to miss at DIFF

It’s that time of the year again for cinephiles: the sixth edition of the Dharamshala International Film Festival (DIFF) is going to be held...

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