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Jama Masjid needs restoration, wants MPs to raise issue in Parliament

The senior management of Jama Masjid wants Members of Parliament to raise the need for help in restoring the 361-year-old mosque in the ongoing...

Get smart with your gifting options this Christmas season

It is that time of the year again when the spirit of Christmas, and of giving and receiving gifts, fills the air. And who...

CCB’s new song celebrates the power of words

India’s most promising and much-loved band Clinton Cerejo Band has unveiled its latest single “Lafzon ka Kafila” which is all about the power...

This young ex-cricketer is now heading a leading events company

Dhruv Davar has played alongside Virat Kohli in his junior days. So one can well imagine the talent of this youngster. When an injury...

Understanding drug-facilitated sexual assault

Sexual offences have many shades and forms, one of these has the face of drug-facilitated sexual assault (DFSA). It is defined as a sexual...

Lessons from Latvia on how to protect children overseas

I should start by saying that it is every country’s highest responsibility to protect and secure the needs of its children, because there is...

‘When I write, I allow the novel to do what it should do’

"A novel offers you the possibility of living. It offers you a mood with which you can move through the world,” said Anuk Arudpragasam,...

Series of artworks urges people to search within

The great poet Rumi once said, “When you do things from the soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy.”An artist’s life...

Discovering the best and brightest in contemporary art at Serendipity Festival

Primarily famous for the sun and the sand, for its churches and nightlife, Goa’s Panjim city readjusts itself to an entirely new setting for...

Rajkummar Rao: Newton’s law of stardom

This has been a very fulfilling year for you professionally. Are you content with what you have achieved?A. No, I want 2018, 2019, and...

DMICDC launches pan-India operations of Logistics Data Bank services

DMICDC Logistics Data Services (DLDS), a joint venture between the Government of India represented by National Industrial Corridor Development and Implementation Trust (NICDIT) and...

A. Raja, Kanimozhi acquitted in 2G case

A special court on Thursday acquitted all the accused in the alleged 2G scam, giving a major relief to former Telecom Minister A. Raja...

BJP storms to power in Himachal

The BJP was sall set to wrest power in Himachal Pradesh, winning 19 seats and leading in 25 as counting progressed in the state...

BJP retains power in Gujarat

The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was set to retain power in Gujarat, with its candidates on the victory lap in 99 of the...

Coal India set to retire around 1,000 non performing officers

At least 1,000 top and middle level officers working with Coal India Limited (CIL), who have crossed 50 years of age, may be forced...

NDA laid 248,000 km optical fibre in villages, UPA II only 350 km

The previous UPA II government dithered badly on making rural India digital as it laid only 350 km of optical fibre in about two-and-a-half...

Government seeks to pass 40 key bills

Close to 40 bills, some of them important ones related to triple talaq, surrogacy, a bill that safeguards the rights of Other Backward Classes...

Rahul will visit shrines of all faiths in Karnataka

As part of his campaign in Karnataka, where elections are due in May next year, Congress president Rahul Gandhi, accused of indulging in “soft...

Sacked teacher-couple in love reinstated after social media outrage

Tariq Ahmad Bhat and Sumiya Bashir will be back as teachers at Muslim Educational Institute (MEI), Pampore, from where they had been sacked for...

Will alter master plan to save Sonmarg: J&K govt tells court

The Jammu and Kashmir government has informed the state high court that it will soon buy the latest machinery to dispose of solid non-bio-degradable...

Police is struggling to curb J&K’s ‘lucrative’ drugs trade

The Jammu and Kashmir police is struggling to control the growing menace of narcotics smuggling in the state as all the state’s three regions—Kashmir,...

‘India need not fear Nepal’s left turn’

India should not be worried about the coming of Left parties, traditionally considered anti-India, to power in the Himalayan country, Nepal based leaders, diplomats...

‘Engaging with China is the best available option for Tibet’

BJP general secretary Ram Madhav appreciated Dalai Lama’s efforts to engage with China to address the Tibet issue and said that India would stand...

Al-Sisi’s counter-terror strategy falters in Egypt

The Rawda mosque attack in November this year was the deadliest terror strike in Egypt in recent memory. A bomb ripped through the Rawda...

Size zero: Ultra-thin laptops that pack a massive punch

Thin and light laptops are the next big tech fad of the season. These handy devices look as sleek as they are sharp in...

What Indian users really want from their smartphones

Indian mobile handset sector is at a rapid growth trajectory and recently, the government of India indicated that around 100 companies in the field...

Cabello’s new album will be out in Jan 2018

Multiplatinum global superstar Camila Cabello will release her self-titled full-length debut, Camila on 12 January 12, 2018. The pre-order just went live few days...

Comic Con Delhi 2017: Celebrating pop culture through cosplay and comedy

The annual celebration of pop culture in Delhi, Comic Con (DCC), is back with its seventh edition. The Maruti Suzuki Delhi Comic Con, a...

Persecution of Nat families under a flawed legal system

In the previous two parts of this series, I described how the children of our traditional art performing communities, namely Nats, are forcibly taken...

Book Review: Despite the dark undertones, there’s sunshine in these lines

Available Light By C.P. SurendranPublisher: Speaking TigerPages: 272Price: Rs 499Sometime last year, I had picked up C.P. Surendran’s book of poetry The Portraits of the...

India Art Fair releases programme for 2018

India Art Fair, the leading platform to discover modern and contemporary art from South Asia, announced programme highlights for its 2018 edition, which is...

Towards a new beginning: Styles and subjects in contemporary Indian art

A new show at Delhi’s India Habitat Centre aims to break the stereotypes surrounding our idea of the visual arts. Entitled Indian Contemporaries, the...

Brexit, the European Union and the heavy hand of history

The British government has embarked on unprecedented and hugely complex negotiations to leave the European Union in March 2019. It now seems inevitable that...

Kovind will have a short South sojourn

President Ram Nath Kovind will have a shortened annual southern sojourn in Hyderabad from 22 to 26 December. This is a brief five-day visit...

KCR hopes to heal bifurcation wounds with world Telugu meet

Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao is organising a five-day World Telugu Conference in Hyderabad from Friday, 15 December to 19 December, to highlight...

Jammu man trapped in Saudi, family seeks Centre’s help

In the R.S. Pora area of Jammu near the border, Mool Singh is hoping for divine intervention so that his captive son Randeep in...

Stone-pelter girl turns sports icon in valley

Afshan Ashiq of Srinagar has metamorphosed from being the poster girl of stone-pelting to being the captain and trainer of hundreds of girls in...

PM solves ally TDP’s Polavaram woes

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has stepped in to assure Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and TDP president N. Chandrababu Naidu that the Centre is keen...

‘Voonik lets users discover fashion most suited for them’

Voonik is a personal shopping app which todays leads the market in the unbranded fashion category, with an annual gross merchandise volume rate of...

52nd edition of the Shankar-Shad Mushaira to take place in Delhi

The annual poetry event, Shankar-Shad Mushaira, is back with its 52nd edition in Delhi.The event will be held on Saturday at Sir Shankar Lall...

Ambili Menon releases her debut original

A celebrated name on the national and global live gig circuit, Ambili Menon has often been heralded as the “Live Queen”. Having conquered thousands of...

The key to a healthy, well-balanced life is to keep everything simple and cool

Dr Mickey Mehta is a renowned fitness and life coach who is known for his work with celebrities. But today, he has been able...

‘Work 4 Progress’ initiative explores micro entrepreneurship possibilities for the jobless

Development Alternatives (DA), a social enterprise working in the field of sustainable development along with “la Caixa” Foundation, the leading foundation in Spain, and...

Don’t look at the West for lessons on child protection

Is India Losing its Innocence?When I say “innocence” I don’t mean it in any disrespectful way. India is an amazing country and a powerful...

It’s time to reintroduce our kids to bookish adventures

At a time when publishers in India are churning volume after volume on every possible topic and genre for adults, there is no serious...

‘Folk music is beyond jhatkas and matkas, it tells great stories’

Q. How did your journey in music begin? What were your early influences?A. My whole life has been that of experiencing and taking inspiration....

An artist’s brush meets the serenity of nature

Art aficionadas in the national capital can look forward to some pioneering works of Vadodra based artist Ashish Kumar Das. To celebrate 25 years...

Shashi Kapoor: Larger than life

In the fall of 1984, two senior Congress leaders—let’s not name them here—met up with Shashi Kapoor at his room at New Delhi’s Taj...

Rahul ‘amused’ with Somnath controversy

“I am quite amused,” Congress “prince” Rahul Gandhi told The Sunday Guardian over the “faith controversy” that has been created by the BJP over...

Andhra lists Kapus as OBC, gives them 5% reservation

The politically dominant Kapus in Andhra Pradesh have been included in the other backward classes (OBC) category, with a 5% reservation in educational institutions...

Ahead of Delhi Assembly Elections, Delhi Police busts Illegal Bangladeshi Immigration Racket

For now our alliance with Congress intact: Sena-UBT

Rahul invites ire during Winter Session

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