The fault-lines in Bengal's electoral battleground

The epic electoral 'Battle for Bengal' has seen the two bitter rivals BJP and Trinamool Congress change their poll strategies deftly as they square off against each other in a gruelling,......

In a first, Kerala's apex temple body to appoint ST priest

For the first time in its history, a scheduled tribe person will soon become a priest in a shrine, managed by the apex temple body Travancore Devaswom Board, in Kerala. IMAGE: Priests at......

Cyclone Amphan: Parts of Kolkata limp back to normalcy

Drinking water and electricity supply has been restored in large swathes of Kolkata ravaged by Cyclone Amphan even as some parts of the city witnessed protests over lack of essential services.......

Vedic Shanti Path at White House for COVID-19 patients

The sacred Vedic Shanti Path or peace prayer was recited by a Hindu priest in the Rose Garden of the White House on the occasion of National Day of Prayer Service to pray for the health, safety and......

Building cities for 21st-century India

Mahatma Gandhi had once famously said, "India lives in its villages". With the urbanisation of China in the last 20 years, India is the last major country with a rural majority (65-70 per cent of......

25 Deadliest Bollywood Dacoits

Beware of the Bollywood outlaw. With a striking black tilak marked on the forehead, bullet-loaded belt around the waist, a perennially furious gaze and a tone as threatening as that rifle in hand,......

Did Modi Inspire This Grammy Win?

'Now, no one can stop me from making music till the day I die.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Ricky Kej/Instagram With two Grammys in the Best New Age Album category -- for Winds of Samsara in 2015......

'Friends tell me I am like a 5 year old'

'I'm a very positive and optimistic human being.''You put a pile of garbage in front of me and I will find a flower in it.'   Photograph: Kind courtesy Aditi Rao Hydari/Instagram She is a......

'Rest in glory, Lataji'

'The source of our music, the very notes of music itself have fallen silent.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Salman Khan/Instagram The Incomparable Lata Mangeshkar passed into the ages at 8.12 am on......

'Shooter Dadi' Chandro Tomar dies due to COVID-19

IMAGE: Chandro Tomar, nicknamed 'Shooter Dadi', died on Friday after battling COVID-19. Photograph: Kind courtesy Chandro Tomar/Instagram Octogenarian shooter Chandro Tomar, who became the oldest......