Rashtra Sevika Samiti chief V Shantha Kumari highlights the erosion of traditional values and delays in legal action as key factors contributing to ongoing concerns about women's safety in India.
A former school principal of newly crowned chess champion from Nagpur Divya Deshmukh remembers her as a student with calm composure who started playing the board game when she was just five and also excelled in studies.
In its draft policy released last month, the CBSE had proposed conducting Class 10 board exams twice in an academic year from 2026.
The top court, however, refused to stay the counselling of successful candidates for admissions to Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, Bachelor of Dental Surgery and other courses.
Thennarasu said that while the governor had to grant his approval to the bill, he informed them it was still under his consideration.
'They say our mothers lay the early foundation on which we build our dreams and lives. This holds true for me.' Kotak Mahindra Bank CEO Uday Kotak tells us about his mom's wonderful cooking.
'If India has to succeed in the global, knowledge-based economy, literacy and decent higher education for all Indians become critical'
"The essential nature of the material world is not material; the essential nature of the physical world is not physical; the essential stuff of the universe is non-stuff."
Leading non-resident Indian entrepreneur Maneck Dalal, who has played a major role in promoting Indian art and culture in the UK, has been awarded the Asian Leadership Award for his contribution towards heritage.
Looking at pictures from the event.
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's S P Jain Institute of Management & Research and Virginia Tech, USA, invite applications for its two-year, Post Graduate Diploma in Systems Management & Masters in Information Technology.
Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan, Delhi Kendra offers a one year job oriented Diploma Course -- Air-Lines, Tourism, Tour & Travel Management with Marketing and Ticketing
The US consulate in Mumbai seems to have lodged itself into a tight spot courtesy its blind rejection of visa applications submitted by 12 delegates of the 8th World Hindi Conference scheduled for next month in New York.
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's S P Jain Institute of Management & Research invites applications for its one-year Post-graduate Diploma in Management and two-year Post-graduate Diploma in Systems Management-MIT
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's S P Jain Institute of Management & Research invites applications for its two-year Post-graduate Diploma in Business Management Programme
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's S P Jain Institute of Management & Research and Virginia Polytechnic and State University, USA, invite applications for its 18-month, full-time Masters in Information Technology programme.
Executive Director of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan here, M N Nandakumara has bagged the award for promoting Indian Art and Culture in the UK.
Air India will launch its direct flights from India to Mauritius from September 12, its chairman and managing director V Tulasidas said.
'You have to get past the phobia that Math is difficult.' 'The brain is exercising when you do arithmetic.'
The Republic Day celebration was about India's Constitution, but the protests also argued for protecting the values of equality and secularism enshrined in it.
Various state governments had announced free transportation and accommodation, including West Bengal that ran special metro service for candidates.
'Despite the subsequent events at Kargil and the October 12, 1999 military coup in Pakistan, the Lahore initiative firmly established Vajpayee's credentials as a crusader of peace,' says Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
A list of prominent journalists who also became successful politicians.
The slogan of "Swachh Bharat" on Friday echoed in Rashtrapati Bhavan where President Pranab Mukherjee urged students, who came to meet him on the occasion of Children's Day, to keep their schools and surroundings clean.
A special ceremony was organised at the world-famous skyscraper in New York's midtown Manhattan for lighting it up in saffron, white and green.
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's sage advice remains as relevant today as it was during his lifetime, says Vivek Gumaste.
'It was India's good fortune to have a Vajpayee lead the government at this crucial moment in history.' 'By taking the N-decision he saved future generations of Indians from being 'Kosovoed' or 'Iraqed',' says Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
'In India foreign policy is generally handled by the prime minister.' 'One can clearly see the Vajpayee stamp on all this.' 'Only a person with poetic imagination can weave such a complex web,' says Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
The RSS realises that with a majority BJP government at the Centre and in several states, now was the best time to undermine and perhaps outdo the Congress-Left 'stranglehold' over campuses and young minds.
'The innate fascism of the RSS is overshadowing Modi's development programme,' says Amulya Ganguli.
'Vajpayee was the first prime minister to visit the battlefield at the height of conflict,' recalls Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
The decision to introduce vastu shastra as a part of the architecture curriculum at IIT-Kharagpur has polarised architects in the country. Nikita Puri reports.
'History will never forgive Manmohan Singh for having ended the Indian growth story and created a culture of entitlement instead of creating a culture of hard work and development,' says Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
'In the 30 years since the Ayodhya movement began, the RSS has created a generation of Hindus who are the mirror image of those fanatic Muslims who take to the streets at the slightest, even imagined, 'insult to Islam,' argues Jyoti Punwani.
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