Renowned Urdu poet Rahat Indori dies in hospital

Celebrated Urdu poet Rahat Indori, whose simple and lucid couplets attracted a huge fan folliwing in India and abroad, died on Tuesday, his son said. The 70-year-old teacher-turned-poet, who was......

Why does Modi ignore the dead and dying?

Rarely have we seen such intoxication over power, which ignores the cries of those dying, notes Jyoti Punwani. IMAGE: A man wearing a PPE prepares to perform the last rites of his relative near......

He told the middle class not only to become talkers, but doers

'... That they should emerge as role-models to be emulated by the fellow countrymen; and that the middle classes should not stick only to hate-filled and scornful criticism and condemnation against......

With 1,752 COVID-19 cases, India sees biggest single-day jump; toll 723

The death toll due to the novel coronavirus rose to 723 with 37 fatalities reported since Thursday evening, while the number of cases saw a record jump of 1,752 to go up to 23,452 cases on Friday,......