Ittar, Gulabi Meenakari, Kashmiri carpet... Modi's gift for world leaders at G7 summit

For foreign dignitaries, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has often chosen gifts that showcase India's rich cultural and artistic traditions, and it was no different this time as he picked a variety of......

Schools, govt offices in Delhi to reopen from Nov 29 as air quality 'improves'

In view of an 'improvement' in the air quality, the Delhi government has decided to resume physical classes in schools, colleges and other educational institutions and reopen government offices......

PM gifts Harris notifications related to her Indian grandfather

Prime Minister Narendra Modi gifted United States Vice President Kamala Harris a copy of old notifications related to her grandfather, who was a senior Indian government officer, in a wooden......

'If Modi does good work, why will anyone make fun?'

'303 seats ki sarkar has problems with a cartoonist.' Photograph: Press Information Bureau Cartoonist Manjul got a shock last week when he received a notice from Twitter stating that it had been......

Emergency and the Maruti story: Start of a small wonder

The whole project smacks of cronyism and corruption In retelling the horrors of Emergency, most commentators have overlooked the most brazen story of cronyism and corruption in the country’s......

Google announces Internet education campaign for women in UP

Google on Wednesday announced the launch of a two-month Internet education campaign to make around 500,000 women and girls across Uttar Pradesh digitally literate. The announcement in Lucknow......

Vaani Reunites With Hrithik Again!

Kriti is a brown girl... Preity up close... Hina gets adventurous... Photograph: Kind courtesy Vaani Kapoor/Instagram War co-stars Vaani Kapoor and Hrithik Roshan are all set to reunite. But no,......

'I love Devdas so much'

'I didn't want to use contemporary Bollywood music.' IMAGE: Priya Kansara in Polite Society. Nida Manzoor is exploding with talent. At 33, the British-Pakistani film-maker has a hit TV sitcom We......

HOLI: 7 songs you must listen to!

Subhash K Jha lists Holi songs that you have probably never heard. We all dig out the same old Holi songs like Holi ke din dil khil jaate hain, Holi aeee re aeee re and Rang barse every year. How......

5 roles that define Waheeda Rehman

Subhash K Jha gives us the very best of Waheeda Rehman. I have not seen Waheeda Rehman step out of her comfort zone to display the staggering range of Madhubala, Geeta Bali, Nutan or Sridevi, says......