President Pranab Mukherjee donned the hat of a teacher on Friday and gave lessons in Political History to XI and XII graders of a Delhi school on the eve of Teachers Day.
Members of fan clubs of various leading actors, including Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan and Vijay, also held prayers, wishing that the singer whose golden voice mesmerised generations for over five decades recover soon.
The decision came after the famed mathematician, whose life and work inspired the film 'Super 30', visited government schools in the capital with Sisodia.
Spectacle turned to substance on Day 2 of United States President Donald Trump's visit as he had talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the nation's capital. After a day of lapping up attention from cheering crowds and taking in India's most famous sites, including the Taj Mahal, Trump lay the groundwork for longer-term deals on trade and other matters. Take a look.
Inspired by Mahatma Gandhi's autobiography, `My Experiments With Truth', students of Mumbai's Chetana Institute of Management have resolved to sell 11,000 copies of the book in a month.
Left parties on Monday decided to extend support to the 'Bharat Bandh' called by Confederation of All India Traders on December 1 to protest the Centre's decision to allow FDI in retail.
Delhi slum boy and National Award winner for I Am Kalam, Harsh Mayar, aspires for a better life.
In East Delhi the biggest challenge for BJP's Gautam Gambhir, barring his opponents, is one of perception, says Thirumoy Banerjee.
The cost of not vaccinating the entire population quickly will be far higher than bearing the entire cost of vaccination, points out Prosenjit Datta.
Amid talks of a Nobel Prize in Economics coming home, an old couple from Tamil Nadu has bagged this year's Alternative Nobel Prize. Called the Indian Sarvodaya couple, Krishnammal and Sankaralingam Jagannathan from Nagapattinam are among the four illustrious personalities to share the prestigious Right to Livelihood Award -- also known as the Alternative Nobel.
A 17-year-old student was run over by a speeding Blueline bus in north-east Delhi on Monday morning, triggering protests by locals. Aditya Jain, a Class 9 student, was hit by the Blueline bus that was plying on Seemapuri-Fatehpuri route in Usmanpur area of north-east Delhi at approximately 8 am, when he was on his way to school, police said.They said the boy, a student of Sarvodaya Bal Vidyalya School at Mori Gate, died on the spot.
The Class XI student of a government school in east Delhi drowned at Holdfast Marina beach in Adelaide, where she had gone with four of her friends after the match, which was part of the Pacific International School Games, 2017.
Some taxi and cab unions, including those associated with app-based aggregators, have decided to join the strike called by farmers organisations demanding repeal of three new farm sector laws.
A lady teacher, who was shown in a sting operation allegedly forcing teenaged girls into prostitution in Delhi after filming them in "compromising position", was arrested on Friday.
The four assailants allegedly killed the children and dumped their bodies in a wood land.
A teenage boy, who was admitted to a hospital with serious injuries after being allegedly beaten by a teacher a fortnight ago, died in a New Delhi hospital on Tuesday. Fourteen-year-old Ajay Kumar, a student of Std VIII at Sarvodaya Vidyalya in Vinod Nagar, was allegedly beaten by his teacher Shyam Lal Rathuria on October 23 for forging his parents' signature, a senior police officer said. Kumar fell on the ground after he was beaten and suffered serious head injuries.
The latest deal would give Facebook deeper access to India, the second largest internet market after China.
Eleven-year-old Roshan Lama, who was battling for life after his head was pierced by a javelin in his school playground a fortnight ago, succumbed to his injuries at AIIMS trauma centre in New Delhi on Monday.
Taking a trip down the memory lane, President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday said he was an "unparalleled naughty boy" who used to trouble his mother, as he credited her for all the success he has achieved.
Eight hundred students and 60 teachers from various schools here would interact with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday on the eve of Teacher's Day along with students from across the country that have excelled in various activities.
Polling was held on Sunday for 59 Lok Sabha seats in the sixth and penultimate phase of Lok Sabha polls. Elections are being held in 14 seats in Uttar Pradesh, 10 seats in Haryana, eights constituencies each in Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal, seven seats in Delhi and four in Jharkhand. Take a look at the famous faces who exercised their democratic right.
Cab aggregators caught between showing profitability to investors, increasing their network and dabbling in areas such as food ordering have seen a major blow to their primary business.
Foodpanda delivery executives were assured they could make Rs 50,000. There were promises made on surge and demand. But the demand never kept up with the supply.
Kannada writer U R Ananthamurthy, who had said that he would leave the country if Narendra Modi becomes the prime minister, on Monday said those remarks were made when he was "overcome by emotion" and clarified that he had no such plan, though he continues to oppose the Bharatiya Janata Party.
The driver of the private school van had his earphones on and was driving on the wrong side of the road. The milk tanker driver was allegedly under the influence of alcohol, police said.
In Gujarat, Amit Shah's tactic of spiriting away Congress leaders and MLAs is jocularly called 'shop-and-buy votes'. Although haemorrhaging the Congress is a vital aspect of his election blueprint, an aide said, "Amitbhai wants to win on our strengths and not by weakening the Congress."
India has suffered the brunt of terrorism, including that of the cross-border variety, he said.
As the mid-day meal school tragedy in Bihar fuelled food safety concerns, more cases of children falling ill after consuming free food or contaminated water have come to light from Tamil Nadu, Odisha, Delhi and Maharasthra.
Counting of votes for the high-profile Delhi Assembly polls in which Bharatiya Janata Party and Aam Aadmi Party are locked in a direct fight will be taken up on Tuesday and final results are likely to be available by 1 pm.
The Bihar government on Sunday vowed to punish those responsible for "lapses" that led to the stampede at the historic Gandhi Maidan in Patna on October 3, leaving 33 people dead and 29 injured.
Meet Bengaluru's fondest freedom fighter, HS Doreswamy, who has been a sprightly witness to the country's ups and downs since 1947.
'Elections don't offer easy or ideal choices. Voters may find there is no candidate whom they can fully trust. But here is a litmus test for choosing between competing imperfection: Reject any candidate or party that asks you to put growth above secularism,' says Rajni Bakshi.
Auroville just turned 50. Aurovilians who grew up in The experimental city speak of how their childhood was marked by a sense of openness and possibility.
Wielding the broom, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday launched the country's biggest-ever cleanliness drive that is expected to cost over Rs 62,000 crore, asserting that the "Swachh Bharat" mission is "beyond politics" and inspired by patriotism.
'This book is really the story of the woman whose destiny takes her onto the path of an inordinately iconic man whom the world reveres as God!' 'It is the day-to-day demolition of her dreams that are at stark variance with those who view him as a trail blazer on the holy path to redemption, while he wrecks the peace of those whom he loves the most; his family.'
'Khadi is my passion. The only idea behind this start up is to promote and popularise khadi.'
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