Seven years ago, Ravishankar Venkateswaran heard a story during a bus ride.
Activist Zoru Bathena has filed a petition challenging the civic tree authority's approval on August 29 for felling trees for the car shed.
Lalrindika Ralte's goal gave East Bengal a 1-0 victory over Selangor FA in their AFC Cup Group H opener.
Star footballer Lionel Messi and his team had their final practice session this evening ahead of the FIFA International friendly between Argentina and Venezuela at the Yuba Bharati Krirangan.
BJP would observe the next 10 days -- from Sunday to September 17, the birthday of the PM -- as 'seva parva'.
Bharati, wife of Maninderpal Singh Kohli, prime suspect in the rape and murder of a 17-year-old British national, said she wants to meet her husband and hear from him whether he is guilty or not
Fragmented polity will make it impossible for India to realise its will because weak governments are unable to take hard decisions, the NSA said.
Syed Firdaus Ashraf applauds The Kapil Sharma Show's reincarnation.
Despite the 0-3 whitewash in the T20 series against England, India coach WV Raman said he was not crestfallen and is looking ahead to the future with many youngsters coming up.
Karnataka Janatha Paksha chief B S Yeddyurappa found unexpected support from senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Uma Bharati on Friday.
Mohun Bagan have requested the state government to put up a three-tier security arrangement for their return leg of the Kolkata derby against East Bengal on February 9, to avoid a December 9 like incident.
India have been doing well in the 50-over format but they have plenty to ponder about in the shortest form, having lost their previous series in New Zealand 0-3.
The Delhi high court rejected the plea of the Yadav brothers saying the accused could not be released until the testimony of their sister Bharti was recorded.
Alkazi, who was the longest serving director of the National School of Drama and mentored generations of actors, produced plays such as Girish Karnad's Tughlaq and Dharamvir Bharati's Andha Yug.
Mohun Bagan President Swapan Sadhan Bose has backed under-fire General Secretary Anjan Mitra and Finance Secretary Debashish Dutta even as a group of club supporters demanded the ouster of the duo in the wake of the AIFF suspension till 2014-15.
Beleagured Mohun Bagan on Monday appealed to the All India Football Federation (AIFF) for a review of its decision to suspend the club till 2015-16 season for abandoning the December 9 I-League derby against arch-rivals East Bengal.
Having created a buzz with their 1.5 kilometre long floor art during Durga Puja, the fine arts students of West Bengal are all set to create a gorgeous 'Rangoli' keeping Under-17 World Cup theme in mind, during the final, in Kolkata, on October 28.
Prasar Bharati CEO K S Sarma told reporters that the proposed DD news channel will be principally news driven and\n\nwill focus on in-house production.
In what was another shameful episode in a city as passionate about sports as Kolkata, the much hyped I-League local derby between East Bengal and Mohun Bagan at the Yuba Bharati Krirangan (Salt Lake stadium) was abandoned on Sunday.
Three children died of suspected encephalitis and as many others taken ill in Bihar's Aurangabad district in the past one week, a government doctor said on Thursday.
State-owned Doordarshan is in the process of fine-tuning a Rs 500 crore (Rs 5 billion) direct-to-home television satellite project and has got the Prasar Bharati board's approval for this.
Mohun Bagan and East Bengal played out a drab goalless draw in the return leg I-League derby which was watched by just one fourth capacity crowd at Yuba Bharati Krirngan (YBK) in Kolkata on Saturday.
Most great ideas fail due to lack of vision and execution, writes Bharati Jacob, founder-partner, Seedfund, one of India's leading early stage investors.
'Tagore repeatedly denounced the "My country, right or wrong" attitude.' 'We often use the phrase "unity in diversity" like a cliche and often make diversity secondary, giving precedence to unity.' 'You do not have to shout from the rooftops that we are very tolerant.'
Park authorities said the tigress was believed to be staying with a companion in the mangrove forests at Korlai within the park, about 10 km from suburban Borivli.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
Joacquim Abranches scored one goal in each half as defending champions Dempo SC reclaimed the top position with a facile 2-1 win over Pailan Arrows at the Yuba Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata on Saturday.
India's schedule at the Asian Games: Day 4
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday chaired a meeting to discuss the preparations for launching Doordarshan's 'Kisan TV' on May 26, to coincide with the first anniversary celebrations of the National Democratic Alliance government.
The warden of Patha Bhavan hostel of Visva Bharati University in Shanti Niketan, West Bengal, has been arrested for allegedly forcing a girl student to drink her own urine. The warden of Karabi Girls' Hostel, Uma Poddar, has been arrested for compelling the student, who wet her bed, to drink her urine on Saturday night, Sub-Divisional Police Officer of Bolpur Prasanta Chowdhury said on Monday.
Over eight lakh devotees from all over the country have so far taken the holy dip in the Ganges on the auspicious occasion of Makar Sankranti on Sunday, officials said.
In a rude shock to top Bharatiya Janata Party leaders L K Advani, Arun Jaitley and Uma Bharati, the party leadership chose not to include their names in the list of leaders to address protest rallies.
Urimai Kural, part of the Gram Vaani community radio station that spans 15 states, serves as a much-needed helpline for harassed garment factory workers.
The All India Football Federation on Tuesday said it was not consulted for the proposed marquee match between the world's most popular club Manchester United and Serie A champions Juventus.
Despite repeated requests from the Visva-Bharati University Shantinekatan to resume classes, the parents of the traumatised girl who was made to drink her own urine on Wednesday got her admitted to another school.
Congress leader Digvijay Singh on Saturday targeted the Bharatiya Janata Party over its attempt to reach out to the minorities, questioning whether it will take action against Narendra Modi for the Gujarat riots or L K Advani will accept his "crime" in the Babari Mosque demolition.
After a clip featuring portions of a "clueless" live presentation by a Doordarshan anchor on the inauguration day of International Film Festival of India went viral on social media, Prasar Bharati has deputed a senior officer to look into the matter.
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