1905: The Partition Before Partition

The partition of Bengal in 1905 split more than a province, it touched people's hearts and awakened India's fight for freedom. IMAGE: A vendor is seen tying a rakhi on a boy in Calcutta on October......

Hindi Diwas: Modi, Shah hail Hindi as 'unifying force'

Hindi Diwas was observed across India on Sunday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other top leaders underlining Hindi's role as a unifying factor in this linguistically diverse country while......

AliExpress removes Jagannath doormats after backlash, apologises

A major controversy erupted in Odisha after it came to light that Chinese e-commerce platform AliExpress was selling doormats featuring the image of Lord Jagannath. IMAGE: Kindly note that this......

Odisha girl set afire by 3 dies after fortnight-long battle for life

The 15-year-old girl who was allegedly set on fire by three unidentified miscreants in Odisha's Puri district a fortnight ago succumbed to her injuries while undergoing treatment at AIIMS-Delhi,......

'Odisha Rasagola' bags much-awaited GI tag

Since 2015, Odisha has been embroiled in a bitter battle over the origin of the delicacy with West Bengal, which had in 2017 secured the GI tag for 'Banglar Rasogolla'. Odisha on Monday bagged the......

India is Wikipedia's fifth largest market

Online encyclopedia Wikipedia has a long-term commitment to India and is focussing on bringing more users to its platform by meeting language needs of communities and introducing tools to ease......

Whose Rasgulla is it anyway?

Both West Bengal and Odisha are slugging it out for getting the GI tag for the delicious sweet Odisha government on Friday claimed to have found a new evidence about the origin of 'Rasgulla' in......

Why Ayesha Jhulka Stepped Away From Films

'I've not been doing much work because I was not getting the kind of roles I want to do.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Ayesha Jhulka/Instagram Aamir Khan's 60th birthday had us flashbacking to many......

Aattam: The Play Wins Top National Award

IMAGE: Zarin Shihab in Aattam: The Play. Malayalam film Aattam: The Play has won the award for Best Feature Film. Sooraj R Barjatya was judged Best Director for the Hindi movie Uunchai at the......

'Manthan Never Looked As Good As It Does Now'

'The problems that the film explores still remain.''It was a different time when we made the film. We were young and we thought we could change the world.' IMAGE: Smita Patil and Girish Karnad in......

President Honours Suman Kalyanpur

IMAGE: Richly deserved! President Droupadi Murmu presents singer Suman Kalyanpur with the Padma Bhushan. Photograph: Rashtrapati Bhavan Suman Kalyanpur was awarded India's third highest civilian......

Hockey World Cup kicks off with glittering ceremony in Odisha

IMAGE: Actress Disha Patani enthralled the audience at the FIH World Cup opening on Wednesday. Photograph: Twitter Men's Hockey World Cup, 2023 got underway on Wednesday evening with a spectacular......

If India wants to win Gold in Paris...

'If we want to ensure this isn't a once-in-four-decade phenomenon, then we have to produce 1,800 players all the time, create infrastructure, so that we are constantly challenging at the top of the......

Think you know a lot about Sport? Take this challenge!

Norma Godinho challenges sporting know-it-alls. IMAGE: August 25, 2019. P V Sindhu wins the World Championship final against Japan's Nozomi Okuhara. Photograph: Vincent Kessler/Reuters   Just......