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Carnatic musicians boycott Madras Academy event over Award to TM Krishna

Several Carnatic musicians have pulled out of Madras Music Academy's annual December conference to protest the Sangita Kalanidhi award to classical vocalist T M Krishna, who they allege has......

'Air pollution can lead to cancer'

'If you keep on irritating the body by allowing all kinds of pollutants to get into it, the body cells are going to get irritated and cancer will come.' IMAGE: The Signature Bridge in New Delhi is......

My Diwali is where you are, Modi tells soldiers in HP's Lepcha

India is fast emerging as a “big global player” in the defence sector and the capabilities of its security forces are constantly rising, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday.......

'From my house, I can see the bombs'

'The war has been on for four weeks; the bombings are still on. I can hear it in my house.' IMAGE: The bodies of victims of Hamas' horrific terror attack in Kibbutz Kfar Aza in southern Israel,......

In a first, BSF installs beehives on India-Bangladesh fence to check crimes

The Border Security Force has undertaken a unique experiment of installing beehives on the India-Bangladesh border fence in West Bengal to stop instances of cutting the hedge for cattle smuggling......

Reliance net profit rises 9%, planned shutdown at oil refinery subdues earnings

Reliance Industries Ltd on Friday reported a 9 per cent rise in its December quarter net profit as a planned maintenance-induced weakness in oil business earnings was offset by stability in retail......

Modi's dream: Of drones and technology

There was an environment of "indifference" towards the use of technology in governance before 2014 due to which the poor and the middle class suffered the most, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on......

Covid leaves Surat's textile mills in tatters

Since he lives locally, Harish Patel is one of the luckier migrant workers in Surat — in that his employer was able to squeeze in a single shift for him at the weaving unit in Kamrej in......

'We View Wildlife As A Threat'

'We need to understand and respect wildlife behaviour.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Shonet Anthony Barretto/Facebook Before turning to film-making, Shonet Anthony Barretto was a choreographer who......

'Prasanth wanted Yash to play Hanuman'

'Since God was being shown in live action on such a large scale, Prasanth was initially sceptical about going with an animated character.' IMAGE: Teja Sajja in HanuMan. Prasanth Varma's Telugu......

'Nothing honorable about this killing'

'Find a name that changes the words honor killing and hopefully it includes the word murder.''If you use the words, you are trying to justify the murders.' IMAGE: Pavia Sidhu as Jassi and Yugam......

10 Films: Indian Cinema At Its Best

Aseem Chhabra lists his favorite 2023 films -- a healthy blend of Bollywood, Hindi indies and some of the best work that is being done in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Bengali cinema. On one hand......

Beautiful Stories From All Over India

IMAGE: A scene from Ladakh 470. Imaad Shah's Tuesday's Women, Haoban Paban Kumar's Iron Women of Manipur, Shivam Singh Rajput 's Ladakh 470 and Samman Roy's The Exile are among 10 titles to watch......

SEE: Chess fever grips Chennai ahead of Olympiad

IMAGE: India's chess legend Viswanathan Anand received a specially-made milk packet to celebrate the upcoming Chess Olympiad. Photograph: Viswanathan Anand/Twitter India's chess legend......

Sprinter Hima Das takes oath as DSP in Assam

IMAGE: Hima Das revealed that she had dreamt of becoming a police officer when she was young. Photograph: Kind Courtesy, Sarbananda Sonowal/Twitter Star sprinter Hima Das was, on Friday,......

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