‘Young India, New India’

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today addressed a Students’ Convention on the occasion of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Centenary Celebrations, and 125th Year of...

Hairstylist Jawed Habib hurts religious sentiments with latest Durga Puja ad

Hairstylist Jawed Habib, known for his line of hair salons across the country, recently had an ad put out in his company's name for...

Modi performed ‘puja’ at the Kalibari Temple in Myanmar

Yangon, Sep 7 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi today visited the 2,500-years-old Shwedagon pagoda, considered to be the pinnacle of Myanmar's cultural heritage, and performed...

Mamta cancels auditorium booking for Mohan Bhagwat

The authorities of a state-run auditorium – Mahajati Sadan in Kolkata – have cancelled the booking for an event in which RSS chief Mohan...

Brics 2017: Summit declaration names Lashkar, Jaish as terror concerns

The Brics grouping on Monday bracketed Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed with global terror groups Islamic State and al-Qaeda, marking a significant diplomatic win in...

Nirmala Sitharaman named defence minister

NEW DELHI: Nirmala Sitharaman was on Sunday named the new defence minister, only the second woman to hold the post since former prime minister Indira Gandhi. Sitharaman is...

Hafeez Jallandhri- Pakistan’s national anthem & Krishan Kanhaiya

This year, Pakistan’s 70th Independence anniversary and Janmashtami (the Hindu festival celebrating Krishna’s birth) fell on the same day: August 14th. With that coincidence...

Politically connected – and now a convicted rapist: Gurmeet Ram Rahim

A CBI court in Panchkula on Friday held Dera Sach Sauda head Gurmeet Ram Rahim guilty of raping two of his former followers. The controversial self-styled spiritual...

Professor urges Scots finance sector to go back to its roots

A financial services academic who has written a book on the collapse of HBoS hopes it will help drive greater focus on culture and...

Saving Mumbai’s Fountains

Metallic sheets barricade the approximately 15ft (4.5m) drinking water fountain (pyaav) outside the postal headquarters in south Mumbai. Dozens of pigeons are jostling in...