Boatmen row Shikara on partially frozen Dal Lake as the temperature dips in Srinagar. The surface of the Dal Lake on Monday froze as an intense coldwave gripped the Kashmir valley. The minimum temperature experienced in the city was -7 degrees Celsius and the maximum temperature recorded was 7 degrees …...Read More

Mary Millben, an African-American singer and actress known for her admiration for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Tuesday exchanged Christmas greetings with him and praised him for honouring Jesus Christ at an event. After PM Modi attended Christmas celebrations at the headquarters of the Catholic Church in India, Ms Millben …...Read More

Railway police officials said the man is mentally unstable. Passengers in the women's compartment of a suburban train in Mumbai were left shocked when a naked man climbed on board and had to be removed by a railway staff. The incident was reported on Monday afternoon at the Ghatkopar railway …...Read More

Zakir Hussain, the peerless tabla player and multiple Grammy award winner, is critical and in a US hospital over serious heart-related ailments, his family said on Sunday. His manager, Nirmala Bachani, said the artist he has been in a San Francisco hospital for the last two weeks. "My brother is …...Read More

Rescued from a borewell in Madhya Pradesh's Guna after a 16-hours-long operation, a 10-year-old boy died soon after he was admitted to the hospital. Guna district chief medical and health officer Dr Rajkumar Rishishwar told reporters, ""The child was in the narrow borewell for the entire night in the chilly …...Read More

A Patna event to mark the birth centenary of former Prime Minister late Atal Bihari Vajpayee witnessed dramatic scenes yesterday over a folk singer's rendition of the bhajan, "Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram". Devi, a folk singer, had started singing "Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram", closely associated with Mahatma Gandhi, when a …...Read More

India's space program is set to achieve another milestone with the Space Docking Experiment (SpaDeX) tomorrow 30 at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Andhra Pradesh's Sriharikota. In its 62nd Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) mission, ISRO will attempt the docking and undocking of two satellites in orbit, a feat …...Read More

Hours before former prime minister Manmohan Singh will be laid to rest on Saturday, a row has ensued over a memorial for him, prompting the BJP to ask Congress to not play dirty politics in his name. Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge had on Friday spoken to Prime Minister Narendra Modi …...Read More

Union Home Minister Amit Shah spoke about BR Ambedkar during a debate in Rajya Sabha A massive political row has erupted over Union Home Minister Amit Shah's remarks on BR Ambedkar during his address to Rajya Sabha yesterday. While the Congress has accused Mr Shah of insulting the architect of …...Read More

The Telangana Legislative Assembly on Monday passed two bills to increase the reservation to backward classes to 42 per cent in educational institutions, employment and also elections to rural and urban local bodies. Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, who thanked the members of all parties for supporting the bills, said …...Read More