
It was a long journey for the six-year-old who, on his way to school stopped the moment Begum Akhtar's ghazal 'Deewana banana hai to deewana bana de' wafted from a small shop. They say everything changed for that little boy in that pause. The one who the world would later know as Pandit Jasraj -- someone who let go of strict geometrical precision by bringing an element of devotional ...

Pandit Jasraj, the doyen of Indian classical music, passed away at the age of 90 in New Jersey, the US, on Monday. "With profound grief we inform that Sangeet Martand Pandit Jasraj ji breathed his last this morning at 5.15 EST due to a cardiac arrest at his home in New Jersey, USA," a statement issued by his family read....

The second round of nuclear disarmament talks between the US and Russia are scheduled to begin in Vienna on Monday....

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Bidens lead over President Donald Trump has narrowed since last month, according to a new national poll....

The total number of Covid-19 cases in the US surpassed 5.4 million on Sunday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins Universit...

Joe Biden, who will be the Democratic Party's presidential candidate, will give "high priority to" strengthening India-US relations including on counter-terrorism and for ensuring China can't threaten its neighbours, according to his campaign. ...

US Covid-19 deaths have surpassed the 170,000 mark, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University. ...

US President Donald Trump has again pushed for schools to reopen despite the severe Covid-19 pandemic across the country, which currently accounts for the highest number of coronavirus cases and deaths in the world. ...

US President Donald Trump has said that universal mail-in voting would be "catastrophic" and make the country "a laughing stock", in his latest opposition to postal balloting, the media reported on Sunday....

Indian-American Kamala Harris, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden's running mate for the November 3 election, said her mother, who was originally from Chennai, "always wanted to instil in a love of good idli". ...