Oscar winning Indian composer A.R. Rahman's music of universal harmony blending traditions, time, faiths and languages soared on Monday through the General Assembly chamber, a venue known more for cacophonous discord. His tribute to M.S. Subbulakshmi, the "Queen of Music", brought 21st pizzazz to the classic and the traditional, uphol...
India's annual rate of inflation based on wholesale prices shot up to 3.55 per cent for July from 1.62 per cent in the previous month, due to an 11.82 per cent jump in prices of food articles, official data showed on Tuesday. The prices of potatoes continued to pinch with an annual rise of 58.78 per cent, pulses were dearer by 35.76 ...
Five civilian protesters were killed in firing by security forces as fresh violence erupted in the Kashmir Valley on Tuesday, taking the toll to 65 in the weeks of unrest triggered by the July 8 killing of a popular rebel commander. A police officer told IANS here that four protesters were killed in Budgam district and one more in Anantnag. The officer said...
Amnesty India of the international human rights organisation was booked for sedition and other unlawful acts after anti-India slogans were raised at an event it organised here last week, police said....
Shuttler Kidambi Srikanth's entry into the quarter-finals kept India's medal hopes alive as the athletes continued to cut a sorry figure while wrestler Ravinder Khatri also flopped in his bout at the Rio Olympics here on Monday. ...
Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Monday blamed the central leadership from Jawaharlal Nehru to incumbent Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the mess in Jammu and Kashmir and asked India and Pakistan to join hands because only a dialogue -- and not confrontation -- will solve the problem....
India on Monday marked 70 years of its independence with peace and joy but the celebrations were marred by bombings in Manipur and a militant attack in Kashmir that killed a para-military officer....
A thousand hearts beating with pride, thousands of feet tapping to patriotic tunes -- the sea of humanity in front of Delhi's historic Red Fort was throbbing with patriotic fervour as the nation celebrated its 70th Independence Day. ...
The Chief Justice of India, Justice T.S. Thakur, on Monday urged the government to pay attention to judiciary and address its problems....
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday reiterated his government's promise of doubling farm incomes by 2022 and listed out a series of steps being taken to improve the condition of farmers....
