India's appetite for music tourism is only growing.
As Bharatiya Janata Party's alliance with Janata Dal-United is put to severe test in Bihar, its oldest friend Shiv Sena on Tuesday sought to remind the party of the importance of partners, saying its whole edifice stood on support of the allies.
The decision to have a symbol for Rupee was taken by the government last year. It was also decided to invite designs from the public for the new symbol.
The cultural ethos of Hyderabad goes beyond the famous Charminar and the Mecca Masjid. Come Ramzan and the buzz around the bazaars in the city is obvious.
As someone with nostalgia for the good cheer and friendly feelings of Brazilian people, former Ambassador to Brazil B S Prakash can only hope that when they see on their TV screens their President being feted on Rajpath, they will sense India's goodwill for Brazil.
"I want to wear my uniform. It is outermost layer of my skin. I am wedded to it. I am very happy to get back into the service of the best organisation in the country if not the world, the Indian Army," said Lt Col Shrikant Prasad Purohit.
President, Student Exchange Cell, Prof Shailendra Singh said on Friday that the 45 students going abroad will not only act as brand ambassadors of IIM Lucknow but also promote India's culture, ethos and values.
On Tuesday, 49 people, including award-winning filmmakers Aparna Sen and Mani Ratnam, and historian Ramachandra Guha, wrote to PM Modi, urging him to intervene in cases of hate crimes and atrocities against minority communities.
Four things Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said that would make every India proud of its armed forces and India.
The 'Indian story' will be badly damaged if the Modi government is not re-elected, argues investment banker Christopher Wood.
There is ample fuel in the computer revolution to do many useful things.
'If a gaming regulator is able to save even a single player's life or is able to just enforce the existing laws of the land, it works,' says cyber policy expert Prashant Mali.
President Pranab Mukherjee has said that the return of awards by writers and intellectuals was "evidently spontaneous" and a way of protest that has triggered a nation-wide debate on the issue of intolerance, a release issued on Thursday by a group of intellectuals has claimed.
The message from the TiE conference was to take the economic downturn as an opportunity to listen and learn from the customers and for budding entrepreneurs to commence their ventures.
Former Indian cricketer Atul Wassan on Sunday said that the idea of experimenting with the pink ball and the day and night Test would be a flop from the perspective of attracting more spectators to the stadium to watch the game in real time.
Section 497 supports, safeguards and protects the institution of marriage, the SC said.
The still versions of the campaign will appear in print and digital.
"We are not interested with facts at all. We are only interested in dealing with the legal issue," the bench said.
The ideology that the Bharatiya Janata Party represents and its pan Indian appeal makes it an important cog in our democracy, argues Tarun Vijay
'This is the first time when you see the story of the Azad Hind Fauj through the eyes of the soldiers.'
The government clarified in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday that it stood for equal respect for all faiths and that the PM did in fact wish Muslims on Eid.
The Mubble app helps users track and control their mobile data usage and telecom spends.
Good story, natural performance and great music makes this Kannada movie a must watch.
Professor Dr Puniyani speaks on various burning issues of the day including Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray's actions, terrorism, forcible conversion and the Sangh Parivar.
'The NRC is thoroughly anti-poor and the CAA is thoroughly anti-Muslim.' 'And these two deadly combinations are going to hit us like how demonetisation and GST has hit the entire nation.'
The combined entity is set to be the third largest bank in India, behind State Bank of India and ICICI Bank.
Several protests -- some peaceful, some violent -- erupted across India on Monday against the police crackdown in Jamia Millia Islamia and the controversial citizenship law as students and political leaders took to the streets, even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi called these protests "deeply distressing" and appealed for peace.
Canada's newly-appointed Sikh Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan has allegedly faced racist remarks by a soldier on social media, prompting the Canadian Armed Forces to launch a probe.
'The feeling of being part of one family, which is an essential part of the armed forces ethos, is weakening.' 'And when there is a feeling of distrust, then even a small spark can lead to an explosion.'
'In the next three decades up to 2050 there will be three important players at the world level.' 'India, US and China will be playing a very important role globally as the largest economies in the world.' 'These three countries will have to interact with each other much more closely because what they do and what they decide will impact the entire world.'
Congress will be batting for itself and not for its allies and the focus would be on key leaders, including Rahul Gandhi, in an advertisement campaign to be launched by the party soon for Lok Sabha polls. Party chief Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh would be the two other stars in the ad blitzkrieg.
Wildlife filmmaker Mike Pandey's house is an interesting space where inexpensive materials have been used to create expressive environs. Concern for the environment, for maintaining harmony between the built area and surrounding nature, and respect for all life forms is evident everywhere in the Pandey house. Most of the articles around the house have been salvaged from other places and everything is ecologically recycled. This is one house where every member has space.
"One of the main principles of the Congress has been its commitment to secularism. This is particularly important in Gujarat where communal politics has polarised society and undermined the pluralist and tolerant ethos of our nation," Gandhi said in the latest issue of Congress Sandesh.
'The path of militant Hindutva that the BJP's national leadership chose as its main electoral plank literally dug the grave for the party in Kerala,' says M K Bhadrakumar.
'Why has the phrase gone missing from Modi's vocabulary?' asks Saisuresh Sivaswamy.
The prime minister pointed out that such infamous incidents occurred during the Congress rule.
"The government of India has decided to extend the visa" of Nasreen, External Affairs Ministry spokesman Navtej Sarna said, but did not specify the duration of her fresh visa.
A rape convict who shares his name with former prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru left the Supreme Court frowning on Wednesday. The apex court observed that such culprits had no right to share names with exalted national leaders.
"We are carrying out physiological studies. We also have to examine certain psychological issues involving the women and the job. Only when these are done, can the women officers be cleared for the new roles," Major said.
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