Maha Shivratri, one of India's most revered Hindu festivals, is dedicated to Lord Shiva and celebrated with deep devotion across the country.
Across continents and cultures, people unknowingly cook similar dishes -- same idea, different ingredients or different method of preparation. Many Indian favourites have surprising global twins that nearly mirror our flavours, techniques or eating style.
A five-year-old girl afflicted by amoebic meningoencephalitis, a rare brain infection caused by a free-living amoeba found in contaminated waters, in Malappuram district of Kerala died, official sources said on Tuesday.
The police said the woman has been taken into custody after being traced using the address on the Amazon delivery packet in which the child was wrapped and thrown.
India's tryst with fourth-place Olympic heartbreaks
Glimpses of political satire floats at the Rosenmontag carnival in Duesseldorf, Germany.
A state health department official, however, said that the baby boy was alive when his parents took him out of the hospital even as doctors asked them not to do so as the child's condition was serious.
A man, whose newborn child was among the 31 patients who died at a government hospital in Maharashtra's Nanded in 48 hours, has blamed negligence by doctors for his loss.
With 184 new cases having symptoms of fever and rashes on the body, the number of suspected measles cases in the city rose to 1,263, and 647 of these cases included children in the age group of 1 to 4 years, the BMC said in a release on Wednesday.
Medical Superintendent of the government-run G B Pant Children Hospital Dr Nazir Hussain Choudhary said the baby died at 6.30 am at the neonatal intensive care unit.
Norma Godinho challenges sporting know-it-alls.
Alexander Zverev became the first German to reach the last four at the ATP Finals for 15 years as he beat American John Isner 7-6(5), 6-3 at the O2 Arena on Friday.
All three scientists have played a leading role in the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, or Ligo, experiment, which made the first historic observation of gravitational waves in September 2015.
The Delhi lad was beaten by third seed Rainer Eitzinger of Austria.
Of late, Indian businessmen have been complaining about difficulties in obtaining German visas.
Both Germany and India are together in the fight against protectionism, German minister of Economics and Technology Rainer Bruederle said in New Delhi.
Science is a young person's game. An award to a young scientist could free up that person to do productive work, or help win more grants by enhancing reputation, argues Devangshu Datta.
Spanish top seed Rafa Nadal overcame stubborn second-set resistance from compatriot Tommy Robredo to reach the Shanghai Masters quarter-finals 6-1, 6-4 on Thursday. Second seed Novak Djokovic again looked impressive as he continued his imperious form in China with a 6-4, 6-2 thrashing of German qualifier Rainer Schuettler.
Justice Mukul Mudgal was on Thursday elected as head of FIFA's governance committee at the world football governing body's 67th Congress in Bahrain's capital city of Manama.
Best buddies Sam Querrey and Mardy Fish will have to put friendship aside for an hour or so after reaching the Queen's Club grasscourt final.
Somdev Devvarman's Chennai Open adventure had a disastrous end on Wednesday. He was thrashed by Janko Tipsarevic in the second round. The fourth seed from Serbia played near-flawless tennis to hand the Indian a 6-2, 6-1 pounding and advance to the last eight for the second straight year.
The Indian ace and Robby Ginepri went down to wild card entrants Rainer Schuettler and Michael Kohlmann in the Hambuirg Masters.
Somdev Devvarman making it to the final of the Chennai Open last year was a great achievement but there was something that robbed a little shine off it.
Last year's finalist and India's top singles players in the ATP, Somdev Devvarman has been drawn to play German Rainer Schuettler in the first round main draw of the Chennai Open ATP Tennis tournament on Monday.
Somdev Devvarman's fans may still be relishing his stunning victories over Carlos Moya and Ivo Karlovic but the new Indian tennis star has left behind those wins and is completely focussed on the title clash of the Chennai Open against third seed Marin Cilic on Sunday.
Newcomers Serbia clinched the World Team Cup in Duesseldorf on Saturday after winning both singles matches against hosts Germany in the final. Janko Tipsarevic gave Serbia their second, winning point when he beat Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-2, 6-4 for an unassailable 2-0 lead with the doubles rubber remaining. The Serbs, who also won all three group matches, grabbed the lead when Viktor Troicki edged past Rainer Schuettler 6-4 7-6.
Third-seeded Croatian Marin Cilic strolled into the final of the Chennai Open on Saturday after demolishing Spaniard Marcel Granollers 6-4 6-3.
Somdev Devvarman became the first Indian player to make it to the final of Chennai Open when his fifth seeded German opponent Rainer Scheuttler withdrew from the semi-final encounter due to a wrist injury on Saturday.
The International Tennis Federation reacted with dismay after German Rainer Schuettler was told he could compete in the Beijing Olympics following a Court of Arbitration for Sport hearing.
Indian Davis Cupper Prakash Amirtraj remained a pedestrian yet another time as he lost his first-round match to higher rated and fifth-seed Rainer Schuettler of Germany 2-6, 6-4, 1-6 in 85 minutes, even as Rohan Bopanna made his passage to the main draw after winning his final qualifying match in the $ 450,000 ATP Chennai Open on Monday night.
What counts at any Grand Slam is the title rather than who one beats in the final, French Open champion Rafael Nadal said.
Rainer Ettzinger of Austria was leading 6-3 in the first set against fourth seed Ivan Cerovic of Crotia, when the chair umpire called off the match.
German Rainer Schuettler grabbed the last Wimbledon men's semi-final spot on Thursday with a dogged 6-3 5-7 7-6 6-7 8-6 win over France's Arnaud Clement in a match lasting more than five hours.
The Indo-Pak pair entered their sixth straight semi-final when they beat Sander Groen and Florian Mayer at the Malaysia ATP Challenger.
Meanwhile, Mahesh Bhupathi and Radek Stepanek from the Czech Republic advanced to the third round, beating Spaniard Guillermo Garcia-Lopez and Filippo Volandri of Italy.
New coach Rainer Schuettler's experience as a former player at the top level has been invaluable for Wimbledon champion Angelique Kerber and the world number two believes her poor end to last season is truly behind her.
Second seed David Nalbandian of Argentina will play Kristian Piess of Denmark in the first round of the Chennai Open.
Deutsche Bank plans to increase its presence in India by opening eight more branches in a couple of months and strengthen its retail portfolio.
Paradorn Srichaphan downed Germany's Rainer Schuettler 6-3, 6-3 in the first round of the China Open.
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