Mentally challenged researcher abducted, gang-raped in Delhi, 3 held

An Odisha-based woman with mental illness, who has previously worked as a researcher, was kidnapped and gang-raped in the Sarai Kale Khan area of New Delhi last month and three men have been......

Marathi, Bengali among 5 languages to get classical tag

The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved conferring classical language status to Marathi, Pali, Prakrit, Assamese and Bengali languages. IMAGE: Kindly note that this image has been posted for......

Pradhan's call to rename 156-yr-old Odisha varsity sparks a row

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan's suggestion to rename the 156-year-old Ravenshaw University in Cuttack has sparked a political row with Opposition Biju Janata Dal and Congress......

Puri Jagannath temple's Ratna Bhandar reopened after 46 years

Ratna Bhandar, the revered treasury of the 12th-century Jagannath temple in Puri, was reopened on Sunday after 46 years for an inventory of valuables and the repair of its structure, officials......

India is Wikipedia's fifth largest market

Online encyclopedia Wikipedia has a long-term commitment to India and is focussing on bringing more users to its platform by meeting language needs of communities and introducing tools to ease......

'Odisha Rasagola' bags much-awaited GI tag

Since 2015, Odisha has been embroiled in a bitter battle over the origin of the delicacy with West Bengal, which had in 2017 secured the GI tag for 'Banglar Rasogolla'. Odisha on Monday bagged the......

Regional languages rule TV!

The four south Indian languages grew by 7% while regional languages within the Hindi speaking markets (such as Bhojpuri, Bangla, Marathi, etc) grew by 26%.Urvi Malvania reports. Photograph: Ahmad......

The babu who planned demonetisation

'GST had to come close on the heels of demonetisation as part of the same package,' Shaktikanta Das tells Subhomoy Bhattacharjee.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Though I had asked him for......

'Manthan Never Looked As Good As It Does Now'

'The problems that the film explores still remain.''It was a different time when we made the film. We were young and we thought we could change the world.' IMAGE: Smita Patil and Girish Karnad in......

President Honours Suman Kalyanpur

IMAGE: Richly deserved! President Droupadi Murmu presents singer Suman Kalyanpur with the Padma Bhushan. Photograph: Rashtrapati Bhavan Suman Kalyanpur was awarded India's third highest civilian......

'Godard is never of the past'

'He provokes you intellectually so hard that you really break out of your shell and come up with something creative.''He can extract a creation out of you, such is the power of Godard and his......

Ajay Devgn, Suriya win National Awards

IMAGE: Aparrna Balamurali and Suriya in Soorarai Pottru. Tamil film Soorarai Pottru won the National Award for Best Feature at the 68th National Film Awards for 2020. The film, inspired by the......

Hockey World Cup kicks off with glittering ceremony in Odisha

IMAGE: Actress Disha Patani enthralled the audience at the FIH World Cup opening on Wednesday. Photograph: Twitter Men's Hockey World Cup, 2023 got underway on Wednesday evening with a spectacular......

If India wants to win Gold in Paris...

'If we want to ensure this isn't a once-in-four-decade phenomenon, then we have to produce 1,800 players all the time, create infrastructure, so that we are constantly challenging at the top of the......

Think you know a lot about Sport? Take this challenge!

Norma Godinho challenges sporting know-it-alls. IMAGE: August 25, 2019. P V Sindhu wins the World Championship final against Japan's Nozomi Okuhara. Photograph: Vincent Kessler/Reuters   Just......