India had a prime meridian of its own much ahead of the Greenwich meridian and it was called "madhya rekha", which passed through the city of Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh, according to a new Class-6......
How does blatantly claiming Indian territory help to maintain 'peace in border regions', is a mystery that only China can explain, notes Claude Arpi. IMAGE: Upgraded L-70 air defence guns deployed......
Will G20 showcase an India that is inclusive, culturally rich, diverse and tolerant, asks Ramesh Menon. IMAGE: Prime Minister N D Modi at the G20 all-party meeting in New Delhi. All photographs:......
"Nari shakti" and women empowerment dominated the theme of tableaux of Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and Tripura at the Republic Day parade here on Thursday. IMAGE: Kerala presents......
India took over the G20 presidency on December 1, 2022 and the government decided to illuminate India's G20 logo at some of the nation's most iconic locations for a week. Take a look: ......
The Reserve Bank will launch Rs 200 banknotes for the first time on Friday, increasing the availability of lower denomination currency in the system. The bright yellow coloured notes will hit the......
On many days, economy class seats are not available and only business class tickets are being sold. One-way tickets of Jet Airways between Mumbai-Kathmandu have zoomed to Rs 50,000 in October and......
India regards Indonesia as one of its most important partners in the neighbourhood, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in an interview he gave to the Indonesian newspaper Kompas on the eve of his visit......
If budget policy started changing around the mid-1980s, it is for a reason. The original oak wood table used by successive finance ministers, right from the time of the interim government before......
India's annual rate of inflation rose 0.6 per cent for the week ended June 13, even as prices of food items like pulses, cereals, fruit and vegetables increased compared to last year.......
'When democracy first came to Bhutan people had no idea and they were like 'What is that?' 'Oh it's that thing they have in India where the leaders are always fighting and arguing'.' IMAGE: A......
Don't you love going on a holiday? Bollywood stars love it too! And they are recording their travels with lovely pictures on social media. Photograph: Kind courtesy Mithila Palkar/Instagram......
Manisha Koirala is traveling in her native Nepal. Check out the beautiful pictures and the beautiful captions to each picture. Manisha chants Om Mani Padme Hum. In the pinewoods of......
This is the ongoing festival's third edition. Anurag Kashyap's Ugly, his first directorial venture since the widely acclaimed Gangs of Wasseypur that came out in 2012, was screened on day two of......
The sight of a haloed M K Thyagaraja Bhagavathar or P U Chinnappa at their vocal best was what set Tamil cinema going. Today, actors with top billing do one-off songs or an entire album, if......
IMAGE: India's Italian Head Coach Massimo Costantini with Manika Batra. Photograph: X India will compete in the men's and women's table tennis team event at the Olympics for the first time at the......
Our correspondent Bikash Mohapatra travels to the centre of theIndia-- trying to rediscover the country again. Journey to the centre of the country It is a fact. Geographically, Nagpur lies in the......