Once famous for Maoist violence, Bastar is now becoming a tourist destination for many. Appreciating the efforts of the state government and security forces in this transformation, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said that if Maoists give up arms in Bastar it will attract more tourists than Kashmir. “Maa Danteshwari has given immense…

Zakir Hussain, the peerless tabla player and multiple Grammy award winner, is critical and in a US hospital over serious heart-related ailments, his family said on Sunday. His manager, Nirmala Bachani, said the artist he has been in a San Francisco hospital for the last two weeks. “My brother is deeply ill at this time….