Category: NEWS

When I first met my Guru, Ustad Zakir Hussain (Zakirbhai as I fondly called him), I was just five years old. My family had organised a musical programme of Pandit Jasraj and Ustad Zakir Hussain to honour the memory of my maternal grandmother, Sarojben Vyas. Backstage, I wandered into the green room, captivated by the…

A 56-year-old man was carrying his seven-year-old grandson in his arms, walking down a street in Delhi’s Adarsh Nagar this morning. It was 10:11 am and a speeding Hyundai Santro rammed them, running the car over the boy. The man, Rajesh Kumar Kamra, and his grandson, Mannat, were injured in the accident which was caught…

The special two-day Lok Sabha debate on the Constitution, necessitated by the Opposition’s campaign that the Constitution is under threat—their key campaign theme during the Lok Sabha elections—saw government benches highlighting the lapses of past Congress regimes. Leaders of the ruling coalition also used the opportunity to underscore the achievements of the Narendra Modi government….

Tech giant Google on Monday announced the appointment of Preeti Lobana as the new country manager and vice president for India. She succeeds Sanjay Gupta, who recently transitioned to an elevated role as President of the Asia Pacific region at Google. As the new Country Manager and Vice President for India, Ms Lobana will play…

Twelve Indian nationals were found dead at a restaurant in Georgia’s mountain resort of Gudauri, according to the Indian mission here. Georgia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs said in a statement that no signs of injuries or signs of violence were detected in an initial inspection. All victims died from carbon monoxide poisoning, local media reported,…

There is no end in sight for the controversy surrounding the Champions Trophy 2025. The competition was supposed to take place in Pakistan but India refused to travel citing security reasons. The decision taken by India led to massive discussions about the future of the tournament with a ‘hybrid’ strategy emerging as the most favourable…

In a major concern for Ukraine and its allies, as well as US billionaire Elon Musk, the Russian Military has reportedly developed an advanced system which could detect and locate signals from enemy unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UAVs) that connect to satellite systems such as Starlink. The new Russian system, dubbed as the ‘Starlink killer’,…

Eleven key ministers from Maharashtra’s ruling alliance Mahayuti have been dropped from the brand new government headed by Devendra Fadnavis, giving rise to considerable disquiet among their supporters. Protests have broken out in pockets by supporters of some of the leaders – especially in Yeola by supporters of Chaggan Bhujbal. Of the three constituents of…

Prithvi Shaw’s fall from prodigy to prodigal has been swift and seemingly irreversible, but Shreyas Iyer feels the Mumbai batter can touch the deserved heights if he “gets his work ethics right.” Shaw gave glimpses of his immense talent in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, which Mumbai bagged under Shreyas, while making 197 runs over…

A constitutional amendment bill for holding Lok Sabha and assembly elections simultaneously is likely to be introduced in Parliament on Tuesday and could be referred to a joint committee of the two Houses. A top government functionary said the Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Ninth Amendment) Bill, 2024, popularly referred to as the Bill on “One…