Polling begins in Gujarat
Ahmedabad: Voting for the first phase of the assembly elections in Gujarat began Thursday at 8 a.m., officials said. Polling will end at 5 p.m….
China promises to give importance to India ties
New Delhi: China’s new leaders have promised that they will give “great importance” to relations with India, Minister of State for External Affairs Preneet Kaur…
RIP Ravi Shankar: the sitar gently weeps
New Delhi: He was a classical musician in the purest sense and was also dubbed the ‘godfather of world music’ by Beatles friend George Harrison….
Stress among army officers being studied
New Delhi: The Indian government has undertaken a study to determine the level of distress among young army officers, Defence Minister A.K. Antony said today….
Bihar to bring speech recognition technology to jails
Patna: The Bihar government plans to record voices of all prisoners through an advanced speech recognition technology besides holding prisoner ‘darbars’ to redress their grievances,…
Ravi Shankar: a man of numerous awards, recognitions
New Delhi: From India’s highest civil honour Bharat Ratna to the global music world’s prized Grammy, which he won thrice, sitar maestro Ravi Shankar was…
No probe yet on Italian bribery allegations
New Delhi” The government said Wednesday that it had not started a formal probe into bribery allegations over the sale of VVIP helicopters to India…
Activists call for debate on India’s nuclear power programme
Chennai: The People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE) has called for a national debate on India’s ambitious nuclear power programme and making it an issue…
This man strives to keep Islamic art calligraphy alive
Mumbai: Islamic art has been Mohammed Jamshed’s biggest passion for over two decades. So much so that he weaves in calligraphed holy verses from Quran…
Coastline vulnerable to illegal activities: Government
New Delhi: India’s winding coastline is vulnerable to “illegal cross border activities”, the government has said. According to Minister of State for Home R.P.N. Singh,…