Writers dish out racy thrillers for Indian readers
byNew Delhi: Move over fine writing, thrillers are spurring creativity among new Indian authors. Critics say thrillers with Indian twists are fetching mega bucks in…
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The Chetan Bhagat Phenomenon
byCome 2012, and Chetan Bhagat’s newest release, a series of selected essays previously published in newspapers as columns made their way to book stores…
At Delhi Book Fair : e-books the flavour
byNew Delhi: The 18th Delhi Book Fair began here today with e-books and e-publishing the focus of the nine-day event that will see more…
International Day for Disappeared Persons: Srinagar mourns in the memory of lost ones
bySrinagar: On the occasion of International Day for Disappeared Persons, the Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP) and their families paid tributes to…
A Mid-Night’s Summer Dream (With apologies to William Shakespeare)
byFamilies of friends, living in the same mohalla on the fringes of Delhi, and facing regular black outs during summer, enact after a mid…
World Bank aided multimillion dollar Himachal road project in 32% cost overruns
byShimla: Struggling to cope up with a completely broken up major road for three years, the US $ 303.43 million World Bank funded Himachal…
‘World Dumps in Africa, India Helps Build Capacity’
byNew Delhi: The world is using Africa as a dumping ground for its products but only India is helping the continent in capacity building, a…
Housing census shows improved quality of life in Himachal
byShimla: Improving standards of living in the hill state over the 2011 -2011 decade was reflected in the household census as number of quality…
Uttarakhand govt finally wakes up to cleaning the Ganga
byDehradun : Over 11 years after the formation of this small mountain state the Uttarakhand government has woken to the need of a clean…
Stabilize strata before laying Shimla law chambers – IIT Roorkee
byShimla: Construction work of a lawyers chamber coming up in defiance of topographic constraints near the High Court that has not only endangered a…