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UP, Maharashtra ministers hold talks on Shivaji memorial in Agra

AGRA, Aug. 2 -- Uttar Pradesh higher education minister Yogendra Upadhyaya met Maharashtra culture minister Ashish Shelar in Mumbai and invited him to visit Agra to review progress on the proposed mem... Read More


Shahjahanpur murder accused shot in leg during escape attempt

MEERUT, Aug. 2 -- A 20-year-old man accused of murder allegedly attacked a police constable with a knife and attempted to escape custody in Shahjahanpur district early Saturday, said police. Police fi... Read More


Panel managing Banke Bihari Temple mulls enhancing darshan time

Agra, Aug. 2 -- The Supreme Court-constituted high powered committee, for the management of Banke Bihari Temple, Vrindavan, is mulling over the idea to enhance the timing of darshan at the temple and ... Read More


This is us: Films for the family

India, Aug. 2 -- "Do you remember that story Dadu used to tell," can be a heart-breaking question when the grandfather is no longer around to answer it. In this way, we quietly lose family lore, treas... Read More


The birds and the beeps

India, Aug. 2 -- Have you heard recordings of the otherworldly sounds of whales? I was fortunate to hear for myself the click-clicking of sperm whales, as a pod with two youngsters swam alongside us i... Read More


EC extends electoral roll revision dates in Odisha, t'gana

New Delhi, Aug. 2 -- The Election Commission of India has extended the schedule for the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Odisha and Telangana after the two states sought ... Read More


Anti-paper leak bill gets President's nod

New Delhi, Aug. 2 -- President Droupadi Murmu on Friday, gave her assent to a law raising the punishment for unfair means in public examinations, days after the Bill was pushed through the Lok Sabha b... Read More


Mum schools ban junk food after FDA order

MUMBAI, Aug. 2 -- Schools across the city have begun removing junk food from their canteens after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) directed educational institutions to stop storing and selling f... Read More


Contractor, officials' lapses led to manhole death, says BMC panel

Mumbai, Aug. 2 -- A Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) fact-finding committee has blamed both the contractor and officials from the K East ward's maintenance department for lapses that led to th... Read More


English-speaking India's King Lear moment

India, Aug. 2 -- Some weeks ago, four of us, women aged between 60 and 70, entered a lift at an upscale (but not luxury) housing society on Sohna Road, Gurgaon. We were laughing and talking. The lift ... Read More