- Tuesday
- April 15th, 2025

To add another lens to the event, I will refer briefly to two accounts – one intellectual and long-distant one and the other a direct witness – of the killings in Calcutta, from Nirad C Chaudhuri and Ashis Nandy. Chaudhuri...

For nearly a decade, students from the North East looked forward to having a dedicated hostel for them at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi.In 2016, the university had signed an agreement with the central government’s North East Council, which...

A fire broke out at a government-run hospital here on Monday night, prompting the evacuation of nearly 200 patients, officials said. No casualties have been reported. Deputy CM Brajesh Pathak said. Videos that smoke was first noticed on the second...

Two writers from India – Parul Kaushik and Tino de Sa – and one each from Bangladesh – Faria Basher – and Pakistan – Tahoor Bari – have been shortlisted for the The Commonwealth Short Story Prize, Asian region.The prize...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday hailed lawyer Chettur Sankaran Nair who took the then British government to court over the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre in Amritsar. Addressing a gathering in Yamunanagar, Modi said Sunday (April 13) marked the 106th anniversary...

Political parties tried to outdo one another in staking claim on Dr B R Ambedkar’s political legacy on his 135th birth anniversary on Monday. However, BJP Rajya Sabha MP Surendra Singh Nagar, who is also a secretary of the party,...

Even as Gujarat BJP is in process of overhauling its state organisation under Sangathan Parv with the selection of new district and mandal heads, appointment to the post of Ahmedabad city president is keenly awaited. It is among the few...

Congress MLA Indira Meena Jaipur: Congress MLA Indira Meena had an altercation with a local BJP leader in Sawaimadhopur district over the installation of a commemorative plaque at the site of a statue of Dr B R Ambedkar. A video...

In the predawn hours of April 12, a fire on the Dhaka University campus reduced a 20-foot bamboo-and-cane sculpture called the “face of fascism” to ash. A papier-mâché dove, symbolising peace, was also charred.The arson attack on the artwork was...

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