- Tuesday
- May 13th, 2025

The traffic control branch of the Pune city police has announced road closures and traffic diversions in Pune on Monday, April 14, in observance of Ambedkar Jayanti, which celebrates the birth anniversary of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar. This day will be...

A madrasa in Madhya Pradesh’s Panna district was demolished on Saturday, April 12, becoming the first Muslim-owned structure to come under scrutiny under the newly implemented Waqf Amendment Act. The madrasa, located in BD Colony and reportedly standing for nearly...

The essay that appeared recently on Scroll, “Literary translation and its discontents”, by Jayasree Kalathil, brought back memories of my earlier talks and essays written on the subject as an author. One of them “To pierce a mustard seed and...

As the Indian Premier League (IPL) excitement continues, a dramatic moment unfolded in the stadium when fans got into a heated tussle over a Punjab Kings jersey tossed at the audience by Preity Zinta. In a video filmed by someone...

Last year, Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s slim novella White Nights became an online sensation on Bookstagram, with thousands of posts, fan art, and gushing reviews flooding every timeline. The Penguin Classics edition of the book comprises the titular long story and a...

Veteran Kathak dancer Kumudini Lakhia died in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad on Saturday. She was 95.Lakhia was cremated on Saturday afternoon, The Indian Express reported. She lived with her daughter Maitreyi Hattangadi, also a dancer, in Ahmedabad. Her son is based in...

Although it has been quite a while since speculations started swirling regarding a potential rift between the Bachchans, no member of the family has addressed the matter so far. The rumours gained strength after Aishwarya Rai and her daughter, Aaradhya,...

In February, I had the good fortune to participate in the Faiz Festival in Lahore. I had heard a lot about the famed Pakistani mehmaan nawaazi (hospitality) from friends who had been there. This was what I experienced too. The...

The Uttarakhand High Court on Saturday stayed an ongoing demolition drive against “encroachments” on water bodies and seasonal streams in Dehradun, warning that arbitrary action under the guise of court orders would not be tolerated, reported The Indian Express.The court’s...

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