Four people, claiming to be members of the right-wing Shiv Sena party, were on Sunday arrested for creating a ruckus during the performance of a play by Pakistani artistes in this millennium city, police said. The play ‘Banjh’ (barren) by seven Pakistani artistes, including two women, was being staged late on Saturday evening in sector […]
New Delhi, Moroccan King Mohammed VI arrives here Sunday, among the first African leaders to come here for the October 26-29 India Africa Forum Summit. This is the fourth visit of King Mohammed VI to India. He first came here in 1983, at the age of 20, as the crown prince and since then has […]
Jammu, Two civilians were injured in overnight shelling by Pakistan Rangers in Samba district of Jammu region, police said on Sunday. “Pakistan Rangers started shelling and firing at 9.20 p.m. yesterday (Saturday) on the international border in Samba district,” a senior police officer told IANS in Jammu. “The BSF (Border Security Force) effectively retaliated and […]
Google ‘celebrated’ the 94th birthday of R.K. Laxman legendary cartoonist, and creator of ‘The Common Man’ with a special Doodle on Saturday. The doodle, in black-and-white — just like Laxman’s sketches which created history — depicts a studio in three parts, comprising his work desk, the artist sitting on a chair drawing his famous ‘Common […]
The Maharashtra government plans to erect a befitting memorial to the legendary cartoonist and creator of ‘The Common Man’, R.K. Laxman, on the campus of the Sir J.J. School of Arts here, a family member said here on Friday. Ironically, this is the same institution which had rejected admission of the young Laxman in the […]
New Delhi- The Sahitya Akademi for the first time on Friday condemned the killings of writers and urged the writers to take back the awards they returned in anguish against the Akademi’s silence so far on the issue. The appeal followed a meeting of the Akademi’s executive board, Krishnaswamy Nachimuthu, an Akademi member and a […]
Tension gripped the hilly Bhaderwah town in Jammu region on Friday over allegations that miscreants desecrated the Quran. Shops, public transport, businesses and educational institutions remained closed in the town of Kishtwar district after Muslims alleged that during Thursday’s Dussehra celebrations in the town, miscreants burnt some pages of the Quran. On Friday, Muslim youth […]
Ritualism and traditions, once going out of fashion, are back in favour in Braj Mandal, the ‘Leela Bhoomi’ of Sri Krishna-Radha. Each year the religious processions are growing longer and the noise pollution higher. According to Pandit Jugal Kishore Shrotriya of Sri Mathuradheesh temple in Agra, immersion of Durga is the first opportunity, after Ganesh […]
I ndia’s transitional or rurban zones, the rural pockets that are being transformed into urban ones, have a higher carbon footprint than rural pockets, say experts, stressing the need to include these places in the planning and governance process. “Transitional regions are important as most of the planning processes leave out these regions and hence […]
In this ancient pilgrimage town of Himachal Pradesh, known for the 13th century old Lord Shiva temple, the effigy of demon king Ravana doesn’t go up in flames on Dussehra. Locals believe that Ravana was devotee of Lord Shiva and burning his effigy will invite the wrath of Lord Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction. […]