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Gulzar, Rambhadracharya selected for Jnanpith Award

This year marks the second time the award is conferred for Sanskrit literature and the fifth time for Urdu literature

18 Feb 2024 12:55 AM IST

(L to R): Chowdhary Charan Singh, PV Narasimha Rao, MS Swaminathan.

PV Narasimha Rao, MS Swaminathan, Chowdhary Charan Singh conferred...

The move to confer the Bharat Ratna to Narasimha Rao was seen as a subtle message to the Gandhis

10 Feb 2024 1:10 AM IST

Senior BJP leader LK Advani.

Ramjanmabhoomi Movement Reclaimed Secularism: Advani

Advani said that the entire country is now enveloped in a -"Ram-maya-" atmosphere

14 Jan 2024 1:38 AM IST

President Droupadi Murmu, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar and Prime Minister Narendra Modi with newly sworn in Chief Information Commissioner Heeralal Samariya at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi, Monday, Nov. 6, 2023. (PTI)

Heeralal Samariya new Chief Information Commissioner

Samariya, the first Dalit to have been appointed to the post, was working as information commissioner in the...

7 Nov 2023 1:54 AM IST

A statue of former cricketer Sachin Tendulkar being inaugurated at the Wankhede Stadium, on the eve of the ICC Mens Cricket World Cup 2023 match between India and Sri Lanka, in Mumbai, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. (PTI Photo)

Statue of India batting great Sachin Tendulkar unveiled at Mumbai...

The statue at Tendulkar's home ground was inaugurated by Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde

2 Nov 2023 2:01 AM IST

Father of Green Revolution MS Swaminathan No More

Father of Green Revolution MS Swaminathan No More

Swaminathan was commended by Nobel laureate Norman Borlaug as the driving force behind the Green Revolution in Asia

28 Sept 2023 11:28 PM IST

Jaya Verma Sinha. (Linkedin)

Jaya Verma Sinha first woman to head Railway Board

She will assume charge on or after September 1 and her tenure will be till August 31, 2024

31 Aug 2023 10:35 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (PTI)

80% Indians Have Favourable View of PM Modi: Pew Survey

Views of India are most positive in Israel, where 71 per cent say they have a favourable view of the country, the report...

30 Aug 2023 11:44 PM IST

Malala said the Taliban knew women will get empowered by education and therefore they were against girls going to school as they did not want women to be equal to men. (Photo: AP)

Malala Yousafzai slams Taliban for hijab decree, urges world leaders...

Malala urged world leaders to hold Taliban accountable for violating the human rights of Afghan women

10 May 2022 1:36 PM IST

In visuals that were widely shared, the toddler was seen in the arms of his mother, who was picking him up from Sunflower School in Malabar Hill. (ByArrangement)

Mukesh Ambani's Grandson, Prithvi's first day of school

Mukesh and Nita Ambani, attended his first day of school on Tuesday

16 March 2022 12:46 AM IST

Sonal Kapoor with children of Protsahan. (By Arrangement)

Ordinary women, extraordinary contributions

Women are the best judges of what women need as these trailblazers have prooved

8 March 2022 12:03 AM IST

Miss Universe 2021 Harnaaz Sandhu (Miss India) speaks to reporters after winning the 70th Miss Universe beauty pageant in Israels southern Red Sea coastal city of Eilat on December 13, 2021. (AFP)

'Chak de phatte India', says Harnaaz Sandhu after becoming Miss...

The 21-year-old model has previously bagged numerous pageant titles including LIVA Miss Diva Universe 2021 and Femina...

13 Dec 2021 2:15 PM IST