Padmi Shri to Nadaswaram doyen Seshampatti T. Sivalingam
Chennai, April 22 - Music maestro Seshampatti T. Sivalingam, a doyen of 'Nadaswaram', has been conferred with Padma Shri award.
Maha 2024 R-Day glory: 6 Padma Bhushans & 6 Padma Shris at President’s event
Mumbai, April 22 - Six eminent persons from Maharashtra were conferred the Padma Bhushan -- the maximum in the country, plus six more were honoured with the Padma Shri, the nation's third and fourth highest civilian awards, by President Droupadi Murmu, at a
Gujarat’s Padma awardees include pioneers in medicine, literature and beyond
Ahmedabad, April 22 - Six persons from Gujarat have been conferred the Padma awards, recognizing their exceptional contributions in various fields.
Manifesto Promises Manifest: Maharashtra villages fully ‘electrified’, state got new air & rail links in 10 years
Mumbai, April 22 - In August 2015, Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised to provide electricity to all the 5,95,464 villages dotting the country and in April 2018, he confirmed 'mission accomplished'. Lauding the achievement, the global power watchdog, the International Energy Agency (IEA)
UP’s glass skywalk to open after Lok Sabha polls in Chitrakoot
Chitrakoot (Uttar Pradesh), April 18 - Uttar Pradesh will soon get its first-ever glass skywalk bridge, which will be set against the picturesque backdrop of Tulsi Waterfalls in the Markundi range of the Chitrakoot forest division.
Ahead of polls, Kangana Ranaut visits Dalai Lama in McLeodganj
Dharamsala, April 15 - Bollywood actress and BJP nominee from the Mandi Lok Sabha seat in Himachal Pradesh, Kangana Ranaut, on Monday met Buddhist spiritual leader The Dalai Lama at the latter's residence in McLeodganj near here.
Viksit Bharat Ambassadors Meet-up: Piyush Goyal calls for grand Ram Navami celebrations, Sonu Nigam croons Ram bhajan
Mumbai, April 12 - At the Viksit Bharat Ambassadors Meet-up on Friday, Union Minister Piyush Goyal said the country has seen exponential growth in the last 10 years under the Narendra Modi government, as he urged everyone to celebrate the Ram Navami festival,
Manga comics for social change launched in India, Japan
New Delhi, April 12 - Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) on Friday said that it has launched a Manga comic titled "India Calling Me Now," aimed at raising gender awareness, simultaneously in India and Japan, in collaboration with publishing company Kodansha.
Meet Gopi Thotakura: India’s first pilot to journey into space as a tourist
New Delhi, April 12 - Gopi Thotakura, a pilot, is set to become the first Indian to travel to the edge of space on Blue Origin’s next flight.
Salman Khan to star in A.R. Murugadoss’ ‘Sikandar’; release set for Eid 2025
New Delhi, April 11 - Soon after he revolutionised Indian film music with 'Babul mora naihar', top classical musicians, meeting in Calcutta, decided that Ustad Faiyyaz Khan, who had sung the thumri earlier, should tie a ritual thread to K. L. Saigal to
Kishori Amonkar: Innovative Hindustani music diva who saw music as path to ‘happiness’
New Delhi, April 10 - Blazing her path to becoming one of Hindustani music's foremost virtuosos, she did not achieve her status with just her incomparably melodious voice, but also her willingness to shake up things a bit by questioning age-old precepts of
‘Trial By Fire’ and ‘Kohrra’ made everyone notice my range: Filmmaker Randeep Jha
New Delhi, April 10 - In 'Trial By Fire', he stunned his audiences with a spectacle of honesty and purity that can inspire an inner silence.
‘Maruti Ki Pran Pratishtha’: When Narendra Modi penned a poem highlighting tribals’ plights in 1983
New Delhi, April 9 - As Ayodhya readies for the first Ram Navami celebrations after the Pran Pratishtha of the grand Ram Temple by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on January 22 this year, an old incident has come to the fore showing the
Preparations on for ‘Surya Abhishek’ of Ram Lalla on April 17
Ayodhya (UP), April 9 - Huge crowds are expected in Ayodhya on Ram Navami on April 17 to witness the ‘Surya Abhishek’ of Ram Lalla when the rays of the sun fall on his forehead.
Now get square-shaped watermelons this summer
Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh), April 8 - A new hybrid and export variety of watermelon and melon ‘Saraswati’ is all set to hit UP markets this summer.
J&K: Thousands congregate for prayers on last Friday of Ramadan
Srinagar, April 5 - Thousands of devout Muslims offered congregational prayers in Jammu and Kashmir on the last Friday of the ongoing month of Ramadan.
Dalai Lama receives Lord Buddha relics from Sri Lanka
Dharamsala, April 4 - In a rare spiritual gesture, Lord Buddha's sacred relics, housed at a holy temple in Sri Lanka, were offered to Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama at his residence here in Himachal Pradesh on Thursday.
J&K’s Gulmarg Gondola cable car project earns record Rs 110 cr in FY 2023-24
Srinagar, April 3 - Breaking all previous records, the Gulmarg ski resort Gondola cable car project has earned a revenue of Rs 110 crore in FY 2023-2024 ferrying over a million tourists and locals.
Suvinder Vicky, the ‘Kohrra’ actor everyone is talking about
New Delhi, April 2 - He recalls the time when a few years back, after earning Rs 5,000 in a theatre production, he took the next train out to Mumbai. Of course, the money did not last long and he was back in
How PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijlee Yojna has transformed people’s lives in Assam
New Delhi, April 2 - PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijlee Yojana is not only helping fulfill the shortage of electricity in Assam but also providing multiple benefits to people availing it, Sailen Kakoti, the first beneficiary of the scheme in the state, said