India

J&K govt says claims of Soz detention false, SC closes case

30 Jul 2020 06:36 AM IST

The Supreme Court on Wednesday closed the habeas corpus petition filed by senior Congress leader and former Union minister Saifuddin Soz’s wife challenging his detention order. The Jammu & Kashmir administration informed the apex court that Soz was not placed under detention. A bench comprising Justices Arun Mishra, Vineet Saran

The power of vision in the time of corona

29 Jul 2020 06:07 AM IST

Dr Rahil Chaudhary holds the record for maximum laser specs removal surgeries in India. He talks about the future of Indian medicine.

100 attacks on Dalits in 14 months in Andhra: Chandrababu Naidu

29 Jul 2020 06:07 AM IST

The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) has alleged that attacks on Dalits in Andhra Pradesh have become common since Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy became chief minister of the state. TDP president N. Chandrababu Naidu claimed that there have been about 100 attacks in the past 14 months, including tonsuring, gang rapes and

Fashion faces a ‘chicken and egg’ situation: Rahul Mishra

28 Jul 2020 05:30 AM IST

Well-known fashion designer Rahul Mishra advises fellow designers not to panic in these Covid times. He wants them to start working on their own and not wait for orders to first come in.

Govt apathy forces family to keep Covid patient’s body at home for 18 hours

28 Jul 2020 05:30 AM IST

A family in Kolkata’s Behala area was forced to keep at home the body of a 55-year-old coronavirus patient for 18 hours. According to sources, the patient’s family members tried to contact Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) officials, the local councillor and the police but received no response from them in

Elderly people need special care in Covid times

27 Jul 2020 06:16 AM IST

We need to recognise, respect and celebrate the contribution and dedication of our senior citizens towards building the very society which we are living in.

Sex racket busted in Agra farmhouse, hotels

27 Jul 2020 06:16 AM IST

The police have busted a sex racket in Agra being run in a private farmhouse owned by a local politician, guest houses and hotels. According to the police, an FIR has been lodged in the matter by Additional Superintendent of Police, Saurabh Dixit. After a raid at the politician’s farmhouse

Wedding design a ‘global’ language: Ambika Gupta

25 Jul 2020 06:44 AM IST

‘Eight years ago, it was a struggle to say that you are a wedding designer. Things have changed now,’ says the award-winning wedding designer.

Kidnapped Kanpur lab techie killed, search for body continues

25 Jul 2020 06:43 AM IST

The techie, who was kidnapped on 22 June in Kanpur, was murdered on 26- 27 June by his friends and his body was thrown into the Pandu river, said police on Friday. SSP Dinesh Kumar Prabhu said that the information about the murder of Sanjeet Yadav, a lab technician, was

The art of restoring timeless architecture

24 Jul 2020 07:03 AM IST

With its foundation laid in 1348, and with various elements added over the next 700 years, the City Palace of Karauli is an irreplaceable record of medieval history. It needs to be preserved for posterity.