Sure, a virus and a disease that has killed thousands is not a laughing matter. But WTF when everybody is WFH… *** A for Antakshari Traditional time-pass of “Yale” grads …
*** Many years ago, a young colleague was waiting for an autorickshaw at a bus stop in Delhi, when a car pulled up and the driver appeared to ask for …
The Pejawar swami’s decision to offer a vegetarian iftar breakfast to Muslims at the Sri Krishna Mutt has riled the thugs of Hindutva, notwithstanding seer’s own dubious role in the …
The Hindu breaks through its self-imposed shackles with a sexy story from Siddapur in Coorg, where the Orange County resort is located:
From Star of Mysore: Mysore, September 6: People usually like to forget the mistakes they committed in the past and would seldom want to recall them. But here is a …
From Deccan Herald: The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday adjourned a matter pertaining to anointing the deity at Melkote’s Yoganarasimhaswamy temple with a nama. The Court was hearing a petition …
Amarnath Tewary on the BBC website: “A Dutch couple visiting India’s Bihar state, were charged an astronomical 10,000 rupees ($204) for four samosas, the spicy potato-stuffed snack. They paid the …
The under-19 Indian team which won the World Cup last Sunday had only one player from Bombay: Iqbal Abdulla. The left-arm spinner had a 10-wicket haul in Malaysia, and was …
TRIVANDRUM: A thief who made off with a tailor’s pet dog from Cochin a year ago has belatedly made repentance by leaving a puppy at the house and also pledging …
Two standout pieces of news from the papers today; stories that shine a light on the India id est Bharat. Item #1: Pandit Basanna Konalli, a dalit boy hailing from …
Brokers at the Bombay Stock Exchange are clamouring for vaastu experts to be brought in to change the direction of the bronze bull statue that has been erected at the …
BOMBAY: The filmi ambitions of 150 producers will be realised this Friday when Humne jeena seekh liya hits the screens, reports Nitin Patil in the Indian Express. The second co-operative …
NAGPUR: The originator of HMT (Sona) rice variety Dadaji Khobragade has decided to return his Krishi Bhushan award to Maharashtra chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh after discovering that the 14 carat …
NADIA, West Bengal: A woman cricketer who had been a regular in the Bengal under-19 team killed herself yesterday after failing to make the State’s senior squad. Twenty-three-year-old Jhuma Sarkar—trained …
Ananthakrishna, a widower who stabbed his son, Avinash, to death, unable to withstand his vices, and then hanged himself in Bangalore on Wednesday, has left a suicide note: “God is …
News item in Star of Mysore: Bangalore: After staying in Ramanashree Comforts and Prakruti Resorts on the outskirts of Bangalore, the MLAs of JD(S), owing allegience to H.D. Kumaraswamy moved …
Rajiv Gandhi it was who said that of every rupee that is benevolently sent in the direction of India’s poor, only 14 paise reaches its intended target. No wonder. New …
# New Delhi: Sharad Pawar‘s agriculture ministry approves the import of 790,000 tonnes of wheat from Australia at $390 a tonne. This works out to roughly Rs 1,600 per quintal, …
Patna: The protests by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad against the Centre’s submission that there was no “historical record” to show that Lord Rama existed affected emergency services. A pregnant woman …
NEW DELHI: Actor Sanjay Dutt, responding to a question on the controversy surrounding his reported use of a government car for his pilgrimage to the Vaishno Devi cave shrine, has …
NEW DELHI: A television sting operation has bared a lady mathematics teacher allegedly filming her girl students in a “compromising position”. The girls claimed that the teacher, Uma Khurana, was …
RANCHI: Bokaro Deputy Commissioner Praveen Toppo has been issued a show-cause notice after television footage showed him touching the feet of JMM President Shibu Soren when he reached Bokaro yesterday. …
JODHPUR: Salman Khan is keeping himself busy in Jodhpur central jail reading the spiritual book God Speaks gifted to him by girlfriend Katrina Kaif. On Sunday, the actor met his …
Police in Moradabad have registered a case against Union human resource development minister Arjun Singh, his wife Beena Singh, grandson Abhijeet Singh, and three others on charges of dowry harassment. …
“For every celebrated token of women’s empowerment like the first female President and every Kiran Bedi who complains of being passed over, there’s a Sunita and a Kajal in Mother …