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Samajwadi Party MPs seek rollback of Jauhar University demolition notices

MEERUT, July 26 -- A 10-member delegation of Samajwadi Party (SP) MPs on Saturday met Rampur district magistrate Ajay Kumar Dwivedi and sought the withdrawal of demolition notices issued for 38 buildi... Read More


Sarnath inscribed on Unesco World Heritage List

VARANASI, July 26 -- Twenty-eight years after entering UNESCO's Tentative List, Sarnath, where Lord Buddha delivered his first sermon after attaining enlightenment, has been inscribed on the UNESCO Wo... Read More


Monsoon likely to intensifyin UP from Monday: IMD

LUCKNOW, July 26 -- The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday forecast widespread heavy to very heavy rainfall across Uttar Pradesh from Monday. The weatherman said monsoon activity would ... Read More


Shots heardaround the world

India, July 26 -- "Travel becomes a strategy for accumulating photographs," the American essayist Susan Sontag wrote, in 1977. "A way of certifying experience, taking photographs is also a way of refu... Read More


Critical exposure: The turning points

India, July 26 -- There's an uncanny resemblance between the hands drawn in a cave in Indonesia 10,000 years ago (see image at right) and the gesture we use to get our phones to take photos today. We ... Read More


'Saifai syndicate' used to 'loot' resources: CM

Agra, July 26 -- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday targeted the Samajwadi Party and its leadership by alleging that "Saifai syndicate" used to "loot" the resources meant for the state's devel... Read More


Hue's in the kitchen

India, July 26 -- I ate plenty of mithai growing up. But the memory of one dish has stayed with me: a bowl of pink payasam from a temple in Kerala. Its magic lay in two things: its luxurious texture, ... Read More


Name that tune: Welcome to Meghalaya's whistling village

India, July 26 -- In Kongthong, a person can be summoned without anyone saying their name. A melody rises from somewhere on the hillside. It may be sung or whistled. The person it is meant for hears i... Read More


Assam floods toll climbs to 61 as 14 more die, says SDMA

Silchar, July 26 -- The death toll of Assam floods now stands at 61, after 14 people died on Friday, said the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA). Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturda... Read More


Knocking on heaven's door, but no answer: India's employment crisis

New Delhi, July 26 -- The first part of this series looked at official data on the intersection of education and employment in India and explained why the educated youth are angry about education not ... Read More