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Warring, Channi distances itself from Hooda's Sajjan remarks

Ludhiana, Aug. 23 -- Punjab Congress president Amrinder Singh Raja Warring and party MP Charanjit Singh Channi have distanced themselves from party colleague Deepender Singh Hooda's remarks describing... Read More


India-B'desh must meet 'test of mutual interest'

New Delhi, Aug. 23 -- The India-Bangladesh relationship can work if it meets the "test of mutual interest", external affairs minister S Jaishankar said on Saturday against the backdrop of Dhaka linkin... Read More


Appointment of AMU VC's son as asst prof sparks controversy

Agra, Aug. 23 -- The recent appointment of Ali Farhan Gulrez, son of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) vice chancellor Prof Naima Khatoon, as an assistant professor in the university's department of law... Read More


Jaishankar to visit Russia today to co-chair IRIGC-TEC meeting

New Delhi, Aug. 23 -- External affairs minister S Jaishankar will visit Russia this week to co-chair a meeting of the Inter-Governmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technological and Cu... Read More


edition Assam Toy story:

India, Aug. 23 -- Kirat Brahma began making dolls when he was six. His first one was a papier-mache bird, he says. He made the figurines because he loved crafts as a child, but also because the blonde... Read More


Wood you look at that? At India's lichen and gymnosperm gardens

India, Aug. 23 -- Two of Earth's oldest survivors live on in the forests of Uttarakhand. One group, the gymnosperms, typically reach for the skies, as pine trees, firs and conifers. The other, lichen,... Read More


Soft power: Hits with no formula

India, Aug. 23 -- In a flat in Manchester in January 1980, Ian Curtis (yes, that Ian Curtis, a few months from becoming post-punk's most mourned voice at 23) of the band Joy Division sat gluing coarse... Read More


The gospel of Goscinny: How I fell in love with Asterix

India, Aug. 23 -- I read my first Asterix when I was in Class 3. On a visit to an aunt's house, I grew tired of fidgeting as the adults discussed the ailments and scandals of the extended family, and ... Read More


Toy story: Assam edition

India, Aug. 23 -- A man in Bodoland is making toys based onlocal folktales about brave farmer-warriors, fierce princesses, magical birds and folk musicians. The children of Assam need to know their st... Read More


Kuldeep walks on thin ice, yet again

Mumbai, Aug. 23 -- The Galle Test match was Kuldeep Yadav's first outside India for 44 months. His last outing outside the sub-continent was back in 2019 at Sydney, when then head coach Ravi Shastri d... Read More