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An early account of Himalayan travel

India, July 11 -- In 1898, the wandering ascetic Swami Ramananda Bharati set out towards one of the most remote and revered destinations in the world: Mount Kailash and Manasarovar in Tibet. Himaranya... Read More


'People don't stay in friendships if they don't want to'

India, July 11 -- 1The contents of the nightmares in Under Water are central to how it unfolds. Was it difficult or fun to write them? There are three nightmares in the book, but I wrote five. I had t... Read More


Out of the museums and onto the streets

India, July 11 -- In an era in which it is fashionable to publish tomes on geopolitics, veteran diplomat Gurjit Singh's latest book, The Durian Flavour, is a deeply insightful review of India-ASEAN (A... Read More


Take your best short

India, July 11 -- Don't look up. A crisis is brewing. On one hand, we claim that a man's height does not matter. Comedian Jaboukie Young-White coined the term Short Kings in 2018, and we've been using... Read More


Flavours of far away

India, July 11 -- When I do eat Indian in London, I tend to go to the old favourites (anything set up by the Panjabi sisters, Hoppers, Quilon and Jamavar) and rarely try anything unfamiliar. In fact, ... Read More


SSP defends action in viral protest video, urges critics to plant trees

Meerut, July 11 -- Two days after a purported video showing him slapping protesters outside the Meerut Collectorate sparked widespread debate on social media, senior superintendent of police (SSP) Avi... Read More


SP 'allowed namaz' at Ayodhya's Hanumangarhi temple: Yogi

AYODHYA/BASTI, July 11 -- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday accused the Samajwadi Party and the Congress of disrespecting Hindu faith, alleging that the former had earlier allowed namaz to be o... Read More


Man awarded death for killing1.5-year-old nephew in Firozabad

AGRA, July 11 -- The court of the district and sessions judge in Firozabad on Friday sentenced a man to death for killing his one-and-a-half-year-old nephew by repeatedly slamming him against the grou... Read More


Mayawati slams rivals for playing politics over Meerut Dalit girl's murder case

Lucknow, July 11 -- Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Friday slammed rival parties for "playing politics" with the murder of a Dalit girl in Meerut. Addressing a press conference, she said i... Read More


Vijay visits Karur, takes swipe at DMK

Karur, July 11 -- Nearly a year after the tragic stampede here that killed 41 persons during his party rally, TVK founder and Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Friday made his first visit to... Read More