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‘BJP decided to appoint new chief, RSS not involved’

Q. How do you view the circumstances in which Nitin Gadkari had to resign as BJP president?

Film fests testify to cinema’s role as excellent carrier of cultures

Moulay Rachid greets Shah Rukh Khan at a royal dinner at the Marrakech International Film Festival—AP

The Marrakesh Film Festival this year sparkled with the presence of Shah Rukh Khan among a galaxy of international stars from Hollywood and Bollywood, and the big films of the year

Paintings at rock shelters in MP date back 3-10K years

Churna (Satpura Tiger Reserve): Close to the forest resthouse at Churna in the Satpura Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh are rock shelters having hundreds of paintings dating back 3,000 to around 10,000

J&K nomadic tribes rue loss of rare species

Jammu and Kashmir’s nomadic Gujjar and Bakarwal tribes have lost 12 “rare indigenous” species of sheep, goats, horses and dogs during the past four decades as a result of induction of foreign high-yie

Bayonets and bats simply don’t match

The India-Pakistan ceasefire on the Line of Control (LoC) since 2003 was yet again violated brutally this time on January 8, 2013, when Pakistani troops of reportedly 29 Baloch Regiment, taking advant

Medical crisis deepens in Iran

For the first time in more than a decade, the black market pharmaceutical peddlers are back on Nasser Khosrow Street near Tehran’s main bazaar. “Medicine, medicine,” the street dealers shout.

Pain that binds, and burns the living dead

Seema Biswas plays Kadambini, a widow, in Jeevan Mrityu

Jeevan Mrityu, a play based on the writing of Rabindranath Tagore as adapted by Geetanjali Shree, was presented at the Mohan Rakesh festival organised by the Sahitya Kala Parishad. It was directed by Anuradha Kapur for her company Vivadi.

The year that was: A flavour for every season

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Jeevan ki aapadhapi mein kab waqt mila, kuch der kahin par baith kabhi yeh soch sakun, jo kiya, kaha, mana, usme kya bura bhala.

Handcrafted art is losing its sheen

Take a walk down the aesthetic lane of India’s ancient art heritage and we bet your eyes will be wooed with the shiny pearls of a rich cultural treasure-trove.

Without reforms, free speech remains a distant dream

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A 19-year-old in Maharashtra was questioned by the police for his comment on Facebook criticising Raj Thackeray.

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I want to begin with a little story that was told to me by a leading executive at Aptech. He was exercising in a gym with a lot of younger people.

Shekhar Kapur’s Bandit Queen didn’t make the cut. Neither did Shaji Karun’s Piravi, which bagged 31 international awards.