Charu Suri - Turning the key

A woman from Chennai is unexpectedly topping jazz charts, with music that isn't purely jazz. It has ragas woven in. She never expected this, says Suri, 45. Perhaps she should have. At 15, she won a global contest that helped her earn a place at Princeton. Tune into the tale of Rags & Ragas

As rains revive, paddy sowing hits record

The area under kharif or summer rice has expanded to a record 41.15 million hectares as on September 22, despite a monsoon-battering El Nino weather pattern, a final round of official estimates show

3 held with 112 phones after cops bust gang

The Delhi Police on Saturday said they busted a syndicate that stole mobile phones in India and smuggled them to Bangladesh via West Bengal, adding that three people have been arrested in connection with the case - two from Delhi and one from West Bengal with 112 phones

Charge sheet against 11 in daring tunnel robbery

The crime branch of Delhi Police on Saturday filed the charge sheet in a Delhi court against 11 people arrested in connection with the brazen daylight robbery inside the Pragati Maidan tunnel on June 24. The next date of hearing in the case is October 3, police said

India set to get its lst cooperative sector university, says Shah

India is set to get its first university dedicated to the cooperative sector, Union home and cooperation minister Amit Shah said on Saturday, adding the initiative aims at cultivating a new generation of professionals specialized in the field

Institutional collaboration plays key role in access to justice: CJI

Highlighting the need to collaborate as nations, institutions and individuals to find innovative solutions, Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud on Saturday said that institutional collaboration is a precursor to solution-finding not only while adjudicating judicial questions, but it also plays a significant role in increasing access to justice

Jadavpur probe details horrific sexual humiliation of freshman

The first-year student of Jadavpur University, allegedly ragged and sexually abused before he jumped to his death in the hostel on August 9, ran frantically from one room to another in a completely naked state trying to hide from his tormentors, the internal probe carried out by the university has found

Row on Bidhuri's remarks on Ali continues

Amid the Opposition's uproar against BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri for his religious taunts to BSP MP Danish Ali, another BJP lawmaker in Lok Sabha, Nishikant Dubey claimed on Saturday that Ali allegedly provoked Bidhuri by targeting the PM

Cricket stadium in Kashi to help foster growth, says PM

Development of sports infrastructure on a large scale not only leaves a positive effect on sports but also on a region's economy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in his parliamentary constituency Varanasi on Saturday

3 kids die in building collapse in Ghaziabad

Three children were killed after a two-storey building collapsed in Ghaziabad's Loni on Saturday, police said, adding that the cause of the incident is yet to be ascertained

Govt hospitals to get 16,000 more beds: Kejriwal

The Delhi government aims to strengthen its healthcare infrastructure with the construction of 11 new hospitals in the Capital, besides expanding its existing ones, which will lead to the availability of an additional 16,000 new beds, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Saturday

ABVP wins 3 DUSU seats, NSUI bags 1

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)-backed Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) maintained its winning streak in the Delhi University Students' Union elections despite a three-year hiatus, as it retained the presidential post on the four-member central panel, along with two other posts of secretary and joint secretary

28-year-old BJP worker shoots himself in GK

THE MAN SHOT HIMSELF WITH THE LICENCED GUN OF HIS PERSONAL SECURITY OFFICER ALLEGEDLY DUE TO FINANCIAL STRESS, POLICE SAID

Chaos after short, intense rain in city

Intense rain lashed the Capital on Saturday noon and gusty winds, blowing at a speed of 30-50km/hour, uprooted at least 30 trees and felled large branches, choking several arterial roads

{ WITH FRENCH NAVAL GROUP } - MDL in race to seal deal on 3 Kalvari submarines

MDL IS FINALISING LAST OF THE 6 KALVARI CLASS SUBMARINE, INS VAGSHEER, BEFORE COMMENCEMENT OF SEA TRIALS

Naidu moves SC against FIR in skill development scam; alleges vendetta

Terming his arrest an instance of \"regime revenge and political vendetta\", Telugu Desam Party (TDP) president and former Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu moved the Supreme Court on Saturday to seek quashing of the case filed against him by the Crime Investigation Department (CID) in the alleged ₹371 crore alleged development scam

Khalistani terrorist Pannu's assets confiscated in Punjab

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday confiscated the property of banned outfit Sikhs for Justice's chief Gurpatwant Singh Pannu at his ancestral village of Khankot in Amritsar and in Chandigarh, people aware of the development said, and a signboard put up outside the premises suggested

Canada got intel from Five Eyes on Nijjar's killing, says US envoy

A top United States (US) diplomat confirmed that there was \"shared intelligence among Five Eyes partners\" that prompted Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's offensive allegation about Indian agents' involvement in the killing of a Khalistani extremist on Canadian soil, according to a media report on Saturday

I have a lot of time to push more reforms, says confident Modi

The law reserving 33% seats for women in the Lok Sabha and state legislatures will provide new direction and energy to women-led development in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday, adding that he still has a lot of time to push for more reforms, a statement exuding confidence that he would be voted back to power in the 2024 general elections

Kovind-led panel discusses common ID, electoral roll

SIMULTANEOUS POLLS FOR STATE ASSEMBLIES AND THE LOK SABHA WERE HELD UNTIL INDIAN ELECTORAL SCHEDULES WERE CHANGED IN THE 1960s AND 1970s

US calls for India, Canada to cooperate; NIA cracks down

Antony Blinken, the secretary of state, said on Friday that the US has been consulting, even coordinating, with Canada on its allegation linking the government of India with a killing on its soil, and wants the Canadian investigation to proceed, India to cooperate with the investigation, and the investigation to lead to accountability

Shami's worth on view as India beat Australia

Not quite the ease they would have been seeking but India will take a five-wicket win over Australia here on Friday as a good workout. The bowling was on point, the batting recovered after a mid-innings stutter but the message to the dressing room is loud and clear: If fielding and catching doesn't improve then the World Cup could be a distant dream.

Not ideal preparation, but spikers have reason to smile

On Thursday evening, the Indian team was huddled in the physio's room watching YouTube clips of Chinese Taipei, their next opponent who they face on Friday.

Supreme Court gives SpiceJet a breather on Credit Suisse dues

The Supreme Court on Friday allowed low-fare airline SpiceJet to pay Credit Suisse $1 million every month over the next six months to clear its dues.

Co registration via new forms zips along as troubles fade

More than 15,300 companies and 4,668 limited liability partnerships (LLPs) were registered in August, data made available by the ministry of corporate affairs showed, indicating smooth progress in incorporating businesses with new high-security forms.

IT hardware firms get one-year import leeway

Apple, HP, Lenovo, Dell and other companies will get a one-year window to freely import laptops, PCs, servers and other IT hardware products under a new import management system that takes effect on 1 November, three people aware of the development said.

Amid high demand, iPhone's Pro models in short supply

Sales of Apple's iPhone 15 series smartphones kicked off on a strong note in India on Friday, with at least three retailers complaining of a shortage of top end Pro and Pro Max models.

Zelensky bolsters war support on Canada trip

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky met Friday with close ally Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on a visit to Canada, the third leg in a tour aimed at bolstering international support for his country's struggle to repulse a brutal Russian invasion.

Isro continues efforts to establish contact with Chandrayaan-3

In their ambitious attempt to revive Chandrayaan-3 and kickstart the \"bonus\" phase of its mission, Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) scientists continued their efforts to re-establish a connection with the Vikram lander and Pragyan rover, and said that they will persist despite not having received return signals till late on Friday.

Revoke suspension of Sanjay Gandhi hospital's licence: BJP MP to dy CM

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Varun Gandhi on Friday wrote to Uttar Pradesh deputy chief minister Brajesh Pathak urging him to reconsider the suspension of licence of Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital in Amethi following the death of a 22-year-old due to alleged medical negligence.