After two successful seasons in India, Rainforest Challenge (RFC) founder Luis J.A. Wee said he is looking forward to government support to spread the off-roading motorsport event to other parts of the country, adding that he ranks RFC India among the top three in the world. “We can have RFC in other cities as well. […]
Widely known for creating ensembles that are not only rooted in Indian culture, but also accentuate feminism even if draped in the simplest way, ace designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee says he will continue to celebrate the beauty of the human body through his work by making “beautiful garments”. “I have always stuck to one theory that […]
Amidst the rush to get into one of the regular eateries for a meal, there is this one quaint little place which invites you for an altogether different experience. La Vie, meaning “street” in Italian, opened its doors in April. The menu consists of Italian food, whose specialties are pizzas from a wood-fired oven. Located […]
Yakub Abdul Razzak Memon, convicted in the March 12, 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, was hanged till death at Maharashtra’s Nagpur Central Jail on Thursday morning, officials said. He was sent to the gallows — on his 54th birthday on Thursday — after several of his court appeals and clemency petitions were rejected by various courts, […]
In Mamata Banerjee’s West Bengal, teachers are steadily turning out to be ‘punching bags’, with many calling the frequent attacks on them a reflection of the growing lawlessness in the state. From primary schools to prestigious colleges and universities, assaults on the educators have been reported from a number of districts with the attackers, in […]
Prepared by 600-700 cooks and partaken by up to 50,000 pilgrims daily generating a business of Rs 8-12 lakhs, the mouth-watering “Mahaprasad” (food first offered to the deity) of the Jagannath Temple has retained its appeal among tens of millions of devotees for ages. The Mahaprasad cooked on the premises of the temple at Ananda […]
Social worker Anshu Gupta and whistleblower bureaucrat Sanjiv Chaturvedi on Wednesday won the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay awards for “enterprising leadership” and for exposing corruption. The Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation said Gupta, 45, was being recognized for “his creative vision in transforming the culture of giving in India, his enterprising leadership in treating cloth as a […]
Curtains came down on the legal battle of 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts convict Yakub Memon as the Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed his petition that sought a stay on his execution slated for July 30. “Issuance of death warrant cannot be faulted with,” said the apex court bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra, while […]
As the Supreme Court gave the go-ahead for the hanging of Mumbai bomb blasts convict Yakub Memon, a majority of voices opined that death penalty was not the answer to terrorism, and underlined that he was not the main accused. “You have to differentiate between this person, who has surrendered before the court and the […]
American automobile manufacturer General Motors (GM) on Wednesday said it will invest around $1 billion in India to augment production capacity and create 12,000 jobs locally. “The Chevrolet brand is committed to India for the long-term. We will be investing about $1 billion into India in the next five years. We are delivering on our […]