Deriving its name from charkh, a Persian word meaning ‘wheel’ or ‘circle’, the charkha is a hand-driven spinning wheel used ...

Nine of the top-10 most valued firms together lost a whopping Rs 4,74,906.18 crore in market valuation last week, with Reliance Industries and HDFC Bank taking the steepest hit, in line with weak ...

The Goa church authorities have called for peace and restraint in the coastal state amid protests against former Goa RSS chief Subhash Velingkar for his comments on St Francis Xavier. Police ...

The minimum temperature in the city was recorded at 24.8 degrees Celsius, three notches above the season’s normal, on Sunday. Humidity level stood at 72 per cent at 8.30 am, the India Meteorological ...

Latur (Maharashtra), Oct 6 (PTI) Nearly 50 female students of a government college were hospitalised for suspected food poisoning after having dinner at their hostel in Maharashtra’s Latur city, ...

Kolkata, Oct 6 (PTI) Academics and Bengali identity advocacy groups have hailed the decision of the Centre to accord classical language status to Bengali language expressing hope that it will ...