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Four killed in Gujarat road accident

20 Sept 2023 11:39 AM IST

Four persons were killed in a head-on collision between a car and a truck on a state highway connecting Dasada to Jainabad in Gujarat's Surendranagar...

Jaahnavi Kandula to be awarded master's degree posthumously assures Chancellor of Northeastern University

16 Sept 2023 5:00 PM IST

Jaahnavi Kandula, the Indian student who was struck and killed by a speeding police car here will be awarded her master's degree posthumously, the...

Jaahnavi Kandula's death: Comments 'taken out of context', says Seattle Police officer; online petition seeks his termination

16 Sept 2023 1:00 PM IST

The Seattle Police Officers' Guild has defended the callous remarks of its official, who was found making insensitive comments after the horrific...

Amid Outrage US assures prompt action and investigation on Indian student death case

14 Sept 2023 11:35 AM IST

The Biden administration has assured the Indian government of a quick investigation into the death of Indian student Jaahnavi Kandula in Seattle after...

Results of samples from Kerala sent to virology institute in Pune awaited to confirm presence of Nipah virus

12 Sept 2023 3:00 PM IST

After two "unnatural deaths" were reported from Kozhikode district, the Kerala government has sent five samples to the National Institute of...

Moroccan villagers mourn after earthquake brings destruction to their rural mountain home

10 Sept 2023 11:30 AM IST

Moulay Brahim (Morocco): The ground shook with a force few had ever felt, thundering through the remote Moroccan village in the dark of night. When...

Many killed, several injured as SUV rams into parked truck in Bihar's Sasaram

30 Aug 2023 11:57 AM IST

Seven members of a family were killed and five others injured as an SUV crashed into a trailer truck that was parked on the roadside in Bihar's...

Delhi: Amazon manager shot dead

30 Aug 2023 11:21 AM IST

A 36-year-old man, working as senior manager with e-commerce giant Amazon, was shot dead in northeast Delhi's Bhajanpura area, police said on...

Tamil Nadu train accident: Mamata Banerjee condoles the mishap, asks Railways to be more vigilant

26 Aug 2023 1:00 PM IST

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday condoled the deaths due to a blaze in a stationary train in Tamil Nadu's Madurai and asked the...

Several Indian pilgrims among seven people killed in Nepal bus accident: Report

24 Aug 2023 5:00 PM IST

Six Indian pilgrims were among seven people killed when the bus they were travelling in plunged some 50 metres from a mountain road in Nepal's Madhesh...

Jadavpur University: Officiating VC meets Bengal Guv for emergency review

24 Aug 2023 3:00 PM IST

Newly appointed officiating vice-chancellor of Jadavpur University, where a first-year undergraduate student died earlier this month after...

Several killed after under-construction railway bridge collapses in Mizoram

23 Aug 2023 1:00 PM IST

At least 17 workers were killed and several others are feared trapped after an under-construction railway bridge collapsed near Sairang area of...

"India in the 1950s" | Contested paths: Setting the course for newly-free India

Author: Gyanesh Kudaisya

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Price: 575

It seems to have become a compulsion of sorts to criticise some founding fathers, or rather one...

"Men Without Women" | Love – lost and found

Author: Haruki Murakami

Publisher: Harvill Secker

Price: 799

What is it about Haruki Murakami books that makes you keep coming back to them? It’s not comfort,...

"Red Sky At Noon" | War, love and redemption on the Russian steppe

Author: Simon Sebag Montefiore

Publisher: Penguin Random House UK

Price: 699

If you think all the common plots of war novels – the mission behind enemy lines, usually by a bunch...

"Diana Justaposed and Other Realities" | Exploring vagaries of the human heart

Author: Salahdin Imam

Publisher: Har-anand Publications

Price: 595

I went to Dhaka earlier this year for a couple of book launches where I came across Salahdin Imam....

"The House and Other Stories" | Kolkata based short stories is a page-turner

Author: Amit Dasgupta

Publisher: Yoda Press

Price: 295

There’s always something appealing about short stories – narrating a tale within restricted pages...

"Where Women Rule: South Asia" | Rare accounts of South Asian women rulers

Author: Hasna Jasimuddin Moudud

Publisher: Haranand Books

Price: 850

Hasna is author of a number of books. She is a former lecturer of Dhaka University and professor of...

"The Elephant Chaser's Daughter" | Book of a different world: The story we never wanted to hear

Author: Shilpa Raj

Publisher: Rupa Publications

Price: 295

“I am a product of two worlds and each world has given me a reason to love, be kind and grow...

"My Life a travelogue My Travels" | Story of retribution for personal loss

Author: Sundeep Bhutoria

Publisher: Vani Prakashan

Price: 399

Why are the pubs of London more delightful than British tea? What can Indians learn from...

"Pakistan: courting the abyss" | Pakistan: courting the abyss

Author: Tilak Devasher

Publisher: Harper Collins

Price: 599

While Pakistan may not be a failed state yet, it certainly has been a flawed one. Already having...

"The lone fox dancing" | Ruskin Bond, Lone Fox Dancing, My Autobiography

Author: Ruskin Bond

Publisher: Speaking Tiger Publishing

Price: 599

There are a few lives that have been able to move population across age-groups, with the simple...

"The Buddha: An Alternative Narrative of His Life and Teaching" | MAKING OF A SAINT

Author: Radhika dutt

Publisher: Collins Publishers

Price: Rs350

In a world marked by violence, terror, war, angst, jealousy, and every other sense of aggressive...

"Behold I Shine: Narratives of Kashmir's Women and Children" | Inspiring stories of resilience

Author: Freny Manecksha

Publisher: Rupa Publishers

Price: 195

Kashmir, the land which was once our paradise is now being lost amidst the blazing gun shots, and...