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The colorful festival of Hartalika Teej, which falls on the eve of Ganesh Chaturthi, is here. Hartalika Teej is marked on the Shukla Paksha Tritiya of the Bhadrapada month of the Hindu Calendar, which continues from August to September. The festival is celebrated by married women, who renounce water and food for 24 hours for the longevity of their husbands. During the muhurat, they worship Lord Shiva...

A beautiful oil on canvas by the legendary Amrita Sher-Gil, the SikhHungarian painter who died at the age of 28 in 1941, sold for Rs 61.8 crore ($7.4 million) in a Saffronart sale on Saturday night, making it the most expensive work of Indian art sold at auction worldwide.In fact, this comes barely 10 days after modernist Syed Haider Raza’s painting titled ‘Gestation’ fetched Rs 51.7 crore at...

BHIWANDI: Two days after the decomposed body of a six-year-old girl was found dunked in a plastic bucket, with its lid on, in Bhiwandi, a 33-year-old man who lived as a tenant in the locality was nabbed from Bihar in connection with the crime on Sunday.The child's body was found in a makeshift tenement on Friday. The accused had been staying in the makeshift tenement since a month, the police said. The...

CHENNAI: Educational institutions, particularly technical institutions like engineering colleges, cannot be permitted to function with temporary teaching staff perennially, Madras high court has said. Pointing out that it also violates the norms of UGC and AICTE, a division bench of Justice R Suresh Kumar and Justice K Kumaresh Babu directed the Anna University to report its stand on the issue.The court...

BHIWANDI: Two days after the decomposed body of a six-year-old girl was found dunked in a plastic bucket, with its lid on, in Bhiwandi, a 33-year-old man who lived as a tenant in the locality was nabbed from Bihar in connection with the crime on Sunday.The child's body was found in a makeshift tenement on Friday. The accused had been staying in the makeshift tenement since a month, the police said. The...

NEW DELHI: It took India’s first woman truck driver to show exemplary courage and lay bare the corruption and harassments that drivers face on road in the presence of a top central government official in charge of logistics. She feels as if “RTOs don’t get paid by the government and run their households with income from drivers”.Yogita Raghuvanshi, who became the first woman truck driver after...

NEW DELHI: Narendra Modi followed through on his August 15 speech and launched the ‘PM Vishwakarma Scheme’, a central plan with an outlay of Rs 13,000 crore, on Sunday.He said it was high time that ‘Vishwakarmas’ (community of artisans and craftspeople) were recognised and supported, and his government had come forward as a partner to elevate their respect, enhance their capabilities and make...

IMPHAL: The body of an Indian Army soldier identified as Sepoy Serto Thangthang Komwas was found at Khuningthek village in Manipur's Imphal East district on Sunday, officials said. 96 Dead bodies still unclaimed: Manipur government releases data of death and destruction after 4-months of violenceThe deceased soldier belonged to the Army's Defence Security Corps (DSC) platoon at Leimakhong in Kangpokpi...

MADURAI: Granting stay on the operation of the order passed by a single bench which had directed the authorities not to prevent a man from selling idols made of plaster of paris in Tirunelveli district, Madras high court in a special sitting on Sunday made it clear that there shall not be any sale or manufacture of idols made of plaster of paris during Vinayaka Chaturthi festival. A division bench of...

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police apprehended six members of a family, who were on their way to Union home minister Amit Shah's residence on Krishna Menon Marg, on Sunday. Deputy Commissioner of Police (New Delhi) Pranav Tayal said information was received that six members of a family were proceeding towards Krishna Menon Marg without proper authorisation. "A police team, on receiving the information, reached...