Major fire affects multiple scrap storage units in Mumbai; no injuriesA major fire occurred at Wajid Ali Compound in Kurla, Mumbai affecting 50-60 small units storing scrap and other materials. No injuries wer...
Assam: Congress' Rakibul Hussain, who won Lok Sabha polls with record margin, resigns as MLACongress leader Rakibul Hussain, elected to Lok Sabha with highest victory margin, resigned from Assam assembly. He handed over resignation...
(Kolkata) Biryani is life-affirmingA 40-year-old Kolkata businessman, facing financial and familial problems, was persuaded not to jump from a bridge by the Kolkata Police. T...
President's distinguished service medal for Noida Police Commissioner Alok SinghGeeta Singh, an SP in CB-CID Lucknow, Wajid Ali Khan, posted as sub-inspector in Deoria district, and Jagat Narayan Mishra, the platoon com...
Delhi fire: For many search for loved ones ends at morgue, others still nursing hope; 14-yr-old among missingThe incident that claimed 43 live and left 16 injured brought back tragic memories of the Uphaar cinema hall blaze in 1997.
Gauhar Jaan honoured with Google doodle on 145th birth anniversaryGauhar was one of the first artists to record music on 78 rpm discs in India.
'The Mahabharata made me more curious about life'"The various renditions of the Mahabharata have amazed and intrigued me," said Arundhati Ghosh, ED of India Foundation For Arts.
From Awadh to Malabar, Bengal to Hyderabad, here's how Biryani tantalised India in many avatarsThe tragic loss for Lucknow was a gastronomic gain for the hungry zamindars and Bengali babus, for they were the witness to the making of a...
When meat didn't have a religionHowever, the straining to refine the broth points to a French influence. The inclusive traditions also cut across classes.
- India recalls Hazrat Mahal's contribution to freedom struggle
Begum of Awadh and the first wife of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah, who was one of the heroes of freedom struggle of 1857, died on April 7, 1879 dur...
Pakistani court issues bailable arrest warrant against Pervez MusharrafA court today issued a bailable arrest warrant against former Pakistani military ruler Pervez Musharraf for continuously staying away from ...
'Jan Dhan', 'Make in India', bullet train among R-Day tableauxAnother tableau that is expected to garner attention is that of UP on the rule of last Nawab of Awadh Wajid Ali Shah with the underlying th...
Republic day Celebrations: Tableaux offer glimpse of country's diversityFrom Channapatna toys of Karnataka to folk dances of Jammu and Kashmir, 16 states displayed their cultural heritage and biodiversity at the...
- Court rejects Musharraf plea for exemption in Lal Masjid case
In the application, Haroon had referred to about 20 pages of the Lal Masjid Commission report, which hold the former president responsible ...
Pakistan court adjourns Pervez Musharraf's bail hearing and trialThe hearing of the bail plea filed by Pervez Musharraf in a case relating to the killing of a Lal Masjid cleric was today adjourned to Nove...
- Tulip Inn and Shiraz Restaurants launch Daawat-e-Shiraz in Kolkata
Tulip Inn and Shiraz Restaurants Pvt Ltd, on Thursday, launched Daawat-e-Shiraz, touted to be Kolkata's first Awadhi fine dining restaurant.
Wajid Ali's soul songExactly 155 years ago, on seventh of February, Wajid Ali Shah, the ruler of Awadh, was forced into exile by the British. They gave him a su...