Everyday objects transformed into percussion instruments as the group performed their final performance of the evening. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement As the spotlight fell on the Mylapore Fine Arts Club stage on July 18, performers were seen carrying paint buckets, empty cartons, metal pipes, washing machine tubes, water cans and a car wheel,…
Truecaller, the leading global communications platform, today announced the appointment of Vikas Khanna as Senior Director, Ad Sales, Truecaller India. In this role, Vikas will lead Truecaller’s direct sales business for India, with a strong focus on scaling direct brand partnerships, premium inventory adoption and industry-vertical-led solutions, as Truecaller accelerates the next phase of…
Amna Khatoon of Sheohar district build a growing business in traditional lahthi (lac bangles), after years of financial hardship Patna: A combination of traditional craftsmanship, entrepreneurship and access to self-help group (SHG) credit has helped Amna Khatoon of Sheohar district build a growing business in traditional lahthi (lac bangles), after years of financial hardship.A resident…
Seven major stretches around Red Fort will remain closed to general traffic from 4am to 10am. (Representative Image) NEW DELHI: Delhi Traffic Police has announced extensive traffic restrictions around Red Fort on Aug 13 in view of the full-dress rehearsal ahead of Independence Day ceremony.Seven major stretches around Red Fort, including Netaji Subhash Marg, Lothian…
Pune: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday said that the state will have to develop an ecosystem of cities beyond Mumbai, Navi Mumbai and Pune for the sustainable and long-term growth of the global capability centres (GCCs). CM invited GCC leaders to look at Nashik, Nagpur and Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar as the next frontier to…
It is that soft-shouldered time of year in Kolkata, when the rains have gathered their hems and departed, leaving the sun diffused and forgiving. Making our way through the tree-lined avenues of Fairley Place, we arrive at BBD Bagh Railway Crossing. Beyond the railway tracks lies the ferry ghat, a narrow ledge between departure and…
From Roysten Abel’s A Hundred Charmers | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Bejewelled howdahs on stately elephants, ornately patterned flying carpets and the simple snake charmer with his commonplace basket housing terrifying cargo. India of yore had a romance that has since faded into fables, but one can catch an echo of that past with Roysten…
Cash and jewellery recovered from executive engineer’s Patna flat during SVU search on Tuesday Patna: Special Vigilance Unit (SVU) recovered Rs 9.5 lakh in cash and gold and silver jewellery valued at around Rs 81 lakh during searches at different premises of Harendra Kumar, executive engineer of the minor water resources department, Banka division, in…
New Delhi: Delhi Assembly Tuesday approved a bill to repeal the nearly two-decade-old law governing bed-and-breakfast (B&B) establishments in the capital, with govt planning to replace it with a new policy framework aimed at making regulations more flexible and suited to the changing hospitality sector.The move follows the June fire at a B&B in Malviya…
Industries minister Uday Samant Pune: Maharashtra industries minister Uday Samant on Tuesday dismissed reports of businesses exiting the Chakan industrial area and said he has directed MIDC to survey factories that have either closed or migrated.The six-laning of the Talegaon-Chakan-Shikhrapur highway has also recently received cabinet approval, he said. Govt is planning to allocate Rs100…
