Vivahkumari Mandal

Tabla player Zakir Hussain, during an interaction with The Hindu, in 2023 Photo credit: K. Murali Kumar The tabla fell silent after one of the great global ambassadors of Indian classical music, Ustad Zakir Hussain (1951-2024), passed away on Monday (December 16, 2024) in San Francisco, California after a brief illness. A maestro who transformed … Read more

Firhad Hakim. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Under fire for his comment that Muslims would be in the majority, West Bengal Minister Firhad Hakim on Sunday (Dec 15, 2024) said he is a secular person and will be till death. “I am a secular person and will die as a secular person,” Mr. Hakim, … Read more

Abhijit Banerjee at the 13th edition of the Bangalore Literature Festival. | Photo Credit: Sudhakar Jain Nobel Laureate Abhijit Banerjee says, “Cooking with joy is imagining food…” If one cannot imagine the thrill of eating it, cooking is difficult, says the author in conversation with author Ruth D’Souza Prabhu about her first cookbook. Cooking to … Read more

Story so far: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has recently intensified its efforts to highlight the potential adverse effects of the Andhra Pradesh government’s Polavaram Dam project on the tribal communities of Odisha’s Malkangiri district. A delegation comprising Rajya Sabha members of BJD submitted a new memorandum to the Central Water Commission (CWC), Ministry of … Read more

KERC has played an important role in determining tariffs and resolving disputes between escoms and consumers. | Photo Credit: File photo It has been 25 years since the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC), an independent regulatory body primarily focused on the protection of electricity consumers, was established under the Karnataka Electricity Reforms Act of 1999. … Read more

In an interview with Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah PTI Friday (December 13, 2024) in New Delhi. | Photo credit: PTI Expressing confidence in electronic voting machines, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has said that the Congress will oppose it only when the results are not as per its expectations. Striking … Read more

Ayodhya’s Ram Mandir project has won the ‘Sword of Honor’ award from the British Safety Council. File | Photo credit: AP Ayodhya’s Ram temple project has won the ‘Sword of Honour’ award from the British Security Council, Nripendra Mishra, Chairman of the Construction Committee of Sri Ram Janmabhoomi Tirtha Kshetra Trust, said on Sunday (Dec … Read more