| Some ragas are very unique, and the pieces composed in them are very few. Yet, due to their beauty and striking features, these ragas have a special place in the hearts of music lovers. Such ragas... Read More The Hindu - Home http://www.thehindu.com/ | |||
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| Blocking Twitter handles is like yelling 'shut up' to a person screaming! Read More The Hindu - Home http://www.thehindu.com/ | |||
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| With AK Hangal gone, so is the self-effacing (and archetypal) character actor, content to blend noiselessly into the background Read More The Hindu - Home http://www.thehindu.com/ | |||
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| Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday said he was keen to visit Pakistan but for this a "proper atmosphere" has to be created and a "crucial test" for Islamabad is to bring to book the perpetrat... Read More The Hindu - Home http://www.thehindu.com/ | |||
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| The Proust Questionnaire is a fortnightly feature that alternates with the Saturday interview. These questions were most famously answered by the French writer Marcel Proust, whose personality-revealing responses came to define this form of celebrity confession. This questionnaire was administered by Saraswathy Nagarajan Read More The Hindu - Home http://www.thehindu.com/ | |||
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| On the first evening of Rom's return after several weeks away from home, the orphaned palm civet I was rearing just would not leave him alone. It climbed up the chair and onto his shoulder, digging... Read More The Hindu - Home http://www.thehindu.com/ | |||
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| The Sensex on Friday plunged nearly 161 points dragged down by power, metal and oil&gas stocks as better-than-expected 5.5 per cent growth in first quarter dashed hopes of interest rate cut, a... Read More The Hindu - Home http://www.thehindu.com/ | |||
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| Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday said he did not want to get into a slanging match with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on its demand he resign over the coal block allotments because he wa... Read More The Hindu - Home http://www.thehindu.com/ | |||
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| Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky has lost his multibillion-dollar legal battle against fellow oligarch Roman Abramovich in a London courtroom. Judge Elizabeth Gloster ruled the 66-year-ol... Read More The Hindu - Home http://www.thehindu.com/ | |||
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| BIRDING Did you know that Karnataka's state bird is the Indian Roller? Watch out for that brilliant flash of blue Read More The Hindu - Home http://www.thehindu.com/ | |||
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| Many Andhra stones cost much less compared to marble and granite, yet provide durable floor finish Read More The Hindu - Home http://www.thehindu.com/ | |||
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| Customers of sports utility vehicles or multi-utility vehicles have the highest satisfaction rate with their buying experience as companies pay more attention to them than other car buyers, accord... Read More The Hindu - Home http://www.thehindu.com/ | |||
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| MUSIC An ambitious new approach to live music seeks to rejuvenate the city scene Read More The Hindu - Home http://www.thehindu.com/ | |||
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| On the occasion of Concrete Day, Nagesh Puttaswamy looks into the basic mixture so vital in construction Read More The Hindu - Home http://www.thehindu.com/ | |||
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| Sadly, the moon is not going to turn blue, and indeed the reason why we call it a 'blue moon' is lost to history, although the Farmers' Almanac would always note an occurrence during the 18th century. Read More Home | Mail Online http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/index.html?ITO=1490 | |||
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| Tearful Miss Naysmith, 75, was devatstaed after she discovered the TfL workmen tearing down her makeshift home at Stamford Brook Station in Chiswick, west London. Read More Home | Mail Online http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/index.html?ITO=1490 | |||
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| Abramovich's former friend Boris Berezovsky, 66, was seeking more than £3 billion damages after accusing the 45-year-old of blackmail, breach of trust and breach of contract. Read More Home | Mail Online http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/index.html?ITO=1490 | |||
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| On Wednesday, the photographer Norman Seeff released outtakes from a 1984 session, showing never-before-seen pictures of the man who went on to become a technology legend. Read More Home | Mail Online http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/index.html?ITO=1490 | |||
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| Commentators called the move 'disrespectful,' as coverage was confined to occasional highlights and daily YouTube packages. Read More Home | Mail Online http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/index.html?ITO=1490 | |||
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| The action star and director appeared at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida, to throw his weight behind presidential candidate Mitt Romney. Read More Home | Mail Online http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/index.html?ITO=1490 | |||
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| GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING: Kim Edmonds, 21, from Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffs, was found guilty of causing unnecessary suffering to her dog Stig. Read More Home | Mail Online http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/index.html?ITO=1490 | |||
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| The deaths, which include three killings in an 'insider attack' by an Afghan solider, brought to the number of Australian lives lost in the conflict to 38. Read More Home | Mail Online http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/index.html?ITO=1490 | |||
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| The Highlands dropped to -2.1C, Aberdeenshire and Northumberland also had a frost while most parts of the UK were close to freezing as most Britons shivered in their beds. Read More Home | Mail Online http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/index.html?ITO=1490 | |||
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| This 1966 RML Leyland London Routemaster double-decker bus is to be auctioned at Christie's in London next month, complete with original features. Read More Home | Mail Online http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/index.html?ITO=1490 | |||
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| Researchers from the National University of Ireland believe a mite species called Demodex, which live on our faces, could be to blame for the embarrassing condition. Read More Home | Mail Online http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/index.html?ITO=1490 | |||
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