EPA Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla’s trip to space has created a huge interest in India Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla, who created history by becoming the first Indian ever to set foot on the International Space Station (ISS), is on his way back. A live broadcast showed the Axiom-4 (Ax-4) mission undocking from the orbiting laboratory with its...
Courtesy: Vinay Gupta Kundanlal (right) with an unidentified person at Berlin zoo in 1928 “Let me tell you a secret. Your nana (grandfather) helped Jewish families escape the Nazis.” That single sentence from his mother set Vinay Gupta off on a journey into his grandfather’s past. What he unearthed was a tale more gripping than...
BBC Abu’s cartoons sharply captured the media’s servility during the Emergency “It’s unfair to lift censorship suddenly,” growls a grizzled newspaper editor into the phone, a copy of The Daily Pulp sprawled across his desk. “We should be given time to prepare our minds.” The cartoon capturing this moment – piercing and satirical – is...
Alamy Guru Dutt invited the audience to confront uncomfortable realities through hauntingly beautiful cinema Iconic Indian director and actor Guru Dutt was just 39 years old when he died in 1964 but he left behind a cinematic legacy that continues to resonate decades later. Born on 9 July 1925 in the southern state of Karnataka,...
Devina Gupta BBC News Reporting fromKolhapur, Maharashtra BBC The earliest records of Kolhapur sandals date back to the 12th Century. The Western Indian town of Kolhapur has found itself in an unlikely global spotlight, as thousands of local artisans who hand-craft traditional leather footwear are mounting a collective attack on luxury fashion label Prada for...
Ashraf Padanna Thiruvananthapuram Sasi Kayyoor Several religious groups in Kerala have opposed the government’s decision to introduce Zumba classes in schools The southern Indian state of Kerala has defended its decision to introduce Zumba classes in public schools, after the move sparked protests from religious groups earlier this week. Some 14,000 state-run schools in Kerala...
Italian luxury fashion label Prada has said it acknowledges the Indian roots of its new footwear line, days after the design sparked a controversy in India. The sandals, showcased at the Milan Fashion Week last week, had an open-toe braided pattern that closely resembled the traditional Kolhapuri sandals made in the Indian states of Maharashtra...
Essex have signed Indian seamer Khaleel Ahmed for the remainder of the season. Left-armer Ahmed, 27, has represented his country in 11 one-day internationals and 18 T20 matches and was also part of the India A squad that faced England Lions earlier this month. He has played for a number of Indian Premier League teams,...
Getty Images for James Beard Foundation Vijay Kumar accepts the Best Chef: New York State award at the 2025 James Beard Awards In Manhattan’s West Village, where culinary trends can change with the seasons, Chef Vijay Kumar is shaping a quiet revolution. His 2025 James Beard Award win for Best Chef: New York State this...
Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla is set to create history by becoming the first Indian ever to set foot on the International Space Station (ISS). On Wednesday, Group Captain Shukla set off on the Axiom-4 (Ax-4) mission that he’s piloting. Led by former Nasa veteran Peggy Whitson, Ax-4 includes Slawosz Uznanski-Wisniewski from Poland and Tibor Kapu from...
Priti Gupta Technology Reporter Getty Images Jammu and Kashmir is India’s biggest apple producing region “My neighbours thought I’d lost my mind,” says farmer Kakasaheb Sawant. In 2022 he had decided to plant some apple trees, not crazy for a farmer unless, like Mr Sawant, you live in subtropical southern India, where temperatures can hit...
Police in India say a woman, who had gone missing after her husband was found brutally murdered during their honeymoon, is in custody after she surrendered. The families of the couple had alleged that the bride had also either been killed or abducted and mounted a huge campaign to find her. Police now allege that...
The Iranian Embassy in India has said it is investigating the case of three Indian nationals who went missing in Tehran earlier this month. The men, all of whom are from the northern state of Punjab, had a stopover in Iran on 1 May, and were on their way to Australia, where they were promised...
A former college principal in the eastern Indian state of Odisha has been sentenced to life in prison for sending a parcel bomb that killed a newlywed man and his great aunt in 2018. A court found Punjilal Meher, 56, guilty of murder, attempted murder, and use of explosives in what became known as the...
Cherylann Mollan BBC News, Mumbai Farooq Ahmed Mohammad Iqbal died on 7 May in cross-border shelling in Indian-administered Kashmir Farooq Ahmed still bristles with anger when he talks about his brother’s death. Mohammad Iqbal, a resident of Poonch city in Indian-administered Kashmir, died in cross-border shelling on 7 May, the morning after India launched a...