The vanishing world of India's street magicians
India's street performers are struggling to survive as audiences shrink and public spaces become harder to access.
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India's street performers are struggling to survive as audiences shrink and public spaces become harder to access.
The Indian airline captain who helped thwart an apparent attempt to crash a Flydubai flight described on Friday how he fought for his life in the minutes after his co-pilot stabbed him and the plane began a steep descent. Captain Smit Machchhar, recovering in an Abu Dhabi hospital, told Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a televised video call that he knew he had to get back on his feet to save his passengers. “I had so many wounds. I had fallen down,” he said from the hospital, his head...
Rice and essentials are distributed in five villages where floods damaged crops on over 3,000 acres; the MARKFED Director asks the government to release input subsidy quickly
For the first time this year, archrivals India and Pakistan meet in a final, as they face off at the Asian Games.
Captain Smit Machchhar from India is recovering from stab wounds he suffered in a Flydubai flight altercation.
The documentary highlights the relevance of the Father of the Nation to the struggles of the youth of India today
India defeated Sri Lanka by 124 runs in the semis to book their spot with Pakistan for a first-ever Asian Games clash.
Kiran Nadar, wife of tech tycoon Shiv Nadar, has built one of the world’s most significant private art collections. Now she’s building a museum to match. In a conversation with Bloomberg’s Menaka Doshi, Nadar discusses her 17,000-work collection, India’s booming art market and her biggest ambition: to democratize art and turn more Indians into museumgoers. (Source: Bloomberg)
Captain Smit Machchhar saved the lives of 174 people when the co-pilot attempted to crash a Dubai flight
Why are 55,000 forensic cases pending in Maharashtra? How does it affect trials, and what is the government doing about it?
At least 32 children have died in India's Balaghat district since May amid outbreaks of measles and malaria.
The female professor allegedly asked interns in burqas ‘to leave the labour room’
India has finalized sweeping new fuel-efficiency rules that will require automakers to cut emissions across their fleets from 2027, while giving them flexibility to use electric vehicles, hybrids and more efficient gasoline-powered cars to get there.
A preliminary inquiry finds the builder dug beyond the area earmarked and ignored setback norms on DBR Hospital Road; the Commissioner orders a check on the strength of the municipal school next door
The Status of Policing in India Report (SPIR) 2026, based on a survey by Lokniti-CSDS and Common Cause across 16 States, examines two factors that enable the progress of redressal in cybercrime complaints – bribery and using the influence of personal network; both channels are used more often, and appear to work more for the victims from marginalised groups
H.S. Keerthana, an Indian Administrative Service officer of the 2020 Karnataka cadre, assumed charge as the new Managing Director of the North Western Karnataka Road Transport Corporation on September 28
Cyberabad Traffic Police urge motorists to avoid the affected approaches and use the alternative routes
Students of the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute clash with members of a right-wing consumer group holding an event inside the campus; police claim students wrongfully restrained on-duty personnel
A damage control team boarded the Belize-flagged MT Seagull 9, carrying 9,000 tonnes of palm oil and 23 crew members, after its engine failed and a ballast tank flooded
The Vice-President was speaking at Amritapuri in Keralam during Vishwa Seva Dinam, organised on the occasion of the 73rd birthday celebrations of Mata Amritanandamayi
According to the Horticulture Department officials, among all crops that have surveyed in past months, coconut has recorded the highest crop loss, followed by onion and other vegetables
New facilities to equip young people with skills for a changing job market, says Minister
The first phase of the campaign will be held from September 28 to 30 and will focus on collecting e-waste accumulated at government institutions across the district
The pods recovered from the alleged Arunachal Pradesh-based smugglers weigh 158 grams, police say