The guns have fallen silent and the shadow of fear is gradually receding.
Dreaded dacoits have been eliminated and the fear of the bullet has evaporated, particularly in the Bundelkhand region.

In a bid to woo its land-locked southern neighbour, China on Saturday offered $135 million in aid to Nepal to beef up its infrastructure and security during a brief surprise visit by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao.

Hitting out at the Opposition parties for calling his visit to dalit homes as “madness”, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said he will continue to indulge in such an act all his life.

JD(U) president Sharad Yadav on Wednesday said his party’s decision to go solo in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections will have no effect on the NDA in which it is an alliance partner along with the BJP.

Nine months, four alliances and scores of accusations. The much-publicised Peace Party in Uttar Pradesh is apparently going to pieces even before the elections begin.
The party that claimed to change the direction of state politics in 2011 is now looking for a direction for itself in the state.

With recent events overtaking the election scene in Uttar Pradesh, the Bahujan Samaj Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party are revamping their election campaign to derive maximum political advantage from the change in scenario.

Sandip Soparrkar

For any show and performance, dancers always have to dress up in the right manner to showcase their dance and portray their character well. To bring out the glamour and beauty in the costume many dancers accessories them with jewellery.

Trinidad and Tobago prime minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar on Wednesday got an emotional homecoming welcome at her forefathers’ ancestral village in Bihar and showered with the traditional love normally shown to a village girl returning home after a long time.

Attempting an amalgamation of the seven classical dance forms of India on one stage, while retaining their essence and ethos is certainly not an easy task for anyone. Odissi and Kathak danseuse Parwati Dutta is doing just that with her latest offering Sannidhi, which means “to flow together”.

Some key accused in the Bhanwari Devi case are likely to turn approver. Sources in the CBI on Wednesday maintained that the move will further strengthen the case against the alleged mastermind of Bhanwari’s abduction and murder.