Aditi Mukherjee

Uttam Kumar's greatest melodramatic challenge was performing in Satyajit Ray's ‘Nayak’ in 1966.

For 101-year-old Aditi Mukherjee, it was a pleasant surprise when she received a bouquet and a flower from the chief election commissioner, Rajiv Kumar, congratulating her for casting her vote in all the elections so far. Kumar also wanted her to motivate young voters.

Aditi Mukherjee is faced with a peculiar problem. The pet crèche she would check-in her Alsatian every year during the Kali Puja and Diwali period to shield from firecrackers has discontinued the service. The owner told Aditi that such is the assault of fireworks that despite having sound-proof windows, it was impossible for them to protect the innocent creatures.

Dakshin Kalikata Sevashram (DKS), a social welfare organization that was founded by nationalists Chittaranjan Das and Subhas Chandra Bose in 1924, is set to kick off its centenary year this Saturday. The organization, which runs an orphanage, following Bose's dream, will bring out seven unpublished letters of Netaji in their souvenir.

When stalking migratory birds along the North-eastern banks of the Sukhna Lake on a sunny winter day, tread very carefully.

The government has fixed maximum speed limit for vehicles moving on the Yamuna Expressway (YE).

Frolicking youngsters should be very wary when stepping off the Sukhna Lake's Bird Walk and nature trail to enjoy a bash in hideouts among dry bushes and scrub.

Engineering and management do not seem to be the obvious options for state toppers in matriculate examinations this year.

Mahesh Bhatt talks to Follo about his film based on the story of a single mother, much like his own.

Jungle lore from the Shivalik foothills vouches for the evolutionary skills of huge Rock pythons to turn inert, appear dead and merge their skin blotches perfectly with the jungle floor. There are anecdotes recounted by wood cutters of having sat on a python, mistaking the "lifeless" serpent for a thick log and then getting a terrifying shock when the giant woke up from the dead and sought to unseat the pile-ons! When encountered in the deep jungles by humans, a slithering python can slide to a dead stop and pretend it's just another one of those decrepit tree branches. Not a proverbial flutter of eyelashes or wink gives the serpent's game away.

A mammoth project is quietly on to translate 2000 English textbooks into 22 Indian languages. Some day soon you’ll be able to read philosophy in Bodo and trigonometry in Konkani

The state government on Saturday escalated its defence against Covid-19 by announcing the closure of all schools, colleges and universities. Later in the evening, several museums including the iconic Indian Museum and Victoria Memorial Hall announced closure till the month-end.

NEW DELHI: In '02, Delhi recorded 910 cases of eve-teasing, 842 abductions, 423 molestations and 383 rapes. The Crime Against Women's Cell helpline gets an average of six calls daily.

Aditi Mukherjee, a water expert associated with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change or IPCC’s reports for policy-makers, explains how water is key to any climate change discourse, and how the government’s role is also crucial