Sri Sri Ravi Shankar lauds PM Modi's vision for 'vikas and virasat'

IANS | April 15, 2024 10:03 PM

New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, the spiritual guru and the Founder of Art of Living Foundation joined the Viksit Bharat Ambassador programme over the weekend and showered praises on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership for steering the nation on a growth path while restoring and reviving the country's spiritual legacy.

A spirited voice of the Hindi film industry - and pioneer of 'item songs'

Vikas Datta | April 14, 2024 2:14 PM

New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) Her influence persists in Bollywood even after her name has faded from public memory, althrough remixes of her rollicking hits from the 1950s continue to be in circulation. Another, and not that well-known, legacy of Shamshad Begum, though, was initiating what later became "item numbers", though her contributions were more perky than provocative, saucy than raunchy, and racy without being ribald.

What Delhi prison manual says about meeting inmates

Shekhar Singh | April 13, 2024 2:12 PM

New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) The meetings between inmates and their relatives or friends are conducted according to the jail's manual and this applies to all inmates without exception, top prison sources told IANS on Saturday, in response to claims made by AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh.