Legendary India grandmaster Viswanathan Anand has claimed that the Indian team travelling to Georgia for the upcoming Olympiad is well-equipped to clinch the country’s first ever gold medal. Anand, who will be playing for Team India after a gap of 12 years, said that many teams can win the top prize at the Olympiad and India is one of them. (HT Correspondent)read more

Experts claim the structures date back to the 12th century and belong to the Chand dynasty. read more

A fascinating volume examines a particular era in the history of Punjab to show the crisscrossing of multiple currents of nationalism read more

According to the police, the accused principal was on his way to Ahmedabad when he was arrested from Mumbai on Wednesday, for allegedly sexually abusing a Class 9 student and showing the student a pornographic video. read more

Electricity subsidies are often attributed to the incompetence of ESCOMs and are rarely interpreted as welfare policy. read more

The 43rd Chess Olympiad is scheduled to be held in Georgia from September 23 - October 6, with both Indian men’s and women’s team expected of putting on a good show. read more

Muharram marks the holy day of Ashura, and it is on this day that Imam Hussain Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad was martyred. read more

The rupee had fallen more than 12 percent against the dollar this year and it is the worst performing Asian currency year-to-date, stung by an emerging markets sell-off and higher crude oil prices that have widened the country’s current account defi... read more

According to Hindu tradition, Vishwakarma is known as the creator of the world. Vishwakarma Puja is celebrated mostly by industrial workers, engineers, weavers, artists and craftsmen. read more

An ornamental silver snuff box at Munshi Aziz Bhat museum in Kargil. Originally from central Asia, it was used to sniff opium by traders on arduous journeys along the Silk Route in late 19th and early 20th century. While government-run museums are naturally in another league altogether, family or community-run museums like this one are important because they preserve a range of micro historical, cultural and political identities.

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After four continental titles with Barcelona, Xavi has one foot in the semifinal of the Asian Champions League with Al Sadd, the club he joined in 2015. read more

To get the protections, you’ll have to break your habit of using Google’s Chrome browser, which by some estimates has more than half of the worldwide browser usage. read more

he train service seeks to revive steam locomotive as well as throw light on these historical towns read more

The best ones are found in Gujarat and Rajasthan, where lock-making used to be a thriving business because of the busy ports, and the growing wealth of traders. read more

Google built a prototype of its customised ‘Dragonfly’ search engine for China. This prototype search engine reportedly links users’ search history to their phone numbers. read more