When one says roti, images of mothers and grandmothers rolling out smooth dough into perfect circles onto hot tawas come to mind. But roti has never been just bread. Its perfect circle has long mirrored the idea of the 'perfect' woman — expected to serve endlessly. But not every roti turns out well. Some burn, some remain pale at the edges, revealing the quiet pressu...

This winter, the Pink City is set to turn magical once again with the 19th edition of the Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF). Produced by Teamwork Arts and often described as one of the ‘greatest literary shows on earth’, JLF has, since 2006, drawn writers, critics, artists and readers from across the world for a week-long celebration of books and ideas. The festival was founde...

NOIDA: Several schools in Noida received emails containing bomb threats on Friday, which later turned out to be a hoax, police said.

Additional Commissioner of Police (Gautam Buddh Nagar), Rajeev Narain Mishra, told reporters that some schools in Noida received emails threatening bomb attacks on their premises.

"Upon receiving information, senior police officers a...

NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Friday extended by seven days the NIA custody of Dr Bilal Naseer Malla, an accused in the Red Fort blast case.

The court also remanded Soyab, a Faridabad resident accused of harbouring Red Fort bomber Umar-un-Nabi, to five days of judicial custody.

The probe agency produced Soyab and Bilal at the Patiala House Court amid tight security ...

Dense fog continued to disrupt flight operations at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) on Friday, leading to the cancellation of at least 79 flights, officials said.

More than 230 flights were delayed, with average departure delays touching 49 minutes on Friday morning, according to data from flight-tracking website Flightradar24.

Among the cancell...