In April, Leh district's last village of Kanji in the western Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir received electricity for the first time. It was only last year that a tarred road was built to connect this remotest hamlet to the world. But a school has been operating here since 1960 - giving students wings to dream!


Leh's remote school where dreams are born through education


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Persuaded by the increase and success of factory farms in Brazil during his two-year stay there as a taxi driver, 35-year-old Ajaz Katiyar returned to Jaipur and set up four farms - two for poultry and one each for cows and pig.


Factory Farming: Threat to human health, animals, environment


Superstar Rajinikanth, who was moved by actor Vikram's commitment for upcoming Tamil magnum opus "I", said Monday that no actor could sacrifice as much as him for a character.


Hats off to Vikram's commitment for 'I': Rajinikanth


Actor Vikram Monday stunned hundreds of his fans when he appeared on stage in his werewolf getup from the upcoming Tamil magnum opus "I" at the film's audio launch here. He performed a song with co-star Amy Jackson.


Vikram stunned his fans in werewolf getup


Hollywood star Arnold Schwarzenegger, who was here Monday as the chief guest for the audio launch of Tamil magnum opus "I", said he would love to work with its director Shankar someday.


Will love to work with Shankar, says Schwarzenegger


Advertising professional Manit Khurana pulls the graveyard shift often, which affects his sleep cycle along with his diet. But, with the mushrooming of many all-night delivery set-ups in the capital, he now has an option of thinking beyond chips and instant noodles.


From condoms to cigarettes, late night cravings get doorstep deliveries (Business & Lifestyle Feature)


This year has been one of making history. A tea-seller became the prime minister of the country and now a 21-year-old youth with a Hindi educational background has become the student-president of the capital's elite St.Stephen's College - opening a new chapter in its 133-year history.


Gardener's son begins new chapter in St.Stephen's 133-year history (Education Feature)


Traditional Kashmiri street theatre, which once occupied centre stage as the most powerful medium of mass communication in Kashmiri society, seems to be dying a silent death.


Will Kashmir's street theatre die an unsung death? (Arts Feature, with image)


Back in 2006, Joe Biden, then a Senate candidate ran into trouble for a remark that "you cannot go to a 7-Eleven or a Dunkin' Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent."


Indian-Americans pay a price for running convenience stores (Diaspora Feature)


Her defiance against an age-old custom developed into a campaign that caught the imagination of the nation. And now anti-child marriage crusader Rekha Kalindi will rub shoulders with Malala Yousafzai and Anne Frank in a book that tells the tales of how they changed the world.


Child crusader's story to inspire the world (Social Feature)


It's time for the three "ageing superstars" of Malayalam cinema to make way for fresh faces. With influx of youngsters, growing popularity of Tamil films and the expansion of digital platforms, the heydays of the trio of Mammootty, Mohanlal and Suresh Gopi seem to be over.


New talent slowly edging out ageing Malayalam superstars (Cinema Trend)


Every day, as her four-year-old daughter cheerfully boards the school bus, Deepti Osatwal's mind remains clouded with thoughts about her child's safety at school - a place once considered as a "home away from home". And Deepti is not the only parent who is consumed by such worry day after day.


Are our schools safe?


In a bid to protect children from inappropriate content, British Prime Minister David Cameron Monday announced a pilot scheme under which online music videos will be given age ratings, a media report said.


Britain plans age rating for music videos


A record number of people visited the Taj Mahal Sunday, with footfalls crossing the 50,000 mark. On Saturday too, over 48,000 tickets were sold, but all this proved meaningless for Agra's hotel industry.


Record footfalls at Taj fails to cheer hoteliers


Reputed for its exquisite collection of heritage textiles, the 60-year-old Tantuja - handloom weavers' co-operative under the West Bengal government - will from September make its unique products available to global shoppers via its maiden e-commerce venture.


Bengal to sell heritage textiles online for global shoppers (Business Feature)


Whether the purists like it or not, the ghumot, one of Goa's unique and indigenous percussion instruments that is an essential part of the Ganesh Chaturthi aartis, is heading for a makeover.


Goa's ghumot percussion instrument set for makeover (Music Feature)


With "Aashiqui 2" heroine Shraddha Kapoor as the showstopper, ace couturier JJ Valaya showcased his line 'The Nautch of Fez', combining the cultural elements of India and Morocco, and infusing them with subtle elements of the Indian nautch girls of the past, as part of the grand finale of the BMW India Bridal Fashion Week (IBFW) here.


Indian nautch girls inspire JJ Valaya's finale at IBFW


Dressed in an elaborate gharara and traditional jewellery, stylist and costume designer Pernia Qureshi, who is making her acting debut with Muzaffar Ali's "RAQS - The Dance Withiin", managed to give audiences here at the BMW India Bridal Fashion Week (IBFW) a taste of her look in the upcoming period drama.


Muzaffar Ali gives sneak peak into new film via ramp show


Pollution control and remediation is all set to get smart in India, thanks to 'smart polymers' or new-age sensors that can sniff out cancer-causing substances in extremely minute traces and also help in removing them from the air or water sources.


Smart sensors to sniff out cancer-causing pollutants (Environment Feature)


Veteran fashion designer Rohit Bal turned a showstopper for a segment of jewellery brand Azva's showcase at the ongoing India Bridal Fashion Week (IBFW) here, leaving the audiences surprised.


Role reversal: when designer Rohit Bal turned model


Raghavendra Rathore's designs always have an old world charm of Rajasthan and royalty.

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