The 89-year old Kirana gharana Vocalist 'Prabha Atre' was awarded the Padma Vibhushan. She holds a world record for releasing 11 books on music in Hindi and English from a single stage.
Arundhati Bhattacharya, the former chair of the State Bank of India (SBI), has come out with her new book titled "Indomitable: A Working Woman's Notes on Work, Life and Leadership".
Uttar Pradesh government has decided to rename the Sainik School in Mainpuri after the country's first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat, who died in a chopper crash recently.
In a tragic incident on New Year occasion, 12 people were killed and 15 injured in a stampede at Vaishno Devi shrine in the Katra area of Jammu and Kashmir.