Assam CM's 'communal rhetoric': Cong urges EC to act

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Monday hit out at the Election Commission for the 'tone and tenor' of its recent letter to his party while also urging the poll body to act against 'communal and......

Fate of 683 candidates in balance as 43 seats in Jharkhand vote

Jharkhand is geared up for polling in 43 of the 81 assembly seats in the first phase on Wednesday, when the electoral fate of 683 candidates, including former chief minister Champai Soren and ex-MP......

'With less than 25 employees, NTA conducts over 2 dozen exams'

Criticising the Centre over the alleged paper leak in the medical entrance exam NEET-UG, Congress leader Ajoy Kumar claimed that the National Testing Agency (NTA) has less than 25 permanent......

Cong names new Puri candidate after ex-MP's daughter pulls out over funds

Congress on Saturday night named Jay Narayan Patnaik as its candidate for the Puri Lok Sabha seat in Odisha after Sucharita Mohanty pulled out of the race, claiming that the party denied her funds......

Restaurant to jewellery, brands make a beeline for metaverse

'We're seeing major Bollywood celebrities, fashion icons, and even movie studios  all wanting to build Metaverse experiences' *IMAGE: The Oculus app, which is used to manage the Oculus......

Modi has turned unlucky for the economy: Congress

With the benchmark Sensex witnessing the biggest single day drop ever, Congress on Monday  took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying he has turned "unlucky" as the economy and......

Switzerland will share details of at least 50 Indian A/C holders

These individuals largely include businessmen associated with companies, including the dummy ones, in sectors ranging from real estate, financial services, technology and telecom to paints, home......

Why linking loans to external benchmark won't be easy for banks

The debate on the merits or otherwise of external benchmarks also does not answer a fundamental question raised by Viral Acharya, the former deputy governor of RBI: “The issue is - who should......

'I feel I have lost a part of me'

IMAGE: Soumitra Chatterjee and Sharmila Tagore in Apur Sansar. "I don't know of anyone as erudite as Soumitra," Sharmila Tagore's voice trembles with emotion as she talks about her first co-star,......

Pradeep Kumar: Ever the royal

Dinesh RahejaJosephine Mull had once said, "Playing Shakespeare is very tiring. You never get to sit down, unless you are a king."Pradeep Kumar was a fortunate actor. He was the first choice to......

Munnabhai: India's Best?

Recently, Time magazine announced its list of the 100 greatest films of all time, and the eclectic selection includes five Indian films. While none would question the brilliance of the selected......

The different faces of Parineeta

Like Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's Devdas, his other book Parineeta has also been filmed in Hindi thrice. And both the novels have shared the same director for one of its versions-- Bimal Roy made......

Chitra case: We are yet to be heard by HC, says AFI

Athletics Federation of India on Friday reacted cautiously to the Kerala High Court order directing inclusion of middle distance runner P U Chitra in the national squad for next month's World......

Ranji Roundup: Sarfaraz puts Mumbai in control

IMAGE: Gujarat captain Bhargav Merai scored 223 against Meghalaya. Photograph: BCCI Domestic/Twitter Young batter Sarfaraz Khan continued his purple patch, slamming an unbeaten century to put......

Selection row: Sudha ready for Worlds, but AFI has a problem...

Sudha was among the three athletes who did not figure in the original 24-member squad selected by the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) despite winning gold in the recent Asian Championships in......

Mushtaq Ali: Punjab close in on knock-outs

IMAGE: Assam's Pritam Das celebrates after taking a Bengal wicket on Saturday. Photograph: BCCI Domestic/Twitter Punjab inched closer to a knockout berth with a 10-wicket rout of Jammu and Kashmir......

SAG PHOTOS: Gold pours in for India from athletics, shooting

IMAGE: India's Ranjith Maheshwari won the gold in the men's triple jump at the South Asian Games in Guwahati. Photograph: PTI The star-studded shooting squad was expectedly on target,......