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Time To Shut Down Coaching Classes?

The coaching-tuition-profiteering model built on the back of a broken education system is a scandal and an abomination, and must go, asserts Shekhar Gupta. IMAGE: Rapid Action Force personnel......

17 arrested with AK-47s, machine gun over US gurdwara shootings

A multi-agency investigation has led to the arrest of 17 people, mostly members of the local Sikh community, in connection with 11 shootings, including one at a Gurdwara in Sacramento, and have......

Couples refuse to be cowed down, celebrate Valentine's Day with gaiety

Couples -- young and old -- celebrated Valentine's Day on Tuesday with flowers and gifts even as a few right-wing outfits played spoilsport in some parts of the country. IMAGE: A man dressed as a......

PM Modi takes his place at Madame Tussauds

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday took his place alongside other world leaders at Madame Tussauds in London. The Indian leader’s new wax figure arrived at the Baker Street attraction......

Gandhi is 'myth', Churchill 'made up'

Mahatma Gandhi never existed while Britain's wartime Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill was a fictional character. Don't fret. This is only what most Britons think about these great leaders.......

'We Have An Indian Tiger That Needs To Be Uncaged'

'What's sad today is that there are so many people who cannot find work, not because the country is devoid of that opportunity, but because we are not doing enough in the country.' Interview with......

Vijay Mallya is at his country home near London

Vijay Mallya had indicated last month that he wanted to move to the UK to be closer to his children and later denied he had plans to abscond. Image: Vijay Mallya with son Siddharth. Photograph:......

India is the 10th wealthiest nation in the world, US leads

In the top 20 list for total individual wealth, India bettered Spain, Brazil, South Korea, Switzerland, Mexico, Netherlands, and Belgium, among others. Image: India is ranked 10......

Deal Street remained almost deserted in 2019

The domestic deal-making activities were hit by weak corporate governance and a huge liquidity crunch in 2019, while the global deals were also hard to come by due to various factors including......

Retail king Biyani criticises e-sellers for offering discounts

Retail king Kishore Biyani (below left) talks to Viveat Susan Pinto and Raghavendra Kamath about deep discounts, his e-commerce plans and the Future group's food and consumer goods venture.......

All We Imagine As Light Makes History At Golden Globes

A scene from All We Imagine As Light. Payal Kapadia may have missed her chance at the Oscars, but her acclaimed film All We Imagine As Light has been acknowledged by the Golden Globes. It has......

2024: Top 10 International Films

Aseem Chhabra lists his favourite 2024 films that he watched at film festivals in Berlin, Cannes, Toronto and India. It's that time for the year to track its very best. These are personal choices,......

Spotted! A Mermaid Called Riya

Nargis Fakhri holidays in Italy... Ananya gets into a bikini... Sunny promotes his movie... Photograph: Kind courtesy Riya Sen/Instagram Riya Sen takes a dip in the ocean off Kanawa island in......

Photo: SRK at Madame Tussauds

Reader Hasmukh Joshi saw thismassiveShah Rukh Khanbanner in London. SRK is going to visit Madame Tussauds in the first week of April to inaugurate his waxwork,which explainsthis huge SRK banner......

Four More Shots Please Season 3 Review: Ridiculous!

When banal problems, drunken rants, liberally sprinkled swear words and WhatApp forwards kind of pretend profound lines run out, there is a lot of action between the sheets, observes Deepa Gahlot.......

How 'Guru Gary' is using cricket to keep slum kids away from drugs

Photograph: Andrew Couldridge Livepic via Reuters Notorious for drugs and crime and afflicted by large-scale poverty, the Khayelitsha township in Cape Town is better known for being one of the......

The inside story of Mourinho's failed tenure at Man United

United are bigger than any one man and the decision to send Mourinho packing drives home that philosophy to players, fans and opponents IMAGE: Jose Mourinho reacts. Photograph: Pete Norton/Getty......

Trump Bullies NFL; fine for players on anthem protests

Bowing to Trump, NFL will require players to stand for anthem IMAGE: Houston Texans inside linebacker Benardrick McKinney (55), linebacker Ben Heeney (50), strong safety Marcus Gilchrist (21) and......

Sharapova back in business on and off court

'Sharapova’s doping transgression was not terribly egregious, neither performance-enhancing nor intentional, and her ban seemed unduly harsh' IMAGE: Maria Sharapova. Photograph:......

Tokyo Games: MIND-BOGGLING Pix!

Please click on the images for a better look at the action. IMAGE: Team United States's Cory Juneau warms up prior to the Men's Street Skateboard event. Photograph: Ezra Shaw/Getty Images......

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