FIR against IAS Puja Khedkar's mother for waving gun at farmers

Pune civic body on Saturday issued a notice to Manorama Khedkar, mother of controversial probationary IAS officer Puja Khedkar, directing the removal of "unauthorised structures" adjacent to the......

UK polls: Record 26 Indian-origin MPs elected to House of Commons

A record number of around 26 Indian-origin members of Parliament have been elected to the House of Commons in the UK's general election as results were announced on Friday, with several......

Heatwave grips Kashmir; Srinagar's hottest July in 25 yrs, beats Delhi temp

Kashmir is currently under the grip of a heatwave with day temperatures at various places soaring to record-high, even as Srinagar experienced the hottest July day in over two decades on Wednesday,......

Monsoon advances in India; normal life hit as heavy rains lash Guj, Raj

Heavy rains lashed several parts across India, including Gujarat and Rajasthan, on Sunday affecting normal life as monsoon further advanced towards the northern states. IMAGE: A road caves in amid......

'FAME must include tractors and LCVs'

'The scheme excludes tractors, light commercial vehicles, and medium and heavy commercial vehicles.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Tube Investments of India Chennai-based Murugappa Group-promoted Tube......

Are Plug-In Hybrid Cars The Future?

Plug-in hybrids have two engines and the electric part has a much larger battery than in the regular hybrids. Car companies, led by the Japanese, are pushing the Indian government to look at......

Champions of investor trust: 10 stocks with institutional seal of approval

Equity investments by foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) and domestic institutional investors (DIIs) in the Indian market have shown a mixed trend over the past six months. Illustration: Uttam......

Growth expectations and better margins drive gains in hotel stocks

The hospitality industry has seen plenty of interest since the catastrophic impact of the pandemic, which led to losses in FY21. Photograph: Jason Lee/Reuters The hotel industry market cap has......

Tamannaah's Baahubali Dream

Photograph: Kind courtesy Tamannaah Bhatia/Instagram It's been nine years since Baahubali: The Beginning hit the screen, and Tamannaah Bhatia goes down memory lane. The actor, who played Prabhas'......

'Bombay Has An Intoxicating Personality'

'It's such a mishmash of wonderful things, so many different cultures, subsections of society and weird histories.' IMAGE: Boys with their faces painted in silver during Holi celebrations in......

Will Kalki 2898 AD Be A Game-Changer?

The Kalki Universe might just take off, but it will still owe its gee-whizery to Hollywood movies, observes Deepa Gahlot. It is not short on ambition, this mixing of mythology and a dystopian......

'Heeramandi Showed India As A Sone Ki Chidiya'

'The primary set took over three months to build with 14,000-15,000 workers employed at a time.' 'We ensured that Mallikajaan's Shahi Mahal lived up to its name.''One zardosi panel cost around Rs 4......

Look, Who's In Modi's Arms!

Photograph: Kind Courtesy Jasprit Bumrah/X   Li'L Angad Bumrah, that's who! Angad, who turns 1 in exactly two months' time, September 4, charmed Prime Minister Narendra D Modi at the......

Fans chant 'Toni, stay' as Real Madrid parade UCL trophy

IMAGE: Real Madrid bus arriving to the celebration with fans at Cibeles Fountain. Photograph: Susana Vera/Reuters Tens of thousands of Real Madrid fans celebrated their club's 15th European......

T20 WC: Festival of cricket kicks off in the Americas

 Big test for India, Eng; minnows likely to shake applecart IMAGE: Captain Rovman Powell will lead West Indies' charge to a 3rd T20 World Cup title. Photograph: ICC/X There will be the usual......

Team India Get Used To New York

'We came in the day before yesterday and we just eased into our routines here, the players are just getting used to the time zone.' IMAGE: Shivam Dube, Shubman Gill, Hardik Pandya and Suryakumar......

Venus Williams just got her own Barbie doll!

IMAGE: Venus Williams poses with a Barbie doll. Photographs: Mattel/WME Sports Studio/Handout via REUTERS Seven-times Grand Slam champion Venus Williams and Australian soccer player Mary......