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RG Kar rape-murder case: Can of worms opened, but CBI still clueless

Thirty days have passed after the body of a woman medic, raped and murdered, was recovered from state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, but investigators are still clueless about......

Manipur: Villagers seek deployment of more central forces

As Manipur grapples with ethnic violence involving Meiteis and Kukis, several other communities in its villages are also suffering the perils of conflict, living amid danger and uncertainty every......

Hamara Bajaj Kindled Pride in Being Indian

In 1989 when Bajaj came out with their legendary and elegant Hamara Bajaj campaign, that looked more at apna India, rather than the scooter, and at all hues of scootered Indians, it drew millions......

Pix: New tunes, drone show among many firsts in Beating Retreat

As a cold zephyr blew across the historic Vijay Chowk, multiple colours dotted the sky with around 1,000 drones taking flight, a projection mapping show with myriad hues depicted the country's 75......

Here to demand what is ours: Protesting farmers

"We are not here to fight. We are here to demand what is ours," says Gulzar Singh, a farmer from Uttar Pradesh who is camping at the Delhi-Ghazipur border with nearly 350 others from his state and......

Local suppliers, MNCs voice concerns over DPIIT's Make in India push

The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has proposed to raise the minimum local content under public procurement order in government contracts. Illustration: Dominic......

Hotels see green shoots of recovery as the fear of pandemic recedes

The mood at the Hotel Investment Conference South Asia (HICSA), the annual hospitality industry conference was rather upbeat. But hotel brand operators and owners remain cautiously optimistic of......

Why it is hard to call a bubble in tech stocks

It is not clear whether we are in a bubble in technology stocks.What is clear is that there is no reason why this potential bubble will pop anytime soon, notes Akash Prakash. Illustration: Dominic......

E-com giants may see 25% jump in sales

Instead of making the sellers bleed, experts say, e-commerce giants Amazon and Flipkart have roped in banks to offer discounts to buyers. E-commerce giants Amazon and Flipkart are expected to......

Trai sees spectrum worth Rs 7 lakh crore

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) on Monday proposed a high reserve price for telecom spectrum to be auctioned, at nearly Rs 3,622 crore (Rs 36.22 billion) per MHz in the 1,800-MHz......

The Archies Review: Return To Innocence

The Archies is an evergreen thought passed on from generation to generation. But Sukanya Verma wishes it had some of the comic's tee-hee humour and hyuk hyuk too. Long before there was cable TV,......

Can Bollywood make a film as smart as this one?

Sreehari Nair reviews Ayyappanum Koshiyum. IMAGE: Prithviraj as Koshi Kurian in Ayyappanum Koshiyum. Sachy's Ayyappanum Koshiyum starts off as a Man versus Man story and, very slowly,......

Review: Ghanchakkar ends up forgetting what it's about

Ghanchakkar stops being funny somewhere through the second half, writes Raja Sen.The finest, most fascinating mysteries are the ones where we find the red herrings stashed away in plain sight all......

50 pieces of silver: The Gospel according to Tarantino

As Hollywood director Quentin Tarantino turns 50, Raja Sen comes up with a light-hearted write-up on what would happen if the director decided to make the Bible no less.I always picture Quentin......

Mynaa: A breath of fresh air

Pavithra Srinivasan reviews the Tamil movie MynaaAmong glitzy and glamorous love stories that seemingly abound in a logic-less world of super-heroes, comes yet another romantic tale: Red Giant......

I had self belief in my batting: Rashid

IMAGE: Rashid Khan (31 off just 11 balls) pulled off a heist. Photograph: BCCI/IPL Hitting three sixes in four balls, including the match-winning maximum from the final delivery, is a......

Sania, Bhupathi urge cricketers to sign WADA code

Tennis aces Mahesh Bhupathi and Sania Mirza have urged the Indian cricketers to shrug off all apprehension about the vexed 'whereabouts' clause in the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) code and sign......

Americans celebrate Landis's victory

Americans celebrated Floyd Landis's Tour de France triumph on Sunday as early-rising Californians offered lusty cheers over breakfast and his former Pennsylvania neighbours ate cake in his......

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