The Lok Sabha witnessed a display of linguistic diversity on Monday, with the newly-elected MPs taking their oaths in English and Indian languages, including Sanskrit, Hindi, Dogri, Bengali,......
The Braj Mandal Jalabhishek Yatra that was marred by violence last year concluded peacefully on Monday as it passed through Nuh amid tight security arrangements, with members of both Hindu and......
'The local support from our MP is nil. He never comes to see our farms.' IMAGE: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Amit A Shah during an election meeting in Muzaffarpur, May 5, 2024. Photograph:......
Politely decline to be prime minister, and hand the baton to someone else in the BJP -- like Sonia did to Manmohan Singh -- advises Krishna Prasad. IMAGE: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader......
Ahead of the Ram temple consecration, around 100 Congress office-bearers from Uttar Pradesh, including party's state unit chief Ajay Rai and state in-charge Avinash Pande, will visit Ayodhya on......
As the Modi Express chugs along, with less steam and shine, Business Standard reporters travel across the country by train to listen to what people say about the Modi govt one year on. 'Promise......
It's a season of sequels, with Gadar 2 and OMG 2 hitting the cinemas together. it took a while for Bollywood film-makers to cash in on sequels and franchises, but over the last decade or so, there......
Essentially a message movie, Jayeshbhai Jordaar masks its horror in humour to play out like an on-the-run road trip, observes Sukanya Verma. Jayeshbhai Jordaar is no satire but uses humour as a......
Think of a Bollywood movie portraying sibling love, and you are instantly reminded of Hare Rama, Hare Krishna; Majboor; Masoom. In recent times, siblings have given movies a whole new dimension.......
Aseem Chhabra lists his favourite Indian films of 2021. Aseem's Best International Films of 2021 In the second year of the pandemic when movie theatres remained closed for an extended period of......
The hits and misses of the week. Two films released this week. While Priyanka Chopra's much-awaited Jai GangaaJal did not receive much appreciation at the box office, Zubaan (which......
IMAGE: Manpreet Singh was originally recommended for the Arjuna award but he joined veteran goalkeeper P R Sreejesh as the second hockey player in the list of awardees for the highest sporting......
Paralympic gold-winners Avani Lekhara, Sumit Antil, Pramod Bhagat, Krishna Nagar, Manish Narwal were also given the Khel Ratna at a dazzling awards ceremony on Saturday. IMAGE: Tokyo Olympics gold......
It was a felicitation function meant to honour him but Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda created quite a flutter by taking a jibe at star boxer Vijender Singh's "under-performance" at......
Exuding confidence of a better showing by India in the London Olympics, IOA, on Monday, said it would provide all possible help to the sportspersons' preparations. "We are hopeful that our medal......
With the London Olympics around the corner, the Sports Authority of India (SAI)on Wednesday reached out to athletes, who are part of the body's 'Olympic Hopeful' scheme, by providing them with......