Protests Hit Retail Ahead of Durga Puja

West Bengal is home to 43,000 Durga Pujas, and the business around it is a major economic driver. IMAGE: People perform a street play during a protest condemning the rape and murder of a trainee......

'Imagine Getting 720 Out Of 720; And 67 People Getting Such Marks!'

'They made so many toppers in NEET that automatically the paper leak issue got exposed.' 'The first mistake they did was announcing 67 toppers in NEET. No way this figure was possible.''The maximum......

Sunak sacks Indian origin home secy; Ex-PM Cameron brought in

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak carried out a dramatic reshuffle to his Cabinet on Monday, firing his hardline Indian-origin Home Secretary Suella Braverman and bringing former premier David......

EC cracks the whip, shifts lax officials including cops in 5 poll-bound states

The Election Commission on Wednesday ordered the transfer of several top police and administrative officers, including 25 police commissioners and superintendents of police, nine district......

US investor BlackRock slashes Byju's valuation by 95% to $1 billion

In November 2023, Netherlands-based tech investor Prosus NV marked down Byju's valuation to under $3 billion. Peerzada Abrar reports. Photograph: Dado Ruvic/Reuters BlackRock has again reduced......

Should Banks Be Closed On ALL Saturdays?

Currently, banks are closed every second and fourth Saturday of a month.Why shouldn't they be shut every Saturday?When most customers carry their banks in their pocket (the app on the mobile......

Suicides Highlight HR Ailment At Public Sector Banks

It may sound bizarre, but incidents of public sector bankers dying by suicide could probably equal the number of such bankers quitting their jobs, reveals Tamal Bandyopadhyay. IMAGE: Kindly note......

Siddhartha lived by his honour code, and died by it

'The Hegdes lived a life of simplicity, stayed in the background always, never in the media or on Page 3. Business of that scale did not seem to have any impact on their social lives or public......

Happy Birthday, NTR Jr!

IMAGE: NTR Jr in Devara.   NTR30, NTR Jr's new film, will now be called Devara. The action drama is directed by Kortala Siva and the actor is looking all things raw, intense and tough in its......

'Tiger was impatient to step out, all guns blazing'

'It would have been easy to make a small film with Tiger in a basti or an action film like Pushpa which was all mud, grunge and a repeat of what I had done before.' IMAGE: Director Ahmed Khan with......

'I wanted my superhero to laugh at himself'

'I want the audience to smile when they see my film.' IMAGE: Tovino Thomas in Minnal Murali. Basil Joseph, the 31-year-old director of the Malayalam blockbuster Minnal Murali, is a happy man. His......

'Babur could be really brutal'

'Physically, he was a strong man, but given to moments of emotional weakness.''He had to be put back on the right track by the women in his life.' IMAGE: Kunal Kapoor in The Empire. One remembers......

Ahead of Paris Games, Ukraine mourns athletes lost to war

At least 488 Ukrainian athletes and trainers have been killed since early 2022, around two dozen of whom had been European or world champions in their discipline, according to sports ministry......

It was a very sad time for me as well for the wrestling fraternity: Brij Bhushan

IMAGE: Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh said the protesting wrestlers won't face any political vendetta. Photograph: ANI The protesting wrestlers will not face any sort of vendetta politics and they......

Can leave her behind: Gyaneshwari dreams of overtaking Chanu

IMAGE: Mirabai Chanu is an inspiration for Gyaneshwari Yadav, but the young lifter wants to not only follow in her footsteps but also go to greater heights. Photograph: Edgard Garrido/Reuters......

2024 Olympics: Ukraine presses France to ban Russia

IMAGE: IOC is open to including Russian and Belarusian athletes as neutrals at the 2024 Games. Photograph: Issei Kato/Reuters Ukraine hopes to secure widespread international support for......

National Anti-Doping Bill gets parliament nod

IMAGE: Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Anurag Thakur while responding to debate on the bill said that currently India can carry out only about 6,000 tests a year, and the law would help in......