When Sudha, Narayana Murthy Broke Up

After agonizing over this for weeks, he made a decision.When they met after work one evening, he startled her by blurting out, 'I think we should break up.' A moving excerpt from Chitra Banerjee......

The Complete Hotelier And Host Extraordinaire

Shreekant Sambrani remembers P R S 'Biki' Oberoi, personal friend and hospitality icon, who passed into the ages this week. Illustrations: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   P R S (Biki to friends)......

''Madam, we want to salute you with flowers and cake'

'Society deals with you the way they do, or forms an opinion, depending on if your family is with you every step of the way.' IMAGE: Kindly note the image has been posted only for representational......

Modi gifts Macron sandalwood sitar replica, Pochampally silk ikat for wife

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has gifted a sandalwood replica of the sitar to French President Emanuel Macron and Pochampally silk ikat in a sandalwood box to his wife Brigitte Macron, officials......

NSE lifts lid on dabba trading, tippers, issues warnings to 24 platforms

New-age tech tools and ‘mystery shoppers’ are helping the country’s top bourse stay ahead of the curve against dabba trading platforms and entities dolling out unsolicited......

MPC to start 3-day meet on Wed, another rate hike likely

The Reserve Bank's rate-setting panel will start its 3-day deliberations on Wednesday amid expectations of yet another rate hike of 50 basis points to check high inflation, in line with similar......

Battered by three decades of controversy, TMB looks back to the future

June was a memorable month for the 101-year-old Tamilnad Mercantile Bank (TMB). Last month, the Thoothukudi-based bank witnessed two new landmarks in a history in which the last three decades could......

How Infosys regained its mojo, improved employee morale under Salil Parekh

In 2017, when Infosys announced that Salil Parekh would be its next chief executive officer (CEO) and managing director (MD), very few in the industry or the analyst community doubted his ability......

Varun-Natasha Have A Daughter

Photograph: Kind courtesy Varun Dhawan/Instagram Varun Dhawan and Natasha Dalal welcomed their first child on Monday, June 3, 2024. Varun was spotted with his father David Dhawan at a hospital in......

Manushi, Bhumi, Disha Turn Up The Heat

As if the soaring Mumbai temperatures wasn't enough, these glamorous divas got us sweating and swooning over them courtesy their appetising style choices. Here's looking at the celebs who ended up......

Why Aattam Is A Masterpiece

What follows is essentially a long scene set in a single location, and you watch in amazement as the scene grows into one of Indian cinema's funniest and most spectacular pieces of sustained......

Bramayugam: Movie Love or Masochism?

You will appreciate the Mammootty of this movie better if you do not take the servile reviews to heart, for this is a grand, broad, almost proudly comic performance, assures Sreehari Nair. Since......

Romania stun Ukraine with first Euro win in 24 years

IMAGE: Romania's Radu Dragusin in action with Ukraine's Artem Dovbyk. Photograph: Leonhard Simon/Reuters Romania turned in a high-octane performance to win their first European Championship match......

Coach hails Germany's unity after biggest Euro win

IMAGE: Germany, hunting a record fourth European title and first major trophy after a barren decade, scored through Florian Wirtz, Jamal Musiala and a Kai Havertz penalty before Niclas Fuellkrug......

IPL 2024: 'RCB have switched on the attacking mode'

'But even when we were losing, fingers were not pointed at anyone.' IMAGE: RCB's Yash Dayal celebrates with team-mate Virat Kohli after taking a wicket against Delhi Capitals on Sunday.......

'300-run mark will be crossed in the IPL very soon'

IMAGE: Sunrisers Hyderabad opener Abhishek Sharma hits out during the IPL 2024 match against Delhi Capitals on Friday. Photograph: BCCI Veteran wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh Karthik said the......

Kohli has set a benchmark with his fitness: Agarkar

IMAGE: Virat Kohli has set an example with his fitness for younger players to follow, feels BCCI chief selector Ajit Agarkar. Photograph: Kind courtesy Virat Kohli/Instagram The fitness blueprint......