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SC closes habeas corpus plea against Jaggi's foundation

The Supreme Court on Friday closed the proceedings in a habeas corpus petition filed by a man who had alleged that his two daughters were held captive on the premises of spiritual leader Jaggi......

Dadra And Nagar Haveli: How The Portuguese Were Defeated

They realised that the Portuguese were better prepared to defend Daman than Dadra and Nagar Haveli. If reinforcements from Daman were to reach Silvassa, there was no chance of defeating the......

She Came, She Saw, She Conquered!

'The consensus was that the debate was between looking backward and looking forward.' 'Trump, with his great enamourment of his own 'achievements,' was obviously looking backward, while Harris,......

Manipur CM calls drone attacks on civilians a terror attack

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Tuesday condemned the drone bomb attacks on civilians as acts of terrorism and vowed a firm response. IMAGE: A file photograph of security personnel......

5-term PM Sheikh Hasina's dramatic fall!

Sheikh Hasina, who was elected for a record fourth consecutive term and fifth overall term this year, was always admired by her supporters as "Iron Lady", before the dramatic development that......

Number of women in blue-collar jobs increasing across manufacturing sector

“Lady candidates need not apply.” Kindly note the image has been posted only for representational purposes. Photograph: Kind courtesy Helpsg/Pixabay So read the postscript in a job......

Gita Gopinath to quit as IMF chief economist, return to Harvard

IMF's Chief Economist Gita Gopinath will leave her job in January next year and return to the prestigious Harvard University, according to the global financial institution. Photograph: Charles......

How F C Kohli and TCS conquered the world

Shivanand Kanavi salutes the visionary IT leader F C Kohli who passed into the ages recently. IMAGE: Faqir Chand Kohli. All photographs: Kind courtesy Shivanand Kanavi Part 1: The......

'Gita is one of the world's outstanding economists'

Although the first woman to hold the position of chief economist at IMF, it would be wrong to see her appointment through the lens of gender, notes Indivijal Dhasmana.Illustration: Dominic......

10 things to know about Gita Gopinath, IMF's new chief economist

On October 1 Indian-American Gita Gopinath was appointed chief economist of the International Monetary Fund. Announcing her appointment, IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde hailed the......

'I have been rejected many times because of my colour'

'I have trained Ravish Kumar, Virender Sehwag, Harbhajan Singh, Irfan Pathan...''But if I approach somebody for work, I never get it.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Vikas Kumar/Instagram Vikas Kumar's......

The People Mumbai Forgot

'When the mill strike started, there was crisis in every mill worker household.''One entire generation went without education.''Hunger forced them to take to crime.' IMAGE: Scenes from Todi Mill......

'Nothing honorable about this killing'

'Find a name that changes the words honor killing and hopefully it includes the word murder.''If you use the words, you are trying to justify the murders.' IMAGE: Pavia Sidhu as Jassi and Yugam......

Neeyat Review: It's Not Boring But...

Neeyat creates zero interest in the characters, sighs Deepa Gahlot. Any film that uses Agatha Christie's murder mysteries as a source of inspiration starts out at a disadvantage. There is an......

The Buddhist Who May Bring Home The Oscar

'The richness of Buddhism makes it possible for us to create these stories and to interpret them.' Pawo Choyning Dorji learned film-making by observing and working with his spiritual guru,......

The Kapil Dev interview you must read!

'Today's cricketers are amazing, they know everything, but still you find a few cricketers, they have a talent, but their mind is not there.' IMAGE: Kapil Dev poses with his wax statue at Madame......

'More women footballers will follow Bala Devi to play abroad'

IMAGE: Bala Devi is the first Indian woman to become a professional footballer anywhere in the world. Photograph: Bala Devi/Twitter Indian women's football team goalkeeper Aditi Chauhan feels that......

Athletics Worlds: USA finish with three more gold on final day

A round-up of results from the final day of the World Athletics Championships at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha on Sunday IMAGE: Rai Benjamin crosses the finish line to help USA win......

Snooker champ's incredible journey from war-torn Syria

Undeterred by turmoil, Syrian teenage snooker champion has his eyes set on bigger targets IMAGE: Yazan started playing snooker at the age of 12. Photograph: Asian Snooker Championships Two years......

'My destiny was to write about the game'

'That has always been my ambition -- to take the reader behind the scenes, to the places he was not allowed to visit, but which I had the privilege of entering.'Haresh Pandya remembers Ted Corbett,......

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