Delhi's air quality likely to dip, anti-pollution plan kicks in

Amid a likely increase in pollution levels, the Centre's air quality panel on Saturday directed authorities in the National Capital Region to increase parking fees to discourage private transport......

PHOTOS: Heavy rains in Delhi break 46-year record

Record heavy rains lashed many parts of the national capital on Saturday, making it the wettest monsoon season in 46 years and causing extensive waterlogging that affected operations at the Delhi......

Full Text: President's joint address to both houses of Parliament

Here's the full text of President's Ram Nath Kovind's address to the joint sitting of both houses of Parliament on the first of Budget Session 2022. IMAGE: A word cloud of President Ram Nath......

Coronavirus leaves Ravana effigy business on last legs

It's a day before Dussehra and Karan 'Ravan Wala' looks disconsolately at the empty stretch of pavement, the handful of in-the-works effigies underscoring the despair of a festive season that is......

500,000 Homes, Worth Rs 4.48 Trillion, Stuck In 7 Metros

The NCR and the MMR together account for 77 per cent of 10 big housing projects stuck because of developers' bankruptcy or litigation. Kindly note the image has only been published for......

Hotels roll out red carpet as big fat weddings return

Cash registers are ringing more frequently at hotels and resorts with the return of the big fat Indian wedding after a two-year hiatus. Photograph: Yogita/Wikimedia Commons This comes even as the......

Why govt must protect Jet's prime slots

Banks want government to retain 40 per cent of Jet slots at all airports to ensure a new owner can kick-start operations soon after taking over.Arindam Majumder reports. Photograph: Francis......

Things other than the new metro that Chennaiites take pride in

Image: A metro train runs on the tracks after Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa flagged off Chennai Metro Rail Limited’s passenger services between Alandur and Koyambedu, in Chennai......

'We've to change how we look at old age'

'We always think of retirement as a time to settle down, that it is the sunset of our lives.''Instead of calling it retirement, we must call it 're-tyre-ing', that is putting a new set of tyres and......

City of Dreams 2 review

The second season of City Of Dreams has more pulp, hardly any juice, feels Sreehari Nair. Season 1 of Nagesh Kukunoor's City of Dreams, for all its pulpiness, aspired to paint an epic vision of......

'I am an outcast in Bollywood'

'The idea is to sideline you, box you up in a smaller box, so you don't go out of that.''The bigger boxes are for their own people.'   Photograph: Kind courtesy Ranvir Shorey/Instagram......

Where these stars got their looks from

Choreographer-director Farah Khan managed a coup of sorts when she got Salman Khan to appear on her new chat show Tere Mere Beach Mein with his mother, Salma, in tow. Few of us have actually......

TV presenter Morgan takes a jibe at United on Twitter

British TV personality Piers Morgan has trolled Dutch footballer Robin van Persie and Manchester United on Twitter after Manchester United beat Crystal Palace on Saturday. Van Persie's switch from......

Seeking parochialism

Not so long ago, there was random moaning about increasing parochialism in Indian cricket. Players were being booed in the home stadiums of their perceived rivals; it was no longer about wanting......