Follow Jaipur LitFest on Vicky Nanjappa's MyPage!

The fifth edition of Jaipur Literature Festival promises to be the biggest and best so far. The biggest litfest in all of Asia, Jaipur this year plays host to a Nobel Laureate, two Booker winners......

'I felt there were more than ten terrorists'

'Since I felt there could be more, I had told the local authorities to screen every hostage carefully, since we felt that some could have been staying as guests.' IMAGE: A National Security Guard......

CBI raids residences, office of K'taka Congress MP's associates

In a pre-dawn swoop, the Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday raided residences and an office of some people linked to senior Congress leader and MP D K Suresh, brother of senior Congress......

The real story of Tiger Zinda Hai: How India got 46 nurses back from ISIS

In 2014, 46 Indian nurses were taken hostage by the ISIS in Iraq. They were initially stranded at a hospital in Tikrit and later moved to Mosul from where they were freed by the fighters of Islamic......

Windows XP support ends: Here's how to protect your bank accounts

According to sources in the banking sector, banks have been working on the issue for some time and the transition was set into motion in a phased manner, notes Vicky Nanjappa There are nearly......

Classmates remember Satya Nadella as 'humble', 'ever willing to help'

Vicky Nanjappa speaks to the new Microsoft CEO's classmates in Manipal and Hyderabad to discover an inquisitive student who still attends the school reunion.  Satyanarayana (Satya) Nadella has......

Six steps that can put the economy back on rails

Overseas investors are scared of putting money in India - and this should worry the government. The most crucial thing that the government needs to do in order to improve the financial environment......

CWG: Prakash Nanjappa wins air pistol silver

Indian shooter Prakash Nanjappa was a class above the rest but had to settle for a silver medal in the 10m air pistol at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow on Saturday. He achieved the feat......

India marksman Nanjappa battles career-threatening illness to Rio Games

Shooter thought his career was over after being diagnosed with a type of paralysis known as Bell's palsy IMAGE: Indian shooter Prakash Nanjappa in action. Photograph: Twitter. Indian shooter......

Shooter Nanjappa seals Rio spot

India's Prakash Nanjappa has earned a quota place for the 2016 Rio Olympics after finishing eighth in the finals of 50-metre men's pistol event at the ISSF World Cup in Gabala, Azerbaijan. The......

Nanjappa wins bronze in men's 10m air pistol at World Cup

India's Prakash Nanjappa won a bronze medal in the men's 10m air pistol event at the ISSF World Cup at Changwon, Korea on Saturday. Nanjappa shot 180.2 points and outdid 2010 World champion......

Indians at CWG: Rahi, Apurvi bag golds, shooters grab five more medals

Apurvi Chandela and Rahi Sarnobat clinched a gold medal each as Indian shooters returned with five more medals to swell the country's medal tally on the third day of competitions at the 20th......