Why these teachers are holding classes on a boat

Shailajanand Mishra lists The Top Videos of the Week! Take a look. IMAGE: Even as floods ravaged Bihar, three teachers in Katihar's Manihari town started holding classes on boats. Photograph: ANI......

Why PM Modi and Sonia Gandhi send 'chaadar' to Ajmer dargah every year

'After Independence, whoever has been the prime minister of the country has sent a chaadar' 'The Salafists and Wahhabis are extremists and cannot be associated with Islam' ‘We have peace......

Tipu Sultan's firepower fetches over Rs 56 crore

Auction house Bonhams has sold a spectacular collection of arms and armour once owned by Mysore ruler Tipu Sultan for over 6 million pounds (Rs 56.8 crore). The valuables, auctioned on April 21,......

Nashi, Russia's new militant nationalist movement

A new militant nationalist youth movement in Russia, known as 'Nashi' (Russian for Ours), has developed a formidable organisation to oppose alleged enemies at home and abroad to glorify imperial......

Indian art boom inspires bigger canvas for galleries

The recent India Art Fair in New Delhi generated greater in­t­erest than before in local contemporary artists among a growing cohort of Indian collectors, including millennials. Image used......

The $8.5 billion TVS Group splits to grow: What's changed structure-wise?

The month of February saw a comparatively muted but significant change in the history of Chennai’s corporate landscape. Photograph: Tanushree Punwani/Reuters The $8.5 billion TVS Group......

Of power, privatisation and politics

The push to privatise discoms has become a major bone of contention between the Centre and states. The irony is the states opposing the amendments on the ground of threat of privatisation already......

Mumbai all set for its BIGGEST infra transformation

New roads, rail and metro networks along with ferry services will improve East-West connectivity, which will trigger an increase in real estate prices in the area as well as in Navi Mumbai, on the......

Jeje strikes twice as India enter SAFF final

IMAGE: Jeje Lalpekhlua celebrates after scoring his second goal against Maldives in the semi-finals of the SAFF Championship in Thiruvananthapuram, on Thursday. Photograph: PTI India overcame......