How I Became A Coorg By Order!

'After his warm and affectionate farewell speech, the Chief of Staff of the formation asked me, "So, now you are off to Coorg to look after your coffee estates?"'For the last time, in Army uniform......

Bypoll boost for NDA in Bihar, Assam, Meghalaya; jolt in Bengal

The juggernaut of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance, which triumphed in three of the four east and north-eastern states that went for assembly bypolls on Saturday, was......

Tejashwi Yadav Hits Double Century On Election Battlefield

It is a double century with a difference for cricketer turned politician Tejashwi Yadav. IMAGE: Tejashwi Yadav is the star campaigner for the Mahagathbandhan in Bihar. Photograph: Kind courtesy......

Barbs, name calling: Did LS poll campaign breach all limits?

Vish guru, anubhavi chor, do shehzade ... As Election 2024 hurtles towards result day in a medley of mangalsutra, mujra, mutton, machli and other barbs, these may sound like character names from......

C-class cities bitten by online trading bug

With greater net penetration in even C class cities, broking and fund houses are seeing a marked upswing in online trading. More and more investors are logging on to the internet to deal in stock......

Ten Sports faces hostile govt pitch

With just three days to go for the start of the India-Pakistan cricket series, the government has closed in on Ten Sports to provide terrestrial broadcasting rights for the series to Doordarshan.......

Doordarshan plans to seek DTH licence

State-owned Doordarshan is in the process of fine-tuning a Rs 500 crore (Rs 5 billion) direct-to-home television satellite project and has got the Prasar Bharati board's approval for this."The......

Ten Sports demands $25 million from DD

K S Sarma, chief executive officer of Prasar Bharati, has accused Ten Sports, which has the exclusive overseas telecast rights for the India-Pakistan cricket series, of making 'unreasonable......

Prakash Jha on the JP controversy

Filmmaker Prakash Jha is angry.Last year when the National Democratic Alliance government asked him to make a movie on Jayaprakash Narayan, he saw it as an opportunity to tell the story of a leader......

Lakshya fulfils his promise, gifts 'Bal Mithai' to PM

IMAGE: Lakshya Sen gifts the Prime Minister Narendra Modi Almora's famous bal mithai. Photograph: PTI This is not a small feat, Prime Minister Narnedra Modi said while hosting the victorious......

German Open: Mixed day for India

IMAGE: Ishaan Bhatnagar, right with Sai Pratheek K. Photograph: Ishaan Bhatnagar/Instagram Unheralded Indian men's doubles pair of Ishaan Bhatnagar and Sai Pratheek K moved into the second......

Sindhu, Srikanth to lead India in Thomas & Uber Cup Final

BAI cancels preparatory camp. IMAGE: PV Sindhu had made herself available for the tournament after initially deciding to give it a miss following a timely intervention by BAI president Himanta......

'You have made India proud, yet again'

Sporting fraternity hails Sindhu's historic World Championships gold IMAGE: India's PV Sindhu celebrates on the podium with her gold medal. Photograph: Vincent Kessler/Reuters The country's......

Punjab too good for AP

Punjab thrashed Andhra Pradesh by an innings and 95 runs on the second day of the four-day Ranji Trophy Elite Group 'A' match in Mohali on Thursday.Trailing by 179 runs in first-innings, the Andhra......