Acid attack on 3 girl students in K'taka college, one critical; youth held

Three female students suffered burn injuries after an acid attack by a youth at a government pre-university college in the taluka headquarters town of Kadaba in Dakshina Kannada district on Monday,......

Chhattisgarh, Mizoram voters queue up at polling booths

Single-phase voting was held in Mizoram on Tuesday, while 20 constituencies in Chhattisgarh voted in the first phase of assembly elections in the state. A provisional turnout of around 71 per cent......

Mizo Voters Signal Change On Horizon

For the Mizo people, tribal and family identity are important. But so are jobs, farmers' access to markets, roads, and health facilities for a young population where drugs are a big affliction.......

Student beaten with lathis, wires for speaking to girl in coastal Karnataka

In an alleged case of moral policing, a student was assaulted by a group of right-wing activists for talking to a girl at Puttur in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka, the police said. IMAGE:......

'India can become centre of exporting fertiliser'

'The government has put in a lot of effort to provide infrastructure for the industry.' Photograph: Kind courtesy A M International AM International, which has interests in petrochemicals,......

Will the entry of PEs into banks lead to better governance?

In recent years, the conduct of a few private banks’ corner-room occupants and the role of their boards have come into sharper relief. Raghu Mohan reports. Illustration: Uttam......

It's clear, regulatory woes can't kill online gaming in India

With the rise of online gaming, more so post-Covid, newer games and genres have appeared in the business and $794 mn investments have already been pumped into the Indian gaming industry in 2021,......

Kirloskars latest business family to feud over settlement

Sanjay Kirloskar, promoter of Kirloskar Brothers, moves Supreme Court to enforce a family settlement signed in 2009. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiling the Hindi version of the......

The Last Tango with Bernardo Bertolucci

Aseem Chhabra salutes the Italian Master and his cinema. IMAGE: Maria Schneider and Marlon Brando in Last Tango in Paris. It was the summer of 1974. I had just finished high school and my father......

The Artist heroine Berenice Bejo to work with Dhanush in next

Tamil actor Dhanush, whom we loved in Raanjhanna, is all set to work with an Oscar-nominated actress in his big international film The Extraordinary Journey Of A Fakir. According to a report......

Review: Ki & Ka is clueless & caricatured

In this film the Ka -- as in the Ka-poors, who act in the film -- are okay, it is the Ki -- as in Bal-Ki, who directs it -- who stumbles rather badly, feels Raja Sen. As a Bengali, I have......

'If I have to compete, I might as well compete with God'

'I want people to get into the habit of paying money to see Marathi films. Otherwise, how will Marathi cinema earn revenue like Rs 100 crore?' Shreyas Talpade asks Prasanna D Zore/ Rediff.com......

Satwik-Chirag fight their way into Hylo Open quarters

Top Indian men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty advanced to the quarter-finals of the Hylo Open Super 300 badminton tournament after a hard-fought win in Saarbrucken,......

Adidas unveils official match ball for FIFA World Cup

  IMAGE: Al Rihla, the Official World Cup 2022 Match Ball. Photograph: Adidas/Twitter Adidas on Friday unveiled Al Rihla - the official match ball for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. It is......

Manchester United's Pogba puts spotlight on Udipi hijab row

IMAGE: A screengrab of the Instagram story put out by Paul Pogba. Manchester United striker Paul Pogba has brought to the notice of the world the ongoing hijab row in Karnataka.   Pogba......

Have Pujara, Rahane played their last match for India?

Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane flopped in five of six completed knocks on the tour of South Africa. Pujara scored 124 runs, at an average of 20.66, while Rahane scored 136, at......

Humpy, K Srikanth and Sai Praneeth nominated for Khel Ratna

Photograph: Kind Courtesy, Koneru Humpy/Twitter Reigning women's world rapid chess champion Koneru Humpy has been nominated for the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award by the All India Chess......