Denied LS ticket, BJP MP Harsh Vardhan quits politics

With sitting MP Harsh Vardhan's name not figuring from his Chandni Chowk constituency in the list of candidates announced by the Bharatiya Janata Party for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections, he......

Maine shooting rampage suspect found dead

Robert Card, the suspect in the Lewiston, Maine, shooting rampage, was found dead on Friday night, the Androscoggin County Sheriff's Office confirmed on Facebook, CNN reported. IMAGE: A police......

Will This Tell Us About Life's Origins?

NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft dropped this capsule in the Utah desert. The spacecraft OSIRIS-REx did not return to earth but continued onto a new mission to explore the asteroid Apophis. The capsule......

Where's This Man Going?

We live in an Odd, Odd, World!   IMAGE: Hungarian artist Laszlo Simet Jr walks from one bank to the other across the Danube river in Budapest on a wire rope 30 metres above the river on World......

When Mallya bought Lewis Hamilton's dad's home

This property has all the hallmarks of being owned and occupied by Vijay Mallya. A fleet of supercars making their way down the drive, hordes of people descending to party all night long and a......

Madurai boy Anand Selvakesari is breaking the mould at Citigroup

A career Citibanker, 'Selva' came into the spotlight as the person who rewired the financial behemoth's Indian retail operations. IMAGE: Anand Selvakesari, CEO-designate, Citigroup's global......

English Cricket, Bank of England: The Great Revival

'These are interesting days for watchers of English cricket and central banking,' points out Amol Agrawal. IMAGE: The England team celebrates Aaron Finch's wicket during the World Cup semi-final......

Solar-powered plane's remarkable flight around the world

Over its entire mission, Solar Impulse 2 cruised at altitudes of up to 9,000 metres and at an average speed of between 45 and 90 km per hour. A solar-powered aircraft successfully completed the......

What YOU Can Watch On OTT This Week?

It's an action-packed menu on OTT this week. Sukanya Verma gives us her recommendations.   King of KothaWhere to watch? Disney+HotstarLanguage: Malayalam (with subtitles) Dulquer Salmaan goes......

The Kishore Kumar NO ONE Knew!

When Pritish Nandy interviewed Kishore Kumar for The Illustrated Weekly Of India, Asia's oldest and most venerable magazine, it was a stunner. Posing with a skull on the Weekly's cover, the great......

'We all have stories to tell and projects we need financed'

Keeping it short and so sweet at the 90th Annual Academy Awards. Host Jimmy Kimmel may have made sure the speeches remained short this year -- the shortest speech would win a Kawasaki jet......

PIX: Ranveer's AMAZING Swiss holiday

Bollywood stars go for the loveliest holidays -- exotic locations with a lot of adventure thrown in. So we decided to document their travels with a special series. 'Monkeys' Bipasha Basu and Karan......

PIX: Barca thrash Sevilla; Atletico win

Lewandowski and Torre at the double as Barcelona thrash Sevilla 5-1 IMAGE: Barcelona's Pablo Torre celebrates scoring their fourth goal with Jules Kounde. Photograph: Albert Gea/Reuters Robert......

Europa League PIX: Leverkusen win at Roma; Marseille held at home

IMAGES from the Europa League semifinal matches played on Thursday. IMAGE: Bayer Leverkusen's Florian Wirtz celebrates scoring their first goal. Photograph: Alberto Lingria/Reuters Goals by......

I think the way they're going about it is exciting: Travis Head

IMAGE: Travis Head likes England’s ‘new and fresh’ style of cricket. Photograph: Robert Cianflone/Getty Images Australian batter Travis Head likes the way England skipper Ben......

'One day Test match anyone?'

Former Australian cricketers slam Indore pitch. IMAGE: Rohit Sharma was dismissed by spinner Matthew Kuhnemann, who finished with a five-wicket haul in only his 2nd Test match on Day 1 of the 3rd......

Will Scott Boland rise to the occasion in unfamiliar conditions?

'You have just got to put your best foot forward' IMAGE: Scott Boland had a forgettable white-ball debut back in 2016 against India in one of the inconsequential bilateral......