Dying for nation: Parl breach accused Sagar Sharma's 2015 diary note

Sagar Sharma, one of the two men who had jumped into the Lok Sabha chamber and set off smoke canisters, maintained for some years a diary in which he often wrote "Inquilab Zindabad" on top of the......

One of the LS intruders is an e-rickshaw driver from Lucknow

Family members of Sagar Sharma, one of the two men who jumped into the Lok Sabha chamber from the public gallery on Wednesday, said he left home Lucknow two days ago to take part in a......

Parliament security breach: How 6 people hatched the plan

Six people hailing from different cities got together at a flat in Gurugram, a major satellite city of Delhi, after hatching a plan to intrude into Parliament on the anniversary of the December 13,......

HP floods: 11 passengers of Punjab bus swept away on July 10 yet to be found

The bodies of three people who were swept away along with their roadside eatery in a flash flood were recovered from the Pabbar river in Shimla district of Himachal Pradesh on Sunday, the police......

Modi keen to revive India's 'zombie factories', not abandon them

At British India Corporation's textile factory in Kanpur, four men sit in a control room watching computerised gauges eight hours a day. When they are done, another group takes over, and then......

Sebi-Sahara case: A saga of big numbers and innocuous names

It was an innocuous-looking complaint by one 'Roshan Lal' four years and four months ago that sent watchdog Securities and Exchange Board of India on trail of ‘various illegalities’......

Where will Sahara find money to pay investors?

N Sundaresha Subramanian tracks the sequence of events and the people involvedOn January 4, 2010, Roshan Lal, a resident of Indore, sent a note, written in Hindi, to the National Housing Bank,......

Bill Gates keen to partner ID card project

Microsoft, the world's largest software company, is keen to partner India in a project to issue unique identification to each citizen, its chairman Bill Gates said on Friday. "Microsoft wants to......

Govinda's Top 10 Songs

On Govinda's 60th birthday on December 21, Subhash K Jha picks his top 10 songs. Aap Ke Aa Jane SeKhudgarz There was something about Govinda's song-and-dance that made his heroines lose their......

90 UNFORGETTABLE Asha Bhosle Songs

Sukanya Verma celebrates the singing legend who turns 90 on September 8. IMAGE: Asha Bhosle in Mumbai, August 9, 2023. Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com Her voice reminds me of tiramisu.......

2022 Flashback...Alia, Lata, Deepika...

As the curtain come down on 2022, Roshmila Bhattacharya flashbacks to some of the year's newsmakers and events... A: ALIA ALL OVER IMAGE: Alia Bhatt at the Berlin film festival. Photograph:......

'There was so much warmth about Pratap Pothen'

'I will always remember him for his innocent smile, twinkling eyes, and kind words.' Well known actor Pratap Pothen passed into the ages on July 15, and his colleagues from the Malayalam film......

Ranji Trophy: Yuvraj ton gives Punjab upperhand

On a day when he was dropped from the BCCI's graded retainership, Yuvraj Singh came to his own as he blasted Maharashtra attack into submission with an attractive 136 to guide Punjab to a......

Ranji Trophy round-up: Upadhyay wrecks Karnataka top-order

Robin Uthappa in action. Photograph: PTI Medium pacer Krishnakant Upadhyay's inspiring spell on a greenish pitch helped Railways restrict defending champions Karnataka to 207 for seven on day one......

Back in Olympic fold, Keshavan & Co. can now wave India flag

The Indian flag was unfurled at the Winter Olympics Village in Sochi at a special ceremony, five days after the International Olympic Committee revoked a 14-month suspension on the country. The......

Won't have to walk under IOC flag again: Himanshu Thakur

Having endured a "strange" feeling while walking under the IOC flag in the opening ceremony of Sochi Winter Olympics, Himanshu Thakur is a relieved man now as he will be able to take part in the......

Dhoni, Harbhajan give slip to police

Indian cricket captain M S Dhoni and off-spinner Harbhajan Singh gave some anxious moments to the policein Chandigarh when they left the team hotel without informing them. Yuvraj Singh also went......