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Have Indian DNA, many of us have Sanskrit names: Indonesian Prez

Indonesia has deep civilisational links with India and many Indonesian names come from Sanskrit, the country's President Prabowo Subianto has said, asserting that he has "Indian DNA".......

Maha Kumbh: Record turnout expected for first 'amrit snan' on Tuesday

A record number of devotees are expected to take part in the first amrit snan of the Maha Kumbh Mela on Tuesday on the occasion of Makar Sankranti. IMAGE: Foreign tourists offer prayers at......

Warning! Trump 2.0 Will Be Very Different

Trump has no more elections to fight and his soaring ambition, which is no secret, will be to carve out a presidential legacy that outshines by far all his mediocre predecessors. Trump's turnaround......

Why Muslims Prefer This BJP Candidate

Can only a Muslim best represent Muslims?Will Hindus not vote for a Muslim candidate?Is that why such few Muslims are given tickets? Two constituencies in Mumbai break prevalent stereotypes about......

Again! Jaya Bachchan vs Dhankar in RS

Uneasy relations between Rajya Sabha chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar and opposition parties on Friday erupted in a heated exchange between the chair and Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan, leading to a......

Bibek Debroy: A Guru I Could Look To

Bibek Debroy was one of the very few economists not bound by any single area of expertise and was simultaneously curious about economics and politics, myths and maths, chess and chemistry, and what......

Robots to the rescue in times of coronavirus

From scanning hospital entrants to disinfecting hospital areas and floors, robots are being roped in for tasks considered high-risk, says Peerzada Abrar. IMAGE: A robot checking a man before......

We are replacing red tape with red carpet: Modi

Hard selling India as an investment destination at the WEF, Modi said the government is following the principle of reform, perform and transform. In a strong message against protectionism and......

The judge who will decide Chanda Kochhar's fate

'It's still very early. I have just been handed over the matter and therefore I haven't formed any views on it as yet,' Justice B N Srikrishna tells Pavan Lall.Illustration: Dominic......

Satyam's Raju: From a small spinning unit to spinning big lies

Before falling from grace by admitting to India's biggest accounting fraud, B Ramalinga Raju was a poster boy of the Indian IT industry who rose to fame with a solution for the highly-feared......

Goodbye Guruji, Pradeep Bandekar

'I want to die with my finger on the click button of the camera,' veteran photographer Pradeep Bandekar, who passed into the ages early on Sunday morning told Syed Firdaus Ashraf last week. IMAGE:......

'I have nothing to do with politics'

IMAGE: Kangana Ranaut at the Thalaivi trailer launch. Photograph: Pradeep Bandekar Kangana Ranaut released the trailer of her film Thalaivi on her birthday on March 23. The actress was in a good......

S P Balasubrahmanyam's TOP 50 Songs

Siva Sankar looks at S P Balasubrahmanyam's fantastic repertoire. S P Balasubrahmanyam passed away in his 75th year, and so we celebrate the singer with 75 of his top songs, in a multi-part......

Bhaiaji Superhit Review: Downsizing Deol

Bhaiaji Superhit is bah baloney! sighs Sukanya Verma. There was a time when Sunny's super sound -- the man and not his studio -- loudly lambasted the villain and drew cheers from an elated crowd.......

Angry? Upset? Happy? Use these emojis!

There's a filmi face for almost every occasion, says Sukanya Verma. Move over Bee Gees. Why use words when emoticons can do all the talking? Where the texting world is concerned, a bulk of the......

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