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President's address on Thursday, debate to be next govt-Oppn friction point

President Droupadi Murmu will address the joint sitting of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha on Thursday, where she is expected to unveil the priorities of the newly-elected government led by Prime......

SP leader wants Sengol replaced by Constitution, BJP hits back

Samajwadi Party MP R K Chaudhary's demand to replace the Sengol installed next to the Lok Sabha Speaker's chair with a copy of the Constitution triggered a war of words on Thursday, with opposition......

In a new practice, Sengol procession escorts President to Parliament

Setting a new practice, President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday entered the new Parliament Building escorted by Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla with an official......

TN's ancient link to Sengol, the sceptre to be installed in Parliament

The 'historical and sacred sengol (sceptre) received by first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru symbolising the transfer of power from the British to India in 1947, and set to be installed in the new......

What is 'Sengol', a sceptre to be installed in new Parliament

'Sengol', a historical sceptre from Tamil Nadu, which was given by the British to first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru to represent the transfer of power and was kept in a museum in Allahabad will......

Air India: To be sold, finally

Anjuli Bhargava's musings on why the national carrier is well beyond a turnaround. Photograph: Pascal Rossignol/Reuters First, the good news. A government has finally made up its mind to bite the......

Sierra expands Canadian operations

Sierra Atlantic, a leader in offshoring enterprise applications, has announced that it has opened an office in Toronto, Canada, to accommodate its rapidly expanding Canadian customer base. Sierra......

M&A deals in India top $18 bn this year

Merger and acquisition deals in India have gone up by almost two-and-a-half times (235 per cent) in the first 11 months of 2005 at $18.2 billion against $6.1 billion worth of deals during the......

Adipurush: The Baahubali Version

Like in Baahubali, Prabhas walks like he is doing the hop, step and jump in the Olympics. And he carries the same weapons, notices A Ganesh Nadar, viewing Adipurush in Tamil. There was Baahubali......

Phone Bhoot Review: Cheesy, Campy, Fun

Phone Bhoot's fizzy fuel isn't enough for feature length fun, observes Sukanya Verma. How to fit one hundred pop culture references in 137 minutes of gobbledygook? Do time pass. Remember that......

Can you watch 309 films in a year?

On planes, on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hotstar, Zee5, Hulu, MUBI, Kanopy, film festivals... Aseem Chhabra tell us how he watched 309 films in 365 days. IMAGE: Joanne Froggatt in Downton Abbey. I......

Raj Thackeray's unique birthday wish for Amitabh Bachchan

Like this version of Amitabh? Raj Thackeray took to social media to wish Amitabh Bachchan on his 75th birthday in a unique way. The MNS chief made six caricatures of the superstar in his signature......

Kambakkht Ishq is a weak film

If an American were to scratch his chin and look scrutinisingly at Bollywood, perhaps the best way to explain the Akshay Kumar phenomenon would be to label him India's answer to Will Smith. Both......

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