What's driving huge turnout of youths, students at Maha Kumbh

The Maha Kumbh 2025 at Prayagraj is set to witness a "Yuva Maha Kumbh", a mega gathering of youth and students from across the country bound by a common thread: Swami Vivekananda, whose birth......

Renowned folk singer and Padma recipient Sharda Sinha dies at 72

Popular folk singer Sharda Sinha, known as 'Bihar Kokila' for her melodious rendition of Chhath and folk songs such as Kartik Maas Ijoriya, Suraj Bhaile Bihaan and Bollywood hits Taar Bijli and......

Amid BJP's historic win, 8 Haryana ministers, speaker lose

Eight out of 10 ministers under the Nayab Singh Saini government faced defeat in the Haryana assembly polls. IMAGE: Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini with his cabinet colleagues, on March......

Mo-Sha Are Indispensable For RSS

Occasional lovers' tiffs have marked the history of RSS-BJP relations. To think that Nagpur will bring about any change in leadership is a misreading of both its intent and its power, points out......

Predictions of normal monsoon boost prospects for domestic agrochem firms

With a normal monsoon predicted in India this year by private weather forecasting agency Skymet and the India Meteorological Department (IMD), prospects for domestic agrochemical or agri-input......

Crop protection companies to reap bumper Q2 harvest

After being underweight on domestic agrochemical companies and preferring global plays, brokerages believe that the former may perform better in the quarters ahead. Photograph: PTI Photo from the......

Mehul Choksi removed from Interpol database of Red Notices

The name of fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi wanted in a Rs 13,000-crore scam in the Punjab National Bank is understood to have been removed from the Interpol database of Red Notices on the basis......

Global economic uncertainties may cast shadow on India's exports in 2023

India's exports may have touched an all-time high of $422 billion in 2021-22 but recession in key western markets and geo-political crisis due to the Russia-Ukraine war are expected to impact the......

'I Wanted Waheeda Rehman For Ankur'

'I don't think Waheeda had the confidence that I could pull it off, so she said no.' IMAGE: Shabana Azmi in Ankur. Shyam Benegal started his film career with the brilliant Ankur. The 1974 film not......

Moviedom Mourns Sharda Sinha

'The great singer Shardaji took Bhojpuri music and singing to the national and international level with her singing!' IMAGE: Sharda Sinha. Photograph: Kind courtesy Anurag Kashyap/Instagram Anurag......

The Great Indian Kapil Show Review: Same Old

Kapil Sharma is back with his show and while the set is bigger and the look is grander, the gags are still the same, observes Namrata Thakker. In 2013, Kapil Sharma stormed the small screen with......

Rakul, Hina, Rupali Bring Home The Gold

Film and telly folk attended the 29th Lions Gold Awards, which honoured extraordinary achievements in film, television, OTT, music and social welfare commitment. Rakul Singh won the award for Best......

Asiad champ Bahadur Sagoo is AFI president

IMAGE: Bahadur Singh Sagoo. Photograph: X Asian Games gold-winning former shot putter Bahadur Singh Sagoo was on Tuesday elected unopposed as the Athletics Federation of India's president,......

It's India vs Pakistan final at Jr Asia Cup Hockey!

IMAGE: India players celebrate a goal during their semi-final against Malaysia, on Tuesday. Photographs: Hockey India/X Defending champions India stayed on course to reclaim a hat-trick of men's......

Hockey: India's unbeaten run continues in Sultan of Johor Cup

IMAGE: India are on top spot in the standings with nine points following the win against Malaysia. Photograph: Hockey India / X Three-time champions India defeated hosts Malaysia 4-2 to continue......

Sultan of Johor Cup: Dilraj leads India to victory

IMAGE: The Indian team maintained their strong performance and dominated the game from the very beginning. Photograph: Hockey India/X Dilraj Singh and Sharda Nand Tiwari scored a brace each as the......

Hockey India announces cash award for Sultan of Johor Cup winning junior men's team

IMAGE: Team India with the Sultan of Johor Cup. Photograph: Hockey India Twitter Hockey India on Saturday announced an award of Rs 2 lakhs to each of the players and Rs 1 lakh each for the......