Defiant Akhilesh garlands JP bust on road, urges Nitish to exit NDA

After authorities advised him not to visit the JP International Centre in Lucknow citing security concerns, a defiant Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav Friday garlanded a bust of Jayaprakash......

The Peeli-Peelis of Kolkata

As Kolkata marches towards modernity, it is hard to imagine its streets without these cabs, notes Air Commodore Nitin Sathe (retd). IMAGE: Kolkata's famous Ambassador taxis. Photograph: Debadyuti......

Russia Eyes India To Sell Small Nuclear Plants

The major advantages of such plants are no need of land to build the reactors, earthquake resistant, abundance of water for active or passive cooling. IMAGE: Russia's floating nuclear power plant......

Landslide on Vaishno Devi track, 2 women dead

Two women pilgrims from Punjab and Uttar Pradesh died while a five-year-old girl was grievously injured in a landslide on the new track to the Vaishno Devi shrine in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi......

Budget 2024: What is cheaper, what is costlier

Gold, silver and other precious metals along with imported mobile phones, certain cancer drugs and medical devices are set to become cheaper with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announcing cuts......

Mining an opportunity: Firm, transparent laws key to attract investments

Parliament has cleared the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2023, recently. Photograph: Steve Marcus/Reuters The objective of the Act is to invite investments from......

Centre releases first ever list of 30 critical minerals

In a significant move to enhance its strategic resource security, India has officially released its first-ever critical minerals list, identifying 30 key critical minerals crucial to the......

VC model of investment looks like ponzi scheme: N R Narayana Murthy

Murthy’s comment targeting the VCs come at a time when the Indian startups ecosystem is facing a funding winter and has propelled companies to focus on profitability rather than only look at......

Kriti Sanon's Mum Defends Adipurush

IMAGE: Kriti Sanon as Janaki in Adipurush. Amid the backlash against Adipurush, Kriti Sanon's mother Geeta Sanon posted a cryptic post extending support to the film. In an Instagram note, Geeta......

Cirkus Review: Angoor Khatte Hain!

Cirkus is boring and puerile, notes Sukanya Verma. Rohit Shetty poaches on Vishal Bhardwaj territory to make his version of the Bard's The Comedy of Errors. There are several cinematic adaptations......

'I never imagined Didi Atya would go away'

'I kept thinking the bedroom door would open any minute and Didi Atya would step out.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Padmini Kolhapure/Instagram Padmini Kolhapure's Instagram post mourns, 'Wo din ab......

'People called Amitabh 'camel''

'Not many know I am a Rajput from Jodhpur.''My ancestors shifted to Kolhapur as my great grandfather and grandfather were both engineers.''They were called by Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj to build the......

PIX: Pope defies India with gritty ton as England reach 316/6 on Day 3

Images from Day 3 of the first Test between India and England in Hyderabad on Saturday. SCORECARD IMAGE: Ollie Pope celebrates his century. Photograph: BCCI Ollie Pope transformed the RGI......

Rohit, Kohli hold the key for India against South Africa...

IMAGE: For Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, this could be their last chance to conquest what no other Indian team could on eight previous tours -- win a Test series in South Africa. Photograph: BCCI......

Key Moments: How Australia trounced India in final

IMAGE: Australia's Pat Cummins celebrates with Steve Smith after taking the wicket of India's Shreyas Iyer. Photograph: Amit Dave/Reuters Australia's grizzly-haired veterans brought all their......

Kohli can break Tendulkar's record of 100 centuries: Shastri

IMAGE: Along with his 50 ODI centuries, Virat Kohli also has 29 hundreds in Tests and one in T20Is for a total of 80 scores above 100. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters Star batsman Virat Kohli......

Asian Games Squash: Ghosal in singles final; Deepika-Sandhu in mixed final

IMAGE: Saurav Ghosal outclassed Henry Leung of Hong Kong in the squash men's singles semi-final at the Asian Games. Photograph: SAI Media/X India's Saurav Ghosal outclassed Henry Leung of Hong......