Shutdown in Kerala after police detain right-wing activist near Sabarimala

Amid tight security, thousands of pilgrims offered prayers at the Lord Ayyappa shrine on Saturday, the first day of Malayalam month Vrischikom, even as a hartal against preventive detention of a......

Besieged by the BJP, Left struggles to stay alive

As the BJP snaps at its heels, can the Communists stay relevant in the electoral game?Ishita Ayan Dutt, Shine Jacob and Archis Mohan report. Taking on the plausible When someone says Indians......

Did Chhattisgarh govt ignore intel on threat to Cong leaders?

Did the Bharatiya Janata Party government in Chhattisgarh ignore the standard operating procedures in providing security to Congress leaders who were ambushed during their ‘Parivartan......

'Safe books bore me'

V S Naipaul must really like Tarun Tejpal. Really. It is not every day, after all, or every year for that matter, that Sir Vidia decides to endorse fiction. Certainly not -- shudder -- Indian......

BigBasket co-founder Abhinay Choudhari plans to build new business

Now, Choudhari, along with few others, is entering into the online laundry segment, which was at its peak in 2014-16 but lost steam as companies could not scale their operations. BigBasket......

Indian football's next star

The power of a superstar can never be underestimated. Viswanathan Anand did it for chess, Sania Mirza is doing it for tennis in India. Apart from making the game popular they have galvanised a......