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'I Vote According To My Will. I Don't Listen To Anyone'

In a poor village of daily wage earners in Siwan, Bihar, people speak about their hard lives and why they vote. IMAGE: Uma Devi from the village Dumri in Siwan. All Photographs and Videos: Rajesh......

Slain IAS officer's wife urges Prez, PM to stop Anand Mohan's release

Expressing outrage over Bihar government's decision to set free former MP Anand Mohan who is serving life sentence in the killing of Indian Administrative Service officer G Krishnaiah, the slain......

First woman elephant mahout among 34 unsung heroes awarded Padma Shri

India's first woman elephant mahout Parbati Baruah famous as Hasti Kanya, tribal environmentalist Chami Murmu, social worker Sangthankima who runs Mizoram's largest orphanage and plastic surgeon......

Venkaiah Naidu, Vyjayantimala, Chiranjeevi awarded Padma Vibhushan

Former Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, megastar Konidela Chiranjeevi, famous actor of yesteryears Vyjayantimala Bali are among personalities who have been honoured with Padma Vibhushan in the......

Despite BJP sweep, 12 Shivraj ministers lose, including Narottam Mishra

As the Bharatiya Janata Party shone brightly in Madhya Pradesh on Sunday registering a huge win in the assembly elections, victory eluded 12 ministers of the Shivraj Singh Chouhan cabinet,......

Raj Kapoor@100: The Kapoor Khandaan Celebrates

The Kapoor khandaan got together to celebrate the Showman Raj Kapoor's birth centenary with a grand, glittering party in Mumbai. Raj Kapoor's granddaughter Kareena Kapoor arrives with her......

'When Durga Died, We All Felt The Loss'

'I often wondered while watching the film/trilogy, what if Durga had lived.'' What if Ray made The Durga Trilogy.'Sandip Roy looks back at Pather Panchali's Durga and the woman who brought her......

Reader's Choice: Bollywood's greatest comic actor

Once again, dear readers, very well done. We asked you to name Bollywood's greatest comic actor, and, with characteristic thoughtfulness, you picked names from both present-day and classic......

'I have always preferred laughter to tears'

'If I had a chance to live it all again, I wouldn't change a thing.' IMAGE: Lata Mangeshkar with Salil Chowdhary. Photograph: Kind courtesy, Lata Mangeshkar's 2011 calendar called Tere Sur Aur......

'I get bored easily'

'I feel so happy. I wanted my career to go like this,' Layanya Tripathy tells Radhika Rajamani. Former Miss Uttarakhand Layanya Tripathy made her debut in Telugu cinema in 2012 with Andhala......

Sitwala squeaks past Anandani

Players with reputations found the going tough in the first round of the knock-out stage as the formidable Dhruv Sitwala of PSPB and Mohd. Asim of Railways struggled to get past little-known......

Advani marches ahead with twin wins

It was a successful day for the Indians in the IBSF World Snooker Championship in Veldhovan in Holland with all the cueists clinching victories in their respective group league matches.Pankaj......

Alok loses, Advani cruises

Asian snooker champion Alok Kumar suffered a setback after three consecutive victories in Group B of the IBSF World Snooker championships at Veldhovan,The Netherlands.The Indian was blanked 0-4 by......

Pankaj Advani in semis

National champion Pankaj Advani upset top seed Paithoon Phonbun of Thailand by six frames to two to enter the semi-finals in the World Snooker Championship at Jiangmen, China, on Thursday.His......

Pankaj Advani rallies into last 16

National champion Pankaj Advani rallied from a three-frame deficit to beat Mei Xiwen of China 5-4 and move into the pre-quarter-finals in the World Snooker Championship, at Jiangmin in China, on......

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