15 dead, many hospitalised as north India reels under punishing heatwave

Swathes of northern and eastern India remained in the grip of a punishingly long heatwave on Wednesday, increasing heat stroke casualties and prompting the Centre to issue advisory to hospitals to......

History Unfolds At Rashtrapati Bhavan

With the strain and anxiety of the longest Lok Sabha polls now behind the leaders, governance, with consensus, is the next step. IMAGE: Narendra D Modi bows to the guests before he was sworn in as......

How Delhi-ites Try To Beat The Heat

Delhi registered record high temperatures on Wednesday, May 29, 2024. Glimpses of how Delhi residents tried to keep cool.   IMAGE: A girl takes a bath in Sanjay Lake in New Delhi. Photograph:......

Ban on polygamy, child marriage: U'khand UCC draft

A complete ban on polygamy and child marriage, a common marriageable age for girls across all faiths and enforcing similar grounds and procedures for divorce are understood to be among the major......

Citadel: Honey Bunny: Samantha's Here To Slay!

Citadel: Honey Bunny is a decent watch with an average story, sharp stunts and brilliant music, observes Divya Nair. "Is Varun Dhawan really naked in Citadel: Honey Bunny?" a friend, who has zero......

Why Varun-Samantha Had To Do Action Themselves

'In the current world of action cinema, where everything is high-tech and glossy, what if we go back in time and take out all the gadgets?' IMAGE: Samantha and Varun Dhawan in Citadel: Honey......

'Critics Wait 20 Years To Like My Films'

'Whenever people say to me that all my work looks unique, I say to them originality is the art of concealing your source.''You can't see the sources that I take from because usually, they are......

Raat Jawaan Hai Review: Binge-Watch Worthy!

Raat Jawaan Hai is funny, sometimes intense, but most importantly, it's so relatable, recommends Namrata Thakker. As a new parent myself, I have to say Raat Jawaan Hai felt like a warm hug from......

Can New Zealand's spin-taming skills triumph in Pune?

New Zealand must adapt quickly, says Daryl Mitchell as spin-friendly surface beckons at Pune IMAGE: New Zealand beat India for the first time in 36 years in the opponent's backyard to take a 1-0......

Eye of the tiger: Sabalenka roars back to win US Open!

IMAGE: Aryna Sabalenka won her first US Open title a year after coming up short in the final.. Photograph: Mike Frey-Imagn Images/Reuters Tenacious tiger-tattooed Aryna Sabalenka embodied the......

Olympics: Teenage skateboarders steal the show in Paris

IMAGE: Arisa Trew of Australia won the gold medal in the women's park skateboarding competition at the Paris Games on Tuesday. Photograph: Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY Sports/Reuters Fourteen-year-old......

Paris Olympics: 11 YO skater to 61 YO rider to compete

From 11-year-old to 60-plus, Olympics is playground for all Age is just a number, goes the old adage. And it seems particularly true for the Olympics where none is too old or too young to compete.......

Can Nikhat finally step out of Mary Kom's shadow?

Photograph: Kind courtesy Nikhat Zareen/Instagram Former Indian men's boxing coach Blas Iglesias Fernandez has backed world champion Nikhat Zareen (50kg) to bag a medal at this year's Paris......