US returns 307 antiquities worth $4m stolen, trafficked from India

A globe spanning, 15-year investigation has led to the repatriation of 307 antiquities by the United States that were stolen and trafficked from India and valued at nearly four million dollars, the......

'Today It Is Absolute Dictatorship'

'If you persist in opposing the government, they set the ED or the NIA on you. And the courts have not given us much hope.' IMAGE: Roop Rekha Verma at a protest showing solidarity with Gujarat......

Tough days ahead for Yediyurappa

The Modi-Shah duo are standing with B S Yediyurappa: But B L Santhosh refuses to be silenced.Aditi Phadnis reports. IMAGE: B S Yediyurappa addresses the media in Bengaluru. Photograph: ANI Photo......

Why Bihar's Musahars won't get vaccinated

'They are not ready to take the vaccine.''They fear that if they do, they will die.'M I Khan reports. *IMAGE: A file photograph of poor children in Bihar holding rats which they caught to eat.......

How Brand Adani plans to go for an image change

Under political fire and ecologists’ ire, the group hires Suhel Seth, who will work closely with the promoters and the social media, corporate communications and external public relations......

Spam e-mails? India is world's No 2

India has been ranked second in the list of "dirty dozen" spam relaying countries, accounting for over seven per cent of global junk mails sent during the first quarter of the year, according to a......

India spews more spam than ever before

SophosLabs, a global IT security and data protection firm, in its latest research has said that one in every six spam messages are now relayed via computers in India, according to its latest 'Dirty......

Bad loans: The bungling and farce continues

Bad loans continue to originate mainly from state-owned banks, where the top management’s responsibility is not linked to career prospects nor has legal consequences, says Debashis Basu.......

Jawan Review: SRK Shows Who's Baap!

Jawan springs a real surprise when it boldly and directly points fingers at the ineffective government and appeals to recognise the power of the finger and vote. Just months before the next......

Lijo Jose Pellissery's Women And Mine

Somewhere in the back of my mind, Lijo Jose Pellissery's women have begun to stand for the women in my family, each of them with such an intensely vital sense of personality that she withstands all......

'Almost every song seems inspired today'

'I cannot be confined to just one or two kinds of music.' On a visit to New York in 2012, as part of an American concert tour, Bappi Lahiri, who sadly passed away on February 15, 2022, met with......

'The kiss had to be sensual, even sexual, not vulgar'

'Today, 25 years later, Raja Hindustani is as much a Dharmesh Darshan film as it is Aamir Khan and Karisma Kapoor's 'different' love story.' He was just 24 when he started Raja Hindustani and 27......

Day-night Test: BCCI orders 72 pink balls from SG

Compared to the red ball, the pink one attracts a lot more dust and tends to get dirty rather quickly, making it tougher to sight. IMAGE: BCCI president Sourav Ganguly has already confirmed that......

£500,000 fine

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Former captain Edulji takes on Engineer for 'snide remarks'

'I would like to tell you, I played 30 Test matches too. That's not little cricket I played. You said 'she has hardly played any cricket'.' IMAGE: Former India captain and Committee of......

Doping program fuelled Russian medals at Sochi Olympics?

IMAGE: Men's gold medalist Vic Wild of Russia and women's bronze medalist Alena Zavarzina of Russia celebrate. Photograph: Lars Baron/Getty Images. Dozens of Russian athletes who......

FIFA to investigate Zidane head-butting

FIFA will open a disciplinary investigation into the circumstances surrounding France captain Zinedine Zidane's head-butt on Italy's Marco Materazzi during the World Cup final.Playing the last......