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Daughter lights pyre, Manmohan Singh cremated with full state honours

Former prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh, who led India to the path of economic liberalisation in the 1990s, was cremated with full state honours in New Delhi on Saturday in the presence of top......

11 dead as LPG tanker crash triggers inferno on Jaipur highway

An LPG tanker collided with a truck on Friday, sparking a massive fireball that turned a stretch of the Jaipur-Ajmer highway into an inferno in which 11 people were killed and 37 vehicles engulfed......

'Ratan Tata Always Displayed His Kindness'

'When the bombing happened in the Taj Mahal hotel in 2008, that was a very sad moment, but he really took care of the people, took care of everybody and that was when you saw some of his best......

22 killed, 57 hurt as bus with Haryana pilgrims falls into gorge in Jammu

At least 22 people were killed and 57 injured after a bus carrying pilgrims skidded off the road and rolled down into a gorge in Jammu district on Thursday, officials said. IMAGE: Rescue......

7 Delhi hospitals, Tihar get bomb threats; mails from European firm, say cops

Seven Delhi hospitals and Tihar Jail received bomb threats by email on Tuesday, two days after similar messages were sent to 20 hospitals, the airport and the office of the Northern Railways' CPRO......

NRI doctor moots tax sops for the healthy in UK

Slim, healthy people and mothers who breastfeed should be given tax credits to encourage a healthier lifestyle, an Indian-born doctor based in the United Kingdom has said. And at the same time, fat......

Coming soon: Talking cars!

Talking cars aren't science fiction anymore -- thanks to scientists who have developed a set of algorithms that will allow robotic cars of the future to communicate with each other to help avoid......

Indian Railways' heritage routes likely to be monetised

The railways heritage lines that are part of the UNESCO-accorded sites list include Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, Nilgiri Mountain Railway, and Kalka Shimla Railway. As part of its plan to monetise......

'Don't delay punishment for Satyam fraudsters'

The Securities and Exchange Board of India chairman C B Bhave said punishment should be quick for the perpetrators of fraud at IT firm Satyam Computer. Bhave said that the Satyam issue had been......

Mukesh Lived The Songs He Sang

'Even after Awaara Hoon and Mera Joota Hai Japani, between 1946 to 1963, there were plenty of upheavals in his career.''My parents had moved into two rooms of a chawl, with an attached bathroom, by......

Samrat Prithviraj Review

Akshay Kumar plays the part with enthusiasm, like he was just waiting to get into the costume of a historical hero, observes Deepa Gahlot. When ads of a film proclaim that it is about the last......

The Prithviraj-Sanyogita Love Story

Just who was Prithviraj Chauhan and why did his love story with Sanyogita Rathod become so famous? Akshay Kumar gets ready to tell us the story in his upcoming historical, Prithviraj. The actor......

Why Akshay was WARY About Playing Prithviraj

'I felt he was a little stout.' IMAGE: Akshay Kumar and Manushi Chillar in Samrat Prithviraj. How does Akshay Kumar, who serves up multiple releases in a year, deal with flops? The actor, whose......

The BEST of Bappi Lahiri

Bappi Lahiri was more than a musician. He was an emotion. The oomph in his score was as seamless as its soul and melody. He didn't just create fine tunes; he took the listener on a journey.......

Lakshya heads to Austria for pre-season testing

IMAGE: Shuttler Lakshya Sen missed out on a bronze medal after suffering a defeat against Malaysia's Zii Jia Lee. Photograph: Hamad I Mohammed / Reuters Aiming to be in the best shape for the......

Rattled by level 1 cancer, Dutee living and training in fear

Photograph: Kind courtesy Dutee Chand/Twitter India's fastest woman runner Dutee Chand experienced the shock of her life when she was told by a doctor in November 2021 that level 1 cancer has......

When India Hosted The First Asian Games

Seventy two years ago, a newly independent India ventured to hold the the first Asian Games in Delhi with meager resources. IMAGE: A glimpse of the Chinese city of Hangzhou, the venue for the......

Coming soon: The Dutee Chand biopic!

Photograph: Kind courtesy Dutee Chand/Instagram Ace sprinter and India's first openly gay athlete, Dutee Chand recently asked those in same sex relationships to be courageous and stand firm. The......

Olympic gold-winning hockey legend Datt passes away

IMAGE: A formidable half-back, Keshav Datt was part of India's historic feat at the 1948 Olympics where the country beat home team Britain 4-0 at the Wembley Stadium in London to win the first......

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