PIX: President Murmu confers Bharat Ratna awards

President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday conferred Bharat Ratna on former prime ministers P V Narasimha Rao and Chaudhary Charan Singh, agriculture scientist M S Swaminathan and two-time former Bihar......

'He should be given the Bharat Ratna long ago'

'Despite being Bihar chief minister twice and an MLA for over three decades, he and my mother used to stay in a jhopri in our village.' IMAGE: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar pays floral tribute......

Actor who played Hanuman is Cong pick against Shivraj

The opposition Congress has given tickets to 69 sitting legislators, including state unit chief Kamal Nath, in the first list of its 144 candidates announced on Sunday for the Madhya Pradesh......

India, A Miracle And A Wonder

'There are many things we need to work on.''At the heart of it is, one, the extent of inequality, which is not good for democracy and nation; two, a structural decline on how a country ought to......

How to fix India's banking problems

Advice to the new finance minister from former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan: 1. Clean up banks by reviving projects that can be revived after restructuring debt.2. Improve governance and management......

Rajan has done well but his task is incomplete

The RBI Governor cannot pause to congratulate himself. Inflation is still higher than in comparable countries -- and, as the RBI’s annual report says, a poor monsoon and external developments......

One year of Raghuram Rajan: A spring in his step

RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan. Photograph: Courtesy, IMF The Governor, who completes one year in RBI on Wednesday, has stabilised the rupee and is getting a fix on inflation. Raghuram Rajan found......

Rajan's 'resignation' letter to RBI staff

"I am an academic and I have always made it clear that my ultimate home is in the realm of ideas," Rajan said in a letter to staff. Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan, who has faced......

Aishwarya-Abhishek Party With...

Subhash Ghai rang in his 78th birthday with a star-studded party in Mumbai. Salman Khan, who made an important announcement, is in the mood to party.   Subhash Ghai cuts the cake under......

Watch The Best Of Satyajit Ray On OTT

Had he not taken his final curtain call on April 23, 1992, Satyajit Ray would still, undoubtedly, have been making movies. His films still dazzle with their technical artistry and are relevant even......

Kannada actor Puneet Rajkumar dead

Kannada cinema's reigning star and celebrity television host Puneeth Rajkumar, known for films such as Appu, Veera Kannadiga and Maurya, died in Bengaluru on Friday following a massive......

Taarak Mehta cast bids goodbye to Dr Hathi

Actor Kavi Kumar Azad died of cardiac arrest. he was 45. Actor Kavi Kumar Azad, better known by his character name Dr Hathi from the popular television serial, Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah......

'Couldn't have asked for greater reward'

IMAGE: India's Neeraj Chopra competes in the Men's Javelin Throw Final at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium in Tokyo on Saturday. Photograph: Christian Petersen/Getty Images......

Sports Shorts: Pranati wins bronze at Asian Gymnastic

IMAGE: Pranati Nayak of India competes. Photograph: Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images Indian gymnast Pranati Nayak, on Friday, clinched a bronze medal in vault event at the Senior Asian Artistic......

Mushtaq Ali: Tare, Bista guide Mumbai to easy win

A round-up of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 matches played on Monday. IMAGE: Aditya Tare in action for Mumbai Indians in the IPL. Photograph: BCCI Domestic giants Mumbai continued its winning......

Ritwik storms into final

India No. 1 and top seed Ritwik Bhattacharya announced his arrival in India with a fluent 9-3, 9-0, 9-3 demolition of fourth seed Vikas Jangra to enter the Open final, while women's top seed Joshna......