18 Hour Power Cuts In VIP Kashmir Seat

'I have faced 18 hours of darkness daily all my life.' IMAGE: A bakery functions in the dark in downtown Srinagar. Power cuts are a common feature of life in Kashmir. Photographs: Umar Ganie for......

Peeing incident: Revoke action against colleagues, says AI cabin crew body

Cabin crew body, All India's Cabin Crew Association, on Monday demanded that the airline should roll back derostering of the crew that operated the New York-Delhi flight where a male passenger......

Can Rishi Beat Race To Become PM?

Will Empire strike back to prevent a game changing election result, asks T P Sreenivasan. IMAGE: Conservative party leadership finalists Rishi Sunak, right, and Liz Truss before taking part in the......

Does Rahul Wonder If Sheena Is Really Dead?

All along, Rahul, right till today 10 years later, hung onto his gut feeling that something surely had happened to Sheena.Vaihayasi Pande Daniel reports from the Sheena Bora Murder Trial. IMAGE:......

India has 76 million entrepreneurs!

'Wage earners are shrinking. In both, the organised and unorganised sectors. And, entrepreneurs are growing.''But the increase in entrepreneurship is of a kind that does not create salaried......

'As finance minister, it is very difficult to do as much as one should'

'Since the NDA took office in 2014, and aggressively since 2019, the Union government seems hell bent on centralising all power and resources, only to fail spectacularly,' Tamil Nadu Finance......

How to keep Air India away from a sordid cycle

  There are ways to rescue Air India, but only if a new owner doesn’t adopt the same tactics that got the airline into the mess it finds itself in, says Laveesh Bhandari I must confess......

How fast is India growing?

It is necessary and worthwhile to restore credibility to India's national income and growth estimates, rues Shankar Acharya How fast is the Indian economy growing? What is the sectoral composition......

'The audience loved Helen then, they still do'

'It was because of the strength of Helenji's performance that I was even called on stage to present her with the coveted Black Lady.' IMAGE: Helen in the song Baithe Hai Kya Uske Paas in Jewel......

Meet Bollywood's Forrest Gump

Aamir Khan steps into Tom Hanks's shoes. Think it's a good fit? Tom Hanks may be the only actor who could have played the role, wrote the late legendary film critic Roger Ebert after watching......

Amitabh@50: Stories you didn't know about the star

Rasheed Kidwai unearths little-known stories from the Dadasaheb Phalke awardee's past as Amitabh Bachchan celebrates 50 years in the movies this month. The long, fascinating and illustrious......

'I don't believe in marriage for religious reasons'

'Marriage is a practical solution in terms of bureaucracy, but it's not a real validation of whether your relationship is successful or not.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Kalki Koechlin/Instagram "My......

The World Cup That Cheers

In cricket, we have something that we can share with our families, neighbours and indeed, the whole country. It is colour-blind, language-neutral, truly secular and transcends all regions, from......

'No shame in accepting that they played better than us'

IMAGE: India's Virat Kohli speaks to Mohammad Shami and KL Rahul during the match. India play their next match against New Zealand on Sunday and Kohli felt the break would do a world of good to......

PIX: Federer advances to 2nd round after Nagal scare

IMAGE: Roger Federer celebrates after defeating India's Sumit Nagal in their first round match on day one of the 2019 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at Flushing......

'Australia playing in India is not a great preparation for Ashes'

Former Test paceman Merv Hughes says he is dumbfounded by Australia's Ashes build-up and has given his countrymen little hope of beating England in the series starting next......

Australia's Homework Gate: Tide turns against Watson

After 24 hours of the most withering abuse directed at Australia's management for excluding Shane Watson and three other cricketers from the Test team, the tide turned on Wednesday with a flurry......