Can't switch off mike: Birla, Dhankhar deny Oppn charge

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday took exception to allegations by Opposition members that their microphones are turned off when they are speaking in......

SC refuses to defer NEET-UG counselling; re-exam for 1563 students on Sunday

The Supreme Court Friday refused to defer the NEET-UG counselling process, scheduled to kick off on July 6, saying it is not an "open and shut" exercise, even as the political pot kept boiling over......

Hy'bad journalist booked for tweeting about power cut

A case was registered against a woman journalist in Hyderabad on Wednesday for allegedly defaming the Telangana government and its power distribution company over her claim in a social media post......

'Modi Destroying Educational Institutions'

'Logic, Research, Science Are Modi Government's Limitations.' IMAGE: Dr Sandeep Saurav, the Communist Party of India-Marxist Leninist candidate for the Nalanda Lok Sabha seat. All Photographs and......

Quality Lapses Shut Down Drug Makers

Most of the pharma units are failing in documentation, and validation processes, and many don't have full-fledged quality control laboratories. IMAGE: Kindly note the image has been posted only......

Stock market gives thumbs up to Siemens' strong performance in Q2

Siemens delivered a strong margin performance and also reported high other income to beat consensus in the January-March quarter (Q2) of FY24 (the company’s year-end is September 30).......

Interim Budget: No, Just A True Vote On Account!

She has shown shrewdness, sensitivity, and courage.All of these will be needed in ample quantities for the real challenge that will emerge after the elections, notes Shreekant Sambrani. IMAGE:......

Insurance claims drop 30-35% during Chennai floods compared to 2015

Yet another first week of December brought familiar scenes of rain, storm, flooding, power outages, and fallen trees. Photograph: ANI Photo When Cyclone Michaung wreaked havoc, leading to the......

Paradise Review: Riveting!

Prasanna Vithanage's Paradise leaves the audience to read between the lines and draw their own conclusions about the frailty of human nature, and how easily violence seizes the most unexpected......

Bad Cop Review: Dj Vu

Bad Cop is not unwatchable. For older viewers, there may even be some comfort in the familiar, notes Deepa Gahlot. Bollywood has already put its stamp on this formula -- twin brothers, one grows......

'Heeramandi Showed India As A Sone Ki Chidiya'

'The primary set took over three months to build with 14,000-15,000 workers employed at a time.' 'We ensured that Mallikajaan's Shahi Mahal lived up to its name.''One zardosi panel cost around Rs 4......

Aranmanai 4 Review: Dull!

The Hindi dubbed (badly) version of the Tamil hit Aranmanai is out, and it turns out to be lengthy, noisy and mostly tedious, observes Deepa Gahlot. The Aranmanai (Palace) horror-comedy franchise......

Alcaraz fights back to reach Wimbledon final

IMAGE: Spain's Carlos Alcaraz celebrates after winning his semi final match against Russia's Daniil Medvedev. Photograph: Matthew Childs/Reuters It took some searching, but Carlos Alcaraz finally......

Wimbledon PIX: Djokovic, Zverev cruise; Rublev exits

IMAGES from Day 2 of the Wimbledon Championships, at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, on Tuesday. IMAGE: Serbia's Novak Djokovic celebrates winning his first round match......

Could Gulbadin Be Penalised?

A controversial moment arose during the Afghanistan-Bangladesh T20 World Cup match when Afghan fielder Gulbadin Naib fell to the ground in St Vincent. The incident occurred in the 12th over bowled......

'You Can't Have Two Semi-Finals With Different Rules'

IMAGE: India will be declared the winners if their second semi-final against England in Guyana is washed out. Photograph: BCCI/X   The International Cricket Council has come under fire for......

Duckworth, co-creator of DLS method, dies aged 84

IMAGE: Frank Duckworth, the pioneering statistician who co-created the Duckworth Lewis method adopted in cricket to revise targets in limited overs games truncated due to rain, passed away on June......