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Doctors to rickshaw pullers, Kolkata rocked by protest rallies

People from all walks of life -- former students of several educational institutions, clay modellers, rickshaw pullers and junior doctors -- separately hit the streets of Kolkata on Sunday in......

Creating a Classical Indian Canon

In the library sales from the crumbling houses of Calcutta, or Delhi, or the hill-station homes, the keen-eyed book-buyer would often come across sets of bound classics. These were usually in the......

Murty's $5.2 m grant for Harvard's Indian series

Three years from now, when the Harvard University Press, a major publisher of nonfiction, scholarly and general interest books, marks its 100th anniversary, it will also publish the first book in......

Indian-Australian Akshay Venkatesh wins 'Nobel of mathematics' Fields medal

Akshay Venkatesh, a renowned Indian-Australian mathematician, is one of four winners of mathematics’ prestigious Fields medal, known as the Nobel prize for math. The Fields medals are awarded......

REWIND: India in the last 24 hours

Here’s a recap of the events from the past 24 hours. College girls walking in rain in Chennai. Photographs: PTI Photo Police chasing away protesters during a clash in Srinagar. Photograph:......

Directing Raaj, the Showman

Prem, the director of Raaj the Showman is the highest paid director in Kannada having struck gold with three of his four films made so far. His first film Kariya ran for 500 days and made Darshan......

Hollywood beauties-turned-lipstick lesbians

Megan Fox, who recently confessed of enjoying girl-on-girl action, is not the only hottie to have turned into lipstick lesbian in Hollywood. Women like Fergie, Lily Allen and Madonna have all......

Bollywood stars mourn Muhammad Ali's demise

Bollywood fraternity extended their condolences to the legendary boxer Muhammad Ali's demise at the age of 74, after losing his long-standing battle against Parkinson's disease. The celebs took to......

Zheng beats Vekic to win historic tennis gold for China

IMAGE: China's Qinwen Zheng celebrates victory over Croatia's Donna Vekic in the women's singles tennis final at Roland Garros stadium, Paris, on Saturday. Photograph: Claudia Greco/Reuters Zheng......

Meet the top men's contenders at French Open

The French Open, one of the most prestigious tournaments in tennis, is set to commence with its men's singles competition on Sunday. As players from around the world gather in Paris, anticipation......

Tennis: Sania-Hradecka lose Charleston Open final

IMAGE: Sania Mirza and her doubles partner Lucie Hradecka had a stunning run at the WTA 500 event, reaching the women's doubles final after pulling off a major upset by stunning top seeds Zhang......

Aus Open PIX: Injured Nadal sent packing by McDonald

Images from Day 3 of the 2023 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Wednesday. IMAGE: Spain's Rafael Nadal waves to the crowd as he leaves the court after losing his second round match against......

'Golden opportunity' awaits Serena at Wimbledon

'If there ever was a Grand Slam she is capable, more than capable, of winning... it would be this year's Wimbledon.' IMAGE: Serena Williams, 39, will continue her quest for a record-equalling 24th......

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