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41 years later, an Indian astronaut set to script history

Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla stands on the cusp of history as he prepares to set off on a space odyssey, marking India's return to space flight 41 years after his idol Rakesh Sharma orbited......

ISRO Will Spend 550 Cr On Shukla's ISS Trip

If Rakesh Sharma represented the dreams of a nascent India looking outward, Shubhanshu Shukla embodies a confident India reaching for the controls. IMAGE: The Ax-4 crew and SpaceX teams completed......

Gaganyaan astronaut Prasanth Nair is my husband, claims Kerala actor Lena

Malayalam actor Lena on Tuesday revealed on her Instagram account that she has been married to Indian Air Force fighter pilot Prasanth Balakrishnan Nair, hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi......

ISRO names 'Prime Astronaut' for space station mission

Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla and Group Captain Prasanth Balakrishnan Nair have been selected for an upcoming Indo-US mission to the International Space Station (ISS), the Indian Space Research......

Gaganyaan astronauts trained at Rakesh Sharma's Russian center

The four astronauts who will be part of India's first human space flight program, Gaganyaan, were trained at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut training center in Russia, the same center where Rakesh......

Leela Group founder Krishnan Nair is no more

The grand old man of Indian hospitality, Captain C P Krishnan Nair passed away at a private hospital in Mumbai on Saturday after a brief illness. He was 92 years old. Nair, who started started......

Hotel Leela founder Capt Nair steps down

The grand old man of Indian hospitality industry, Captain C P Krishnan Nair on Thursday stepped down as the Chairman of Hotel Leelaventure, the company he founded in 1981. Nair, 91, will be......

Captain Nair: A successful hotelier who began his career at 65

At the age of 65, when most retire to the countryside, Capt Nair decided to venture into the hospitality sector. Chittarath Poovakkatt Krishnan Nair, or simply Captain, as he preferred to be......

Capt Nair, Leela Group's boss, shares his success story

Capt C P Krishnan Nair will turn 90 in February, but there isn't a wrinkle on his face. He was up till midnight at an awards function, yet there is no sign of fatigue. He sits at a corner table......

The Leela's new gamble: Will it succeed?

Capt C P Krishnan Nair, 90, has been a trailblazer of sorts in the hotels business. His bold moves have almost always paid off. When no self-respecting Mumbai hotelier would think of any place......

Crew Review: Enjoyable!

You do get your money's worth simply watching these girls do what they are best at: Entertainment, observes Divya Nair. A plush airline aptly named Kohinoor, headed by Vijay Walia, files for......

Watched These Brilliant Malayalam Films?

Divya Nair lists 2023's Malayalam movies that can be enjoyed by all ages. 2023 was a year of rare hits for the Malayalam film industry. In a country where masala entertainers like Jawan and violent......

Jailer Review: A Rajinikanth You Have Never Seen Before

I don't remember Rajinikanth beheading anyone so brutally in any of his previous films. Or glamourising so much of blood and violence.This is an altogether different version of a brutal......

Review: Nothing original about Polytechnic

There is nothing new in Polutechnic and it is the effort the actors put in that helps the film from sinking totally, says Paresh C Palicha. Kunchacko Boban wants to shed his college boy romantic......

Review: Kattappanayile Rithwik Roshan entertains

The story of an underdog, Kattappanayile Rithwik Roshan is quite decent, feels Paresh C Palicha. The most popular stories are usually about underdogs fighting against odds to achieve......

IPL 2025: Mumbai Indians eye play-offs spot in crunch clash with Delhi Capitals

While MI's win will assure them of a place in the play-offs, Delhi Capitals need to win both their remaining games to advance. IMAGE: Mumbai Indians' form and all-round depth tilt the scale in......

Can Bumrah tame SRH's explosive batting line-up?

IMAGE: Jasprit Bumrah was taken apart for 44 runs in his four overs against Delhi Capitals, with Karun Nair scoring a blistering 26 off just nine deliveries. Photograph: BCCI An inconsistent......

Rohit faces DC spin test as MI eye winning ways

IMAGE: Pressure is mounting on Rohit Sharma as he continues to struggle with form. He has scores of 0, 8, 13 and 17 for an aggregate of 38 runs from four matches this IPL season. Photograph: BCCI......

Ranji final: Form favours Vidarbha vs sprightly Kerala

IMAGE: Captain Akshay Wadkar, who has had a fine run with the bat thus far, scoring 674 runs in nine matches, including two centuries and as many fifties, holds the key to Vidarbha's fortunes in......

Karnataka beat Vidarbha for fifth Vijay Hazare crown

IMAGE: Karnataka's players celebrate victory over Vidarbha in the final of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, in Vadodara, on Saturday. Photograph: BCCI Domestic/X Dhruv Shorey's third consecutive hundred......