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PIX: Here is how states celebrate 78th Independence Day

Independence Day was celebrated across states and Union territories on Thursday, as several chief ministers announced job schemes while some others vowed their support for Prime Minister Narendra......

Probe commences against Sheikh Hasina, 9 others for genocide

Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal has started an investigation against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and nine others on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity that took......

UN team to visit Bangladesh next week to probe killings of protesters

A team of United Nations experts will visit Bangladesh next week to investigate the killings of the protesters ahead of and in the aftermath of Sheikh Hasina's resignation as the prime minister......

Events in Bangladesh remind us the value of...: CJI

Emphasising the importance of freedom and liberty, Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud on Thursday noted that the recent events in neighbouring Bangladesh remind the value of these rights. IMAGE: Chief......

Crimes against women should be...: Modi amid Kolkata rape case

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday underscored the need to widely publicise punishments given for atrocities against women so that there is a fear of consequence, his comments coming in the......

Ather's $450 mn IPO the next big spark in electric revolution

Bengaluru-headquartered electric two-wheeler manufacturer Ather Energy is all set to file its draft red herring prospectus within the second week of September to the Securities Exchange Board of......

Wholesale inflation falls to 3-month low of 2.04% in July

Wholesale inflation fell to a 3-month low of 2.04 per cent in July on decline in prices of food items especially vegetables, government data released on Wednesday showed. Photograph: Shailesh......

Factors that will guide the markets this week

Macroeconomic data announcements, the last batch of Q1 earnings and global trends are the major factors that would influence trading sentiments in the equity market in a holiday-shortened week......

Bangladesh Crisis: India's Two Wheelers Cos To Take Hit

Indian companies also hold a considerable share of the car, bus, and three-wheeler markets in the country. Kindly note the image has been published only for representational purposes.. Photograph:......

Forex reserves jump to record $674.91 bn

India's forex reserves jumped by $7.53 billion to a new record high of $674.92 billion for the week ended August 2, the Reserve Bank said on Friday. Photograph: Mohamed Azakir/Reuters The overall......

The Beautiful Bhooths of Bollywood

Think ghosts. Think grim, grotesque imagery. Bollywood's surplus of petrifying bhootnis and chudails still haunting our nightmares are a case in point. On the other end of the spooky spectrum,......

Goodbye Guruji, Pradeep Bandekar

'I want to die with my finger on the click button of the camera,' veteran photographer Pradeep Bandekar, who passed into the ages early on Sunday morning told Syed Firdaus Ashraf last week. IMAGE:......

Laila Majnu Makes History On Re-Release

It will create history by being the first ever film to do more business on re-release than during its original screening. IMAGE: Triptii Dimri and Avinash Tiwary in Laila Majnu. In the trend of......

Ghudchadhi Review: Sanju-Ravs Reunite For Old Times' Sake

If only the movie could hold its own the way Raveena Tandon does in a cream and gold Manish Malhotra lehenga, Ghudchadhi would be half the entertainer it set out to be, notes Sukanya Verma.......

Life Hill Gayi Review: Groan-Worthy

Vinay Pathak, Divyenndu Sharma and Kusha Kapila are comfortable enough in their comic skins to play their parts with ease, observes Deepa Gahlot. Anybody who wants to make a comedy about a loony......

'Whole of India is with Vinesh, she is a champion'

IMAGE: Vinesh Phogat was disqualified from the Paris Olympics after she failed to make weight for her women's 50kg freestyle final. Photograph: Reuters The Indian sporting fraternity reacted with......

How Do We Prepare For LA 2028? We Don't.

You don't prep for 2028 but for 2040, or even 2044.Sustained sporting excellence is based on mass support, grassroots development, and funding -- and it is this trifecta India needs to work on,......

No silver for Vinesh as CAS rejects appeal

IMAGE: Vinesh Phogat was left heartbroken after she was disqualified ahead of her gold-medal bout in freestyle 50kg for being 100gm overweight in the morning weigh-in, crushing her Olympic......

Morne Morkel named India's bowling coach

IMAGE: Morne Morkel was Head Coach Gautam Gambhir's primary choice, having worked with him at Lucknow Super Giants. Photograph: IMAGE: Kind courtesy Morne Morkel/X Former South Africa pace......

Sreejesh reveals how love and hockey shaped his life

Photograph: Kind Courtesy PR Sreejesh/Instagram First he hated her -- for being better than him at school. But as it happens in Bollywood movies, "hate" was followed by love. That's how the......

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