Jimmy Carter's India Connection

Lillian Carter, a trained nurse and a Peace Corps worker, spent two years of her life, when she was in her late 60s, serving the poor in India, in the 1960s. She was posted as a volunteer to......

Kerala man forced to fight in Ukraine, wife seeks help

Binil T B, an electrician from Thrissur, left for Russia seven months ago, hoping to secure a better job and higher wages while his wife was expecting their first child. IMAGE: Servicemen of 110th......

When Zakir Hussain beat BigB to be voted 'sexiest man'

His fingers flew, fluttered and floated in quicksilver changes of raga and rhythm, drumming up music and magic. IMAGE: Tabla Maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain. Photograph: ANI Photo Zakir Hussain was......

Bangladeshi Hindu leader held for sedition denied bail

A Bangladeshi court on Tuesday denied bail to prominent Hindu leader Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, arrested on sedition charges, and sent him to prison, triggering protests by community members......

Bengal's tea industry seeks a new flavour

The alpona (artwork) on the steep, winding road leading to Makaibari bears testimony to the visit of G20 delegates for the second tourism working group meeting in April last year. Photograph:......

HDFC Bank's Kaizad Bharucha took home the most among bankers in FY22

Kaizad Bharucha, executive director of HDFC Bank, emerged the highest earning banker for 2021-22 (FY22). Photograph: Courtesy, NSE via Facebook This was revealed in a remuneration assessment of......

Centre mulls raising tax-free slab to Rs 5 lakh

Policymakers are examining the possibility of increasing the tax-free slab to Rs 5 lakh in the two-year-old alternative personal income tax regime to make it attractive, a government official said.......

ICICI CEO to get Rs 7 lakh per month as allowance

ICICI Bank, the country's largest private sector lender, has revised allowances paid to its executive directors, including that of its managing director and CEO Chanda Kochhar. The board of the......

'Your Work Is To Make Films And Not Stay In Jail'

'The work of a film-maker is going out and making films.''And if you are in prison for 15 years, you can't make films.' IMAGE: Vishka Asayesh in Seven Days. Last year, the Nobel Peace Prize was......

The Difference Between Fawad And Shah Rukh Khan

'I think because India is a bigger country and Bollywood is such a well-oiled machine, the star thing has become so much bigger than the actor thing.' IMAGE: Fawad Khan in Barzakh. Film-maker Asim......

'The Purest Love I've Ever Known'

Starry mums celebrate Mother's Day with cute pictures of their children. Photograph: Kind courtesy Priyanka Chopra/Instagram Priyanka Chopra shares a family picture with husbandvNick Jonas,......

'We all need a little piece of utopia in our life'

'This was a film, a story that had never been told before.' IMAGE: Koji Yakusho in Perfect Days. For the last four-and-a-half decades German film-maker Wim Wenders has been making compassionate......

Mohun Bagan extend lead with win over Bengaluru

  IMAGE: Mohun Bagan Super Giants' Liston Colaco struck in the 74th-minute winner against Bengaluru FC in their ISL match in Kolkata on Monday. Photograph: Indian Super League/X Mohun Bagan......

BCCI to players: Obey new rules or face IPL ban, fee cuts

IMAGE:  India captain Rohit Sharma presides over a team meeting before a training session.Photograph: BCCI Mandatory domestic cricket, restriction on the presence of families and personal......

When were these rules altered and by whom, Bhajji asks

Nothing new in BCCI's policy document, says former India spinner Harbhajan Singh.  IMAGE: Head Coach Gautam Gambhir (right) with Rohit Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah. Harbhajan Singh said India......

BCCI to players: Obey new rules or face IPL ban, fee cuts

IMAGE: Restrictions were sought by head coach Gautam Gambhir in a review meeting of the team's recent poor run. Photograph: BCCI Cracking the whip on the Indian cricket team's "star culture",......

PIX: Head, Smith centuries put Australia in control

Images from Day 2 of the third Test between Australia and India at The Gabba in Brisbane on Sunday. Scorecard IMAGE: Travis Head once again tormented the Indians, hitting an unbeaten century on......