'I've Not Backstabbed Anybody'

'They are attacking my wife; they are attacking our 13-month-old daughter. They are saying that I do drugs.' 'I'm giving an open challenge to Mr Nawab Malik and Ms Sana Malik let's go to the labs......

'Farmers are our Annadata'

This is the full text of the address to the nation by President Droupadi Murmu on the eve of India’s 78th Independence Day. My Dear Fellow Citizens, I extend to you all my heartiest......

Gehlot's Dilemma: 1,813,302 Jobless Workers

The state's joblessness is three times higher than the national average of 7.8 per cent. IMAGE: Ashok Gehlot being felicitated during the Congress Guarantee Yatra in Kotputli. Photograph: ANI......

TN, Bengal, Telangana report first case of Omicron; country's tally at 73

Tamil Nadu, Telangana and West Bengal reported their first COVID-19 variant Omicron cases on Wednesday, four more persons each tested positive in Maharashtra and Kerala. IMAGE: A quarantine......

Microsoft co-founder, Jimi Hendrix fan, sports team owner... The incredible life and times of Paul Allen

Whenever you think of Microsoft, the only name that crosses one's mind is Bill Gates. But the tech behemoth was co-founded in 1975 by Gates and Paul Allen. Photograph: Anthony P......

What Ivanka will be up to at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit

Young Indian entrepreneurs hope to share some of the limelight too at the Hyderabad event.B Dasarath Reddy reports. New-age entrepreneurs, from Flipkart Executive Chairman Sachin Bansal to......

KK babu: Doyen of Indian industry

Krishna Kumar Birla, popularly known as K K Babu, was a builder of modern institutions, ranging from industry to education, one of the famous symbols of which is the Birla Institute of Technology......

Tatas to invest TCS proceeds in emerging sectors

The Tata group is planning to invest proceeds from the forthcoming initial public offer of Tata Consultancy Services in biotechnology, life sciences and financial services, including insurance. J J......

'Who up there is writing this script?'

'How can so many misfortunes fall on one beautiful family?' IMAGE: Shiv Subrahmanyam in 2 States. On Monday, April 11, Shiv Subrahmanyam bid the world goodbye. The talented actor-writer was just......

Treat athletes as human beings, not medal-winning robots: Bindra

Photograph: ANI Olympic gold-medallist shooter Abhinav Bindra on Thursday requested all those who are part of the sports ecosystem to treat athletes like human beings and not medal-winning robots.......

Neeraj set to shine at Paris Olympics, claims coach

IMAGE: Neeraj Chopra has been troubled by an adductor niggle for the past couple of months. Photograph: ANI Photo   Star Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra is in best physical......

'India lacks sports medicine experts'

The number of sports medicine experts required to improve the standard of sports is desperately lacking in the country, lamented Indian Federation of Sports Medicine president Dr P S M Chandran.......

Need to have a structured system to identify young talent: Sharan

Stating that India has not made much progress since the Beijing Olympics, Ajit Sharan, Secretary - Sports, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (MYAS), said that India needs to become a sporting......

India's first sports university to be set up in Manipur

IMAGE: A Manipuri boy holds a torch to inaugurate the sports festival. Photograph: Kind courtesy, GuruBidya/Creative Commons The Union Cabinet, on Wednesday, approved an ordinance to set up......