How India celebrated its first Republic Day in 1950

Huge tri-colour-themed banners have been put up along the Kartavya Path while the theme for this year's tableaux that would roll down the boulevard where the annual Republic Day celebrations take......

With new hq, Congress leaves behind more than an address

If walls could talk, 24 Akbar Road would write itself a book -- of the days of the Raj, of the Burma of the 1960s and mostly of the dramatic ups and downs of the Congress that headquartered itself......

Gandhi And Bose: A Complex Partnership

The two leaders had a complex relationship yet formed a partnership and even after their parting of ways, the two admired each other in their efforts for India's freedom. These facts need to be......

Congress leaders pay last respects to Manmohan Singh at AICC HQ

Top Congress leaders, including party president Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi paid their last respects to former prime minister Manmohan Singh at the AICC headquarters in New......

'Had liberalisation not taken place, I may have gone back to the US'

An exclusive excerpt from Girish Kuber's The Tatas: How A Family Built A Business And A Nation. IMAGE: J R D Tata, left, with Ratan Tata. Photograph: Kind courtesy Gopal Shetty When you took......

Nehru Place among world's top notorious IT markets

New Delhi's famous Nehru Place market has been placed among the top 30 notorious IT markets of the world that deal in goods and services infringing on intellectual property rights, an official US......

'Can We In Our Businesses Set An Example?'

'I think some of us, like Mukesh Ambani, myself and those of us who head industrial units, ought to really focus on what we can really do to make the world a safer place, maybe 50 or 100 years from......

Budget: Nirmalaji's Chance To Revisit Fiscal Math

Whether she will pare the fiscal deficit target of 5.1 per cent of GDP, using the record dividend received from the RBI, or expand flagship government programmes will be keenly watched. IMAGE:......

Shyam Benegal, Sir, Only Gratitude For You

'With his passing, Indian cinema has lost its most undaunted voice, a voice of unsettling truths, a window to history, a school of filmmaking.'Sukanya Verma mourns the movie legend. IMAGE: Shabana......

The Shyam Benegal I Knew

His cinema of compassion inspired me, gave me tools to develop empathy for others. But it also made me understand that serious, socially committed cinema with deeply engaging narratives and great......

2024's 10 Best Web Series

The year was rich in content as far as Web series were concerned. The general bent was towards thrillers, and many of them were slick and entertaining. Shows that ran into their next seasons, like......

'I Was Fated To Play Jinnah'

'I have no idea why I was so many film-makers' choice for Jinnah. I assume it is because I was born and bred in Mumbai and speak English.' 'There's also my name, people tend to believe that a......

Kohli's homecoming: Delhi aim to end on a high!

IMAGE: This will be Virat Kohli's first Ranji Trophy match in 12 years. Photograph: ANI Virat Kohli's magnetic presence has not only lifted the profile of Ranji Trophy but also the Delhi team's......

ISL: FC Goa close gap on leaders MBSG

IMAGE: FC Goa's Iker Guarrotxena celebrates scoring the opening goal against Chennaiyin FC at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Margao on Saturday. Photograph: ISL/X FC Goa closed the gap with......

ISL: Miranda's late goal helps Hyderabad hold Goa

IMAGE: Hyderabad FC players celebrate after Allan de Souza Miranda's injury-time equaliser in the Indian Super League match against FC Goa at Margao, Goa, on Wednesday. Photograph:......

ISL: Rodriguez powers Bagan past 10-man Punjab FC

IMAGE: The visitors did enough to secure all three points as they ended the year five points clear atop. Photograph: ISL/X Alberto Rodriguez struck twice as Mohun Bagan Super Giant recorded a......

JLN stadium reduced to a litter-filled mess after Diljit's concert

IMAGE: Athlete Beant Singh expressed his disappointment on social media, sharing images and a video of the stadium's track and field area littered with garbage. Photograph and video:......