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'If Trump Loses, 100% He'll Throw A Tantrum'

'Accusations would be flung about his votes being stolen. He'll say dead people were voting from the grave.'Payal Singh Mohanka reports on the mood ahead of the US presidential election. ......

Dadra And Nagar Haveli: How The Portuguese Were Defeated

They realised that the Portuguese were better prepared to defend Daman than Dadra and Nagar Haveli. If reinforcements from Daman were to reach Silvassa, there was no chance of defeating the......

New York Labor Day Parade Was A Spectacle!

Thousands of workers of every description -- from journalists to steel workers, from painters to New York cops, from auto to engineering workers -- marched for four hours down 5th Avenue one of......

Not Yet Time For Udhayanidhi Stalin To Be Dy CM

In private, questions are being raised about the wisdom of a 'dual-SIM' leadership during the long run-up to the 2026 assembly polls where 'family rule' could become an election issue, reports N......

Naidu At Helm, Amaravati Comes Alive

Locals have witnessed real estate prices skyrocket from a historic low of Rs 6,000 per square yard (in 2020) during Jagan Mohan Reddy's regime to around Rs 40,000 to Rs 50,000 per square yard after......

Apple Stores Will Up Brand Value Of Its Chosen Addresses

'If they are taking marquee locations and, say, are paying 50 per cent higher rent, those locations will see a spurt in rates as well.' IMAGE: Apple CEO Tim Cook poses for a selfie with a customer......

Realty goldmine or citizen minefield, Dharavi makeover gets wiggle room

Asia's largest urban slum, spread over 600 acres in the heart of India's financial capital, is home to an informal leather and pottery industry employing over 100,000. Raghavendra Kamath reports.......

Don't know what direction Twitter will go in: CEO Parag Agrawal

Twitter's India-born CEO Parag Agrawal has told worried employees that he doesn't know “what direction this company will go in” once the whopping $44 billion deal, which will take the......

'Vijay came across as a force of nature'

Long before he launched Paytm, Vijay Shankar Sharma, a 32 year old from Aligarh, embarked on his ambitious entrepreneurial journey. A revealing excerpt from Rahul Chandra's The Moonshot Game:......

The Great Property Crash

'In many parts of the country, the empty nest-and-empty-nest egg story is a painful boom-to-bust saga.''Among the old and young, it is hitting pockets hard, in a linked chain of debt-laden banks,......

'Women don't have to only sing and dance'

'When you are new, you don't know how the industry works.''But when you know where you are headed, the possibilities of being conned or facing unpleasant instances is reduced.' Photograph: Kind......

'India Is Ready For The World!'

'Never in the history of Indian cinema did we have a distribution system for 240 countries, but we have it now.''And if we still keep catering to the B and C-tiers of our country, and not the whole......

'Friendship is the key to making a film'

'Film shooting is a long process, and it is important to have a good bonding with the person you are going to spend six to eight months of your life.''Baaki, film toh bann jaati hain.' IMAGE:......

The 20 Best Romances On OTT

After a dry, dreadful spell of darkness and desolation, it looks like Bollywood love stories are ready to rock the silver screen again. Two of 2023's biggest hits so far, Tu Jhoothi Main Makkar and......

The world of Chaitanya Tamhane's Disciple

'Tamhane's densely composed shots achieve what a vacuously whizzing camera seldom does.''Like those Renaissance Paintings in which a bewitching lady is shown posing for a portrait, and daily life......

Europa PIX: Maguire to United's rescue; Ajax held after fan trouble

IMAGES from the Europa League matches played on Thursday IMAGE: Manchester United's Harry Maguire in action during the match against FC Porto at Estadio do Dragao, Porto, Portugal. Photograph:......

EPL PIX: Liverpool beat Wolves to go top; City held

IMAGE: Liverpool's Mohamed Salah scores their second goal from the penalty spot against Wolverhampton Wanderers at Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton. Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters Ibrahima Konate......

What India need to do to win 2nd Test at Cape Town...

You need to be more creative in Cape Town as wickets are a lot more flatter and partnerships will stretch and that's traditionally as someone who knows it will be tougher Tests,' said South African......

PIX: Dominant South Africa rout India by an inns and 32 runs!

Images from Day 3 in the first Test between South Africa and India, at SuperSport Park, Centurion, on Thursday. SCORECARD IMAGE: South Africa's players celebrate after Kagiso Rabada......

EPL PIX: Arsenal go five clear at Luton; Burnley down Wolves

Images from the Premier League matches played on Tuesday. IMAGE: Arsenal's Declan Rice celebrates on scoring the late winner against Luton. Photograph: Premier League/X Declan Rice's header deep......

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