President Murmu to lead celebrations to mark 75 years of Constitution

President Droupadi Murmu will address a joint sitting of both Houses of Parliament in the historic Central Hall of Samvidhan Sadan on Tuesday, kick-starting year-long celebrations to mark 75 years......

Can History Repeat Itself?

Electoral setbacks and thwarted ambition can have an unpredictable effect on leaders, observes Aditi Phadnis. IMAGE: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath offers prayers at the Gorakhnath......

Sushma's Daughter In Debut Battle

Bansuri Swaraj is banking on Narendra Modi's popularity, and the fact that the New Delhi electorate is known to vote on national rather than local issues for the Lok Sabha polls. IMAGE: Bansuri......

From 53 in first polls, number of parties at over 2500

Fifty-three political parties had contested the first Lok Sabha polls in 1951. The number of political parties today stands at over 2,500. Image used for representational purpose only. Photograph:......

Indian start-ups shun China, turn to US firms for fund

India’s shift towards US companies for technology investments and partnerships fits well with the present government’s ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ and ‘Make in India’......

Jet Airways COO quits in eighth top-level exit

Jet Airways chief operating officer (designate) Subodh Karnik is learnt to have quit the airline. This is the eighth top-level exit in the airline in recent months.Confirming the development, a Jet......

Etihad pilots management changes at Jet Airways

Etihad Airways is steering organisational revamp in Jet Airways, in which it is set to acquire 24 per cent stake. Two senior Etihad executives are likely to join the Jet Airways management team, in......

With new team in place, Modi tightens grip on power

But critics caution that over-centralisation can lead to new bottlenecks Withered sunflowers are silhouetted next to power lines. Photograph: Mike Blake/Reuters. Anil Swarup is just the kind of......

10 Films: Indian Cinema At Its Best

Aseem Chhabra lists his favorite 2023 films -- a healthy blend of Bollywood, Hindi indies and some of the best work that is being done in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Bengali cinema. On one hand......

Sara Visits A Temple With Vikrant

Sara Ali Khan loves visiting temples. The actress makes it a point to visit a temple in whichever state she's shooting. Sara's latest shoot took her to Gujarat, and she worshipped at the Nageshvar......

Bhoot Police Review

Saif saves Bhoot Police from tedium, observes Namrata Thakker. Film-makers have been exploring the horror-comedy genre in Bollywood, but only a few films have tasted success. Barring Golmaal Again......

COMING UP: OTT's September releases

As many as five notable Web series and movies are planned for release in September. Joginder Tuteja lists them out.   HelmetWhere to watch: ZEE5Release date: September 3 Photograph: Kind......

Rajlaxmi new head of BCCI's Internal Complaints Committee

Rajlaxmi Arora was on Thursday appointed the head of Board of Control for Cricket in India's four-member Internal Committee, which deals with complaints of sexual harassment.While Saba Karim,......

Pandya-Rahul Effect: CoA mulls over behavioural counselling for Indian team

IMAGE: Hardik Pandya, left, and KL Rahul tendered unconditional apologies in reply to the show cause notices issued by the BCCI. Photograph: Gareth Copley/Getty Images The Committee of......