Padmavati row: Rajput body calls for countrywide bandh on Dec 1

Six of the eight persons detained in connection with the vandalising of a cinema hall were sent to judicial custody till November 19. Rajasthan minister Kiran Maheshwari on......

Renaming Akbar Road: History's latest battle

'I have only this to say to those who talk about Mewar rulers and Akbar's brutality -- do you expect a king to not expand his kingdom?''You have entire cities named after Muslim rulers. It's time......

'More transgenders should join the media, attitudes must change'

A Coimbatore-based transgender has become a trailblazer for her community becoming the first TV transgender news anchor when she went 'live' on Independence day on a private Tamil satellite channel......

Meet Padmini, India's first transgender TV news anchor

An Indian television news station has recruited the country's first transgender news anchor, five months after a court ruled that transgender people be recognised as a legal third gender. Padmini......

How Padmini helped Premier drive around hurdles

Despite government controls, Walchand Hirachand Group cracked the market Image: Premier Padmini; Photograph: Mr Choppers/Wikimedia Commons Long before the iPad got invented in Cupertino,......

Smart city challenge: Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, are you ready?

At a time when the world is talking about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of developing ‘100 smart cities’ to accommodate the burgeoning population of India, we take a......

Om Puri: The Chronicler Of Cities On The Boil

'If it weren't for Om Puri, a whole range of our big city experiences wouldn't have found their honest representations on the screen,' notes Sreehari Nair on the legendary actor's birthday. IMAGE:......

Why did Laxmikant-Pyarelal split?

'Laxmi was insistent that our homes should never have name-plates, because the name Laxmikant-Pyarelal should never be separated!' IMAGE: Laxmikant and Pyarelal with the legendary lyricist Anand......

Meet the Woh in Hindi Cinema

We have seen the blissful pati patni pairs on screen. Now here's looking at the Bollywood's favourite reason for trouble in paradise -- the other woman. In the remake of Pati Patni Aur Woh -- so......

Salman, Kareena, Bachchans condole with Ajay Devgn, Kajol

Bollywood came in large numbers to bid adieu to one of their own. Action director Veeru Devgan had contributed to the film industry for over four decades, and his son Ajay Devgn has continued the......

World Jr Chess: Harshit Pawar shocks top seed USA's Mishra

IMAGE: Image used for representational purposes. Photograph: International Chess Federation/Instagram Playing the game of his life, India's Harshit Pawar shocked top seed and youngest ever......

Shot putter Inderjeet seals Rio Olympics spot

World University Games silver medallist shot putter Inderjeet Singh achieved the qualification mark for the Rio Olympic Games in 2016 with a throw of 20.65m on the second day of the 19th Federation......