How year's most extravagant wedding was made secure

Entry based on a QR code messaged on personal mobile phones, colour-coded paper wristbands for access to different zones, and a medical response preparedness reserved for heads of state helped......

Kathua mountain road bears telltale signs of ambush

Bloodstains on the road and helmets, bullet shells, vehicles with shattered windscreens and flattened tyres... A day after terrorists ambushed an Army patrol, a wooded mountain road on Tuesday told......

Anti-Muslim Attacks: Why Are Rahul, Akhilesh Silent?

'Episodes of targeted attacks on Muslims established that for a section of people and, sadly, even officials of the State, the election results conveyed no lessons.' 'Opposition parties must not be......

Can Modi Run A Coalition Government?

The biggest challenge will be to convert his regime into a coalition of minds. But given the fact that he is instinctively an authoritarian leader and supporter of the hard Hindutva line, the......

'How many of us really know our prime minister?'

'We think we know him because he's written about every day.''But how many of us know him as a person?' IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra D Modi performs puja at the Ambaji temple in Banaskantha,......

Indian Heroes In Hollywood On OTT

In the new Tom Harper film, Heart of Stone, Alia Bhatt plays a pivotal role alongside Gal Gadot. She is the latest in a small line of Bollywood stars who have made a dent in Hollywood. In the old......

Indian Movies I Loved in 2022

In a year of overwrought spectacles that slavishly sucked up to the audience, I found refuge in a bunch of 'mainstream' Indian films that espoused such old-fashioned values as dedication to craft,......

Will Mani Ratnam's Ponniyin Selvan Be A Blockbuster?

A great story-teller, Mani Ratnam is experimenting with a real-life historical in Ponniyin Selvan, points out N Sathiya Moorthy. IMAGE: Vikram as Aditya Karikalan in Ponniyin Selvan. Now that Mani......

Smriti Mandhana offers prayers at Tirupati Balaji temple

IMAGE: Smriti Mandhana with her family. Photograph: ANI/X Indian cricket star Smriti Mandhana visited the Tirupati Balaji Temple in Tirumala on Tuesday alongside her family This pilgrimage comes......

Check out F1's record 24-race calendar for 2024

IMAGE: Formula One will have a record 24 races in the season that starts in Bahrain on Saturday. Photograph: Carla Carniel/Reuters Formula One will have a record 24 races in the season that starts......

Cool head, sound technique drivers of Uday Saharan's success

IMAGE: With one hundred and three fifties in six Under-19 World Cup games so far, Punjab batter and India captain Uday Saharan is currently the highest run-getter in this edition, and his batting......

Perfect 10 for Verstappen with record win in Italy

IMAGE: Red Bull's Max Verstappen celebrates on the podium after winning the Italian Grand Prix. Photograph: Claudia Greco/Reuters Runaway Formula One championship leader Max Verstappen......

Mandhana under observation for mild soft tissue injury to left earlobe

IMAGE: Smriti Mandhana was forced to retire hurt after being hit on the head during India's World Cup warm-up match against South Africa on Sunday. Photograph: James Allan/Getty Images Star India......