Natwar Singh: A man who wore many hats, but always spoke his mind

K Natwar Singh wore many hats as he straddled the worlds of diplomacy, politics and writing but what remained consistent across decades was his sharp-wit and plainspeaking. IMAGE: Former External......

Amid intense heatwave, Centre calls high-level meet

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya will chair a high-level meeting on Tuesday to review public health preparedness to deal with heatwave conditions prevailing in parts of the country, official......

High-level meet stresses on Covid-appropriate behaviour at all times

Amid a spike in Covid-19 cases, the Centre on Monday reviewed with states and Union territories the preparedness for pandemic management and the progress of vaccination. IMAGE: Covid testing in......

Centre to hold meet amid massive Covid spike in China, elsewhere

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya will review the COVID-19 situation on Wednesday in view of a fresh spurt in cases in some countries such as Japan, South Korea, Brazil, China and the United......

Economist Rajiv Kumar named as new VC of NITI Aayog

Economist Dr Rajiv Kumar was on Saturday named as the new Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog, five days after the incumbent Arvind Panagariya announced that he would quit to return to academics. The......

Kerala tops Niti's sustainable development index

Both Himachal Pradesh and Tamil Nadu took the second spot. Bihar, Jharkhand and Assam were the worst performing states. IMAGE: A fisherman throwing his net ahead of southwest monsoon at a seaside......

Modi reconstitutes Niti Aayog; Shah ex-officio member

Rajiv Kumar will continue as vice-chairman of the body, along with other full-time members V K Saraswat, Ramesh Chand and V K Paul. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday approved reconstitution......

When Pranab clashed with Manmohan, twice

Pranab Mukherjee's stewardship of the economy will stand out as much for the manner in which he managed controversies as for creating quite a few of them, says A K Bhattacharya. IMAGE: Then prime......

Mink: I feel Urvashi or Niketan should win Bigg Boss

Two contestants were eliminated from the TV reality show Bigg Boss last week. First was wild card entry Mink Brar, and the second to go was actor Vrajesh Hirjee, who had re-entered the house after......

Chat@2: Discuss Bigg Boss 6 with Sukanya Verma!

The sixth season of reality TV show Bigg Boss 6 is only in its second week and the drama inside the house has already started. Bhojpuri actor Dinesh Lal Yadav has been evicted, and Rajiv Paul......

'Don't think I can give any masala to Bigg Boss show'

Actor Vishal Karwal is the second wild card entry in the Bigg Boss house. Vishal debuted with Roadies 4 on television but shot to fame after Spiltsvilla, both popular reality shows on MTV. He was......

Revealed: The Bigg Boss Season 6 participants

Celebrity reality show Bigg Boss had landed in one controversy after another in its earlier seasons. So, with Season 6 about to commence, suspense is growing about who the new housemates could......

RoundGlass Punjab clinch historic I-League; Karnataka bag Santosh Trophy

IMAGE: RoundGlass Punjab FC won the title with a game to spare. Photograph: RoundGlass Punjab FC/Twitter RoundGlass Punjab on Saturday entered their name in the history books by winning the......

CWG: Sen sails into semis; Sindhu, Srikanth in last four

IMAGE: World No 10 Lakshya Sen eased past Mauritius' Julien Georges Paul to advance to the singles semi-finals at the 2022 Commonwealth Games on Saturday. Photograph: Jason Cairnduff/Reuters Young......

CWG: Anas included in men's 4x400m relay team

IMAGE: Mohammed Anas was a part of the Indian 4x400m relay quartet that failed to qualify for the finals of the recent World Championships in Eugene, USA after finishing 12th overall in the heat......

Ranji: Himachal bat with purpose after first innings debacle

A summary of the Ranji Trophy matches played on Wednesday. IMAGE: Harshit Rana the pick of the bowlers for Delhi with figures of 3-73 against Tamil Nadu on Day 2 of their Ranji Trophy tie on......

Neeraj to lead 37-member athletics team in CWG 2022

IMAGE: Olympic gold medallist javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra will lead a 37-member Indian athletics team at the upcoming Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Photograph: Christian Petersen/Getty......