What George Harrison learnt from Ravi Shankar

Pandit Ravi Shankar was George Harrison's link into the Vedic world.A fascinating excerpt from Kavita Das's Poignant Song: The Life And Music Of Lakshmi Shankar to mark Pandit Ravi Shankar's birth......

Political parties made Rs 4,662 cr in 7 years!

A major part of the income of India's political parties comes from donations and voluntary contributions. Vicky Nanjappa gives us a break up of how much of the Rs 4,662 crore earned by parties from......

Jio Financial to list on bourses on Aug 21

Jio Financial Services, the demerged financial services unit of Reliance Industries, will be listed on bourses on August 21, according to an exchange notification. Photograph: Anushree......

Tea Industry On Tenterhooks About Ukraine Conflict

Russia is among the top buyers of Indian tea, accounting for about 18 per cent of the industry's total exports. IMAGE: Tea plantation workers pick tea leaves in Assam. Photograph: ANI Photo  ......

More trouble brewing for McLeod Russel

As on March 31, 2019, while the promoter group’s stake, including individual promoter shareholders as well as group investment firms, stood at 42.71 per cent, it fell to 38.39 per cent on......

Sensex ends 120 points higher led by energy shares

Gains were led by energy shares tracking a rally in global crude oil prices.   Benchmark share indices ended higher on Tuesday, amid firm overseas cues, led by energy shares tracking a rally......

Junglee Review: Gimmicky affair

What could have been an extraordinary movie fails to hit the mark, notes Urvi Parikh. When Chuck Russell helms a film, expectations are sky high. After all, the Hollywood director has some iconic......

Review: Hidden Figures gives us new female idols

Hidden Figures tells us a genuinely inspirational story in obvious fashion, and is buoyed by the performances all around, writes Raja Sen. The year is 1961, and nervous mathematician Katherine......

The Most Bankable Stars in Hollywood

Will Smith continues to be the most bankable star in Hollywood, according to the entertainment database company The Ulmer Scale, which just released its Actors Hot List. The Ulmer Scale's......

Hardik reveals why MI backed Ashwani Kumar

'We played a practice game and it looked like he had that zip and late swing, had a different action and plus he is a leftie' IMAGE: Hardik Pandya hailed MI's scouts after Ashwani Kumar's dream......

Patidar opens up on captaining Kohli

IMAGE: Rajat Patidar made a bright beginning to his stint as RCB captain. Photograph: BCCI Royal Challengers Bengaluru skipper Rajat Patidar said there was some pre-game pressure on him but......

'Gambhir not the right choice as India coach'

'He has not been able to carry on the good work which Rahul Dravid did.' IMAGE: India head coach Gautam Gambhir with fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah. Photograph: BCCI Former batter Manoj Tiwary said......

T20 WC PICS: England prove too good for West Indies

Images from the T20 World Cup Super 8 match between the West Indies and England in Antigua on Thursday. SCORECARD IMAGE: Opener Philip Salt led England's successful chase against the West Indies......

IPL 2024 Final: 'Our plan certainly wasn't to get bowled out for 113'

'We wanted to be aggressive but also smart and work the situations through.' IMAGE: SRH's Heinrich Klaasen is bowled by KKR pacer Harshit Rana. Photograph: BCCI It was all down to a few good......