Smile never returned: Bengal's Jhalda mourns IB officer lost in Pahalgam

A retired school headmaster from Jhalda in West Bengal, MK Mishra, stood trembling under the weight of unspeakable loss as the coffin of his 33-year-old son returned to his home in Purulia district......

26 killed as Lashkar offshoot targets tourists in J-K's Pahalgam

Terrorists opened fire at a popular tourist spot near Kashmir's Pahalgam town on Tuesday afternoon, killing 26 people, mostly holidayers from other states, in what is the deadliest attack in the......

HC upholds death for 5 Indian Mujahideen men in Hyderabad blast case

The Telangana high court on Tuesday upheld a trial court's verdict handing out the death penalty to five senior operatives of the banned terror outfit, Indian Mujahideen, involved in a bomb blast......

'Putin Is The Biggest Child Kidnapper'

'Parents are forced to provide their children to Russian re-education camps in occupied territories and in different parts of Russia, for example, in Chechnya, where Ukrainian children wearing......

India's terrorism risk pool surges

India's terrorism risk pool has surged to a record Rs1,700 crore (Rs 17 billion), the highest since the Mumbai terror attack on November 26, 2008, when claims worth Rs 600 crore (Rs 6 billion) were......

'You never exit a portfolio'

'We will be looking to prune our portfolio to make GIC Re a healthier entity.' IMAGE: A General Insurance Corporation of India billboard in Mumbai. Photograph: Shailesh Andrade/Reuters With......

More Indian companies opt for terrorism insurance

While proposals for covers in volatile markets aren't denied, premiums are much higher - by as much as 100-600%. Image: Threats from Islamic State militants, the Syrian conflict, violence by Boko......

Why Raghuram Rajan Raced At RBI

The speed at which he led the central bank in different areas -- ranging from internal reorganisation to inflation fighting, stabilising the currency, taking on rogue corporations, cleaning up bank......

The BEST Indian Films of 2021

Aseem Chhabra lists his favourite Indian films of 2021. Aseem's Best International Films of 2021 In the second year of the pandemic when movie theatres remained closed for an extended period of......

Bollywood's torture tactics!

Remember that old Ajit joke? 'Isse liquid oxygen mein daal do. Liquid isse jeene nahi dega. Oxygen isse marne nahi dega.' The idea of punishment is so exciting to film-makers, they have come up......

Will heavy security dampen party vibes at Paris 2024?

IMAGE: A police officer and a sniffer dog inspect a swimming pool area ahead of the Olympics. Photograph: Gonzalo Fuentes / Reuters As Paris makes final preparations for the Summer Olympics, the......

Will ICC allow Afghanistan to play in T20 World Cup?

IMAGE: The ICC is bracing up for the possibility of the Taliban flag being pushed as the Afghanistan flag at the T20 World Cup in the UAE and Oman from October 17. Photograph: Alex Davidson/Getty......