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8 dead as LPG tanker crash triggers inferno in Jaipur

An LPG tanker collided with multiple vehicles on Friday, leading to a massive fireball that turned a stretch of the Jaipur-Ajmer highway into an inferno, killing at least eight people and engulfing......

The Global Ambassador Of Indian Music

He was a formidable musician but seemed utterly human, a Peter Pan who wore his genius with deceptive lightness. Sandip Roy remembers Ustad Zakir Hussain. IMAGE: Ustad Zakir Hussain at one of his......

School director installs spy cam in bulb holder of washroom, arrested

The director of a playschool in Thana Phase-3 area here has been arrested allegedly after a spy camera was found in the bulb holder of the school's washroom, police said on Tuesday. A teacher at......

Space Kidz Is Planning A Moon Mission

If it becomes a reality, the Chennai company will become the first private player from India to conduct such a mission to the lunar surface. IMAGE: Students who were part of the AzaadiSat project......

Delhi schools get bomb threats for 5th time in 9 days

Bomb threats were received by a few schools in Delhi on Tuesday, making it the second such incident this week and the fifth in nine days in the national capital, officials said. IMAGE: DPS RK......

Goodbye Skipper!

'He asserted in his usual jovial style that he was not an MBA like his audience at IIM-Ahmedabad but perhaps had an even better business degree: MBB'.'He went on to explain to his perplexed, blue......

Aishwarya-Abhishek Get Together For This

Photograph: ANI Photo Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan made sure to support daughter Aaradhya as they watched her performance at the Dhirubhai Ambani School's annual day event. In videos taken......

This Is What Happens When Vaani...

Sharvari's hot photoshoot... Shraddha's New Year resolution... Alia's 2024 album... Photograph: Kind courtesy Vaani Kapoor/Instagram Vaani Kapoor explains her state of mind: 'This is what happens......

The Swades State Of Mind

As Swades turns 20, Aseem Chhabra looks back at the film that spoke to him. IMAGE: Gayatri Joshi and Shah Rukh Khan in Swades. Several years ago, I had lunch with the then finance minister of......

My 10 Least Liked Movies Of 2024

Every year has its share of duds and turkeys. 2024 was no different except that even the rotten ones are too drab to have any real offence value. Sukanya Verma lists 10 of her least liked Hindi......

Girls Will Be Girls Review: Must Watch

This film should appear on every year-end 'Best of' list, recommends Mayur Sanap. In a landscape dominated by extravagant film franchises and flashy entertainers, experiencing a film like Girls......

'Ashwin has the right to take his own call'

An astute reader of the game both on and off the field, Ashwin might have gauged what was in store going forward and that perhaps made it easier for him to take a call. IMAGE: After 537 Test......

Dreams Do Come True In Dharavi!

Simran Shaikh stays in a tiny 12 by 12 feet room along with her grandmother, parents and siblings.On Sunday, her life changed perhaps forever when she became the most expensive hire at the Women's......

Upton's mental masterclass: The secret behind Gukesh's triumph

'In a World Championship, it's not only about chess. There is a lot of mental and emotional pressure to deal with.' IMAGE: D Gukesh made history last week by defeating China's Ding Liren in......

SEE: Gukesh returns to grand welcome in Chennai

Photograph and Video: ANI Newly-crowned World chess champion D Gukesh returned home to an enthusiastic reception as hundreds of eager fans, and officials from the Tamil Nadu government and the......

Agassi hopes to make a generational change in India...

'What I hope to do is provide a vehicle for that scale and growth in literacy and English as a second language here.' IMAGE: Tennis taught me how to navigate a very intense environment and......

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