Cong manifesto to counter Modi's guarantee with '5 nyay', '25 guarantees'

The Congress' manifesto for the Lok Sabha polls would focus on "paanch NYAY" and "pachees guarantee", and the party on Tuesday resolved to take its promises to the people with a "ghar ghar......

When Sudha, Narayana Murthy Broke Up

After agonizing over this for weeks, he made a decision.When they met after work one evening, he startled her by blurting out, 'I think we should break up.' A moving excerpt from Chitra Banerjee......

'China will have to untie the knot if the relationship has to improve'

'In the short term the relationship will get worse.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Rajnath Singh/X Gautam Bambawale is one of only three Indian diplomats who have served as the Republic's ambassadors......

PM warns parents, students against unhealthy competition

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday cautioned parents against treating their children's report cards as their own visiting card, while asserting that it is crucial to instill resilience in......

Adani is hooked on ChatGPT, says race for AI to get complex

Asia's richest man Gautam Adani, besides looking at opportunities to expand his vast empire, is hooked on ChatGPT - the programme that trawls vast amount of information to generate natural-sounding......

Industry lauds PM's vision of 'techade'

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call to make this decade a "techade" for India and the push for 5G, semiconductors and transformation through digital services is going to boost the technology sector......

Summer of discontent back to haunt India's airlines

Occupancy in airlines is down to 60 per cent as number of cases rises and states impose travel curbs. Last Sunday as Prime Minister Narendra Modi was meeting top bureaucrats over rising Covid......

Dear Nirmalaji, please make cooking oil cheaper

IMAGE: Kindly note that this image has only been posted for representational purposes. Photograph: Kind courtesy congerdesign/Pixabay On February 1, 2021, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will......

'I kept thinking I would get fired'

'After 10 days, Balki, Sunny Deol and Pooja Bhatt liked what I did, and the tension eased.''I started calming down a little bit. but nobody knew that in my head a tandav was going on.' Photograph:......

'Salman Khan has an amazing soul'

'What they saw in Bigg Boss was not me.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Madhurima Tuli/Instagram Madhurima Tuli, last seen in Bigg Boss 13, takes up a pivotal role in the Web series Avrodh: The Siege......

Sufiyum Sujatayum review

'In this age of OTT, where you are overdosed on content with violence, crime, sex and lust, this love story is refreshing,' notes Divya Nair. There wasn't a lot of excitement about the first......

The Kishore Kumar NO ONE Knew!

When Pritish Nandy interviewed Kishore Kumar for The Illustrated Weekly Of India, Asia's oldest and most venerable magazine, it was a stunner. Posing with a skull on the Weekly's cover, the great......

Ten Hag still hopeful of Man United's Champions League spot

'Number five (in the league) can also be a position for Champions League so we have to fight for it' IMAGE: Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag and captain Bruno Fernandes. Manchester United......

U-19 World Cup: The young stars who made India proud!

The band of boys led by Uday Saharan could not go all the way in the Under-19 World Cup but their effort, that took India to their fifth successive final at the marquee age-group event, won hearts......

'Watch out for this Afghan star at the IPL auction'

Bowling has always been their strength, but Ibrahim Zadran (376), Azmat Omarzai (353), Rahmat Shah (320) and skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi (310) shone with the bat as Afghanistan chased down targets......

'Women boxers will return with 3-4 gold medals from Asian Games'

'The experience and dedication of our boxers make me confident in their abilities to excel at the Asian Games.' IMAGE: Coach Amanpreet Kaur. Photograph and video: Kind Courtesy Amanpreet......

Need to lead from the front and get runs: Brathwaite

IMAGE: Following their crushing defeat against India, Windies skipper Kraigg Brathwaite said the batters let the hosts down. Photograph: Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters West Indies captain Kraigg......