'We have to be prepared for the invisible enemy'

'Unlike on the western and eastern borders where there is an enemy at the gate, here there is an invisible enemy which is building its own capability and can come into play at a time and place of......

K'taka polls: 2,613 candidates in fray, parties face rebel threat

A total of 2,613 candidates are in the poll fray, as the withdrawal of candidatures for the May 10 assembly elections in Karnataka came to an end on Monday, election officials said. Image used for......

Coast Guard Shows What It Can Do

The Coast Guard conducted a Search and Rescue operation at Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday, March 29, 2023. The Coast Guard displayed its capabilities on water and air by deploying seven......

Rajini @ 70: Film one-liners do not a politician make

Rajinikanth’s visible electoral strength is his constant mouthing of the term, ‘aanmiga arasiyal’, or ‘spiritual politics’, without he having to explain what it is. By......

After LVB, Dhanlaxmi Bank shareholders oust CEO Sunil Gurbaxani

While Dhanlaxmi Bank faces governance issues similar to those in Lakshmi Vilas Bank, the financial profile of the Kerala-based bank is better. Shareholders of Thrissur-based Dhanlaxmi Bank on......

What exactly are geographical indications?

The acid test for a GI product, therefore, is whether the consumers perceive it to originate from a certain geography and attribute the qualities, characteristics or reputation to that region.Latha......

Why it is so difficult to get a GI tag in India

In the European countries, one of the pivotal issues is quality control. Once a product is granted GI there is little possibility of fakes, which is not the case in India Be it ‘Basmati......

How to beat the gloomy jobs scenario

'What we need is right skilling, re-skilling and up-skilling.' One thing experts working in the field of employment talk about the most is the need for fresh graduates to have new skills. They......

The Man Who Made Shah Rukh Dance

Anirudh Ravichander's name on a film's poster is enough to pull in audiences, notes Arjun Menon. IMAGE: Shah Rukh Khan in Jawan. Seconds into the song, Zinda Banda, from Shah Rukh Khan's Jawan,......

'Mom. Magician. Superhuman'

Bollywood folk celebrated Mother's Day with beautiful throwback pictures as well as adorable pictures of the next generation. Here are some more! Photograph: Kind courtesy Pooja Hegde/Instagram......

Rajinikanth returns home after surgery

Rajinikanth was welcomed home by his family after he returned from hospital, where he had been admitted for about four days. The movie superstar underwent treatment for carotid artery......

Look, Who Modi Met

Both have humble career origins -- one says he sold tea in his native Gujarat; the other was a bus conductor in Bangalore for some years. They are born in the same year (the shorter man in......

'Naming Sharath Kamal as flag bearer sent shockwaves'

Sharath Kamal a 'nondescript sportsman' to be flag-bearer in Paris Olympics, protest TN athletics officials against Kamal as flag bearer IMAGE: Leaving out Neeraj Chopra as flag-bearer in......

Iconic! Two stars in one frame

A mega film star and a sports star came together in one frame. Five-time world champion Mary Kom was felicitated by superstar Rajinikanth at his Poes Garden residence in Chennai. Mary Kom was in......

Sports Shorts: Shiva Thapa in final, five others in semis

IMAGE: India’s Shiva Thapa ((blue) in action. Photograph: Warren Little/Getty Images. Asian silver-medallist Shiva Thapa (60kg) and Gaurav Bidhuri entered the finals while five other......

Here's your chance to support these champs

Milkha Singh, one of India's greatest athletes, is supporting the Indian Wheelchair Basketball team and its crowdfunding campaign to travel to Thailand for the Asia Oceania championship. India's......

Sumariwalla re-elected AFI president

Adille Sumariwalla was re-elected unopposed as the president of Athletics Federation of India (AFI) for a second term at its Annual General Body Meeting in New Delhi on Friday. Sumariwalla was the......