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Don't make farmers' stir another Shaheen Bagh: BJP in RS

Asserting that the new farm laws were passed after extensive deliberations in Parliament, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday said in Rajya Sabha that doors are always open for farmers to resolve......

Bharat Ratna for Pranab, Bhupen Hazarika, Nanaji Deshmukh

Former President Pranab Mukherjee, Bharatiya Jana Sangh leader Nanaji Deshmukh and singer Bhupen Hazarika will be conferred the country's highest civilian award Bharat Ratna, an official statement......

A day in a Ranchi court with Lalu

'An obsequious man, wearing a bright turquoise Nehru jacket over his kurta-pajamas, hovers behind Lalu attending to his needs.''The needs mainly consist of providing him with sips of mineral water......

Sharad Yadav at it again; says Padma awards only given to the dishonest

Padma awards are given only to the ‘dishonest’ and those from the upper echelons of society, Janata Dal-United president Sharad Yadav said and asked socialist-minded people to spurn the......

Memories of Bhopal 1984: 'Sadness. Dismay. Guilt. Shame'

'Children were most vulnerable to the gas exposure' 'Either the child's family does not want to be identified. Or they are dead' 'They don’t know what to do with all the chemicals......

'Failure is a part and parcel of entrepreneurship'

‘As a society, we are very intolerant to failures which is contrary to entrepreneurship because all entrepreneurs will not succeed.’ B V R Mohan Reddy, founder and executive chairman......

COLUMN: Open fight over sustainability

Millions of people are still struggling to meet their basic needs for food, water and livelihoods and eco-systems are also being devastated, both by industry and competition for survival at the......

Blockbuster drugs from Biocon soon

India's largest biotechnology firm Biocon could be developing potential 'blockbuster' drugs for treatment of cancer and diabetes, but the company's CMD Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw said it could take......

Lalu's Rail Budget speech

Union Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav made the following speech while presenting the Railway Budget for 2004-2005 in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday (July 6, 2004)."Mr Speaker Sir,I rise to present the......

'He was a beacon of Indian music'

Photograph: Kind courtesy Pankaj Udhas/Instagram Renowned ghazal singer Pankaj Udhas, whose velvet smooth voice gave expression to the many colours of love, longing and heartache in songs such as......

And Manoj Bajpayee turns 50...

Manoj Bajpayee celebrated his 50th birthday on April 23 with family and friends. We rarely see pictures of the brilliant actor at filmi parties, so it was very interesting to note who his friends......

Remembering the incredible Tom Alter!

Saluting Tom Alter, who passed into the ages on September 29. Romance icon Rajesh Khanna’s remarkable charisma in Aradhana sparked the acting bug in many. Somewhere in the small town of......

Nargis Fakhri gets ready for Dishoom

The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities: Nargis Fakhri is all set to start shooting for Rohit Dhawan’s Dishoom in Abu Dhabi. His co-star Varun Dhawan shared a......

Veteran actor Manoj Kumar doing well after hospitalisation

Veteran actor Manoj Kumar, admitted to a suburban hospital last month, had now returned home and was doing fine, sources close to him said on Wednesday evening. Kumar was admitted to Kokilaben......

Chandrasekhar recovering after suffering mild stroke

Former India cricketer B S Chandrasekhar has been hospitalised after suffering a stroke, but is recovering well and likely to be discharged in the next couple of days, his family said on Monday.......

Ramakant Achrekar, the man who discovered Tendulkar, passes away

IMAGE: Sachin Tendulkar and Vinod Kambli with their former coach Ramakant Achrekar. Photograph: Sahil Salvi Ramakant Achrekar, the celebrated cricket coach credited for discovering Sachin......

Former India captain Wadekar passes away

IMAGE: Ajit Wadekar is the only cricketer apart from Lala Amarnath and Chandu Borde to have served as captain, manager, and selector in Indian cricket. Photograph: BCCI Former cricket captain Ajit......

Shoaib Malik sends wife Sania a special birthday message

IMAGE: Sania Mirza and husband Shoaib Malik. Photograph: Shoaib Malik/Twitter Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza turned 31 today and her husband, Pakistan cricketer Shoaib Malik tweeted her a sweet......

Sindhu, Sardar, Saba and Arunima receive Padma Shri award

Indian men's hockey team captain Sardar Singh and former skipper of the national women's side Saba Anjum were conferred with the prestigious PadmaShri Award by President Pranab Mukherjee......

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