Cyrus Mistry: The Wise Young Owl

'Cyrus was always very different. He would think before acting.'An exclusive excerpt from Changing Skylines: The Shapoorji Pallonji Sesquicentennial 1865-2015. Illustration: Dominic......

Arvind Kejriwal: 'Aam aadmi' who reclaimed Delhi for third time

Kejriwal runs his party with the proverbial iron fist and has learnt to temper his aggression, say people close to him.  IMAGE: AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal raises slogans during his speech......

Aam aadmi Kejriwal scripts extraordinary win in Delhi

Arvind Kejriwal, engineer, civil servant and Delhi's man with a development agenda, is the David who slayed the government's Goliath. IMAGE: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal waves to his......

Resolutions against CAA political gesture: Tharoor

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said that bringing in resolutions against the Citizenship Amendment Act is more of a "political gesture" by the states as they hardly have any role in granting......

Housing sales to breach pre-pandemic levels in 2022

India's residential market is expected to sustain demand momentum despite rise in mortgage and property rates as sales this year across the top 7 cities are likely to breach pre-pandemic level of......

Air India offers VRS in first move to prune headcount

Tata-owned Air India has launched a Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS) for its employees- in the airline's first drive to reduce headcount. Photograph: airindiain/twitter The salt-to-steel......

Covid redux: India Inc switches back to SOS mode from wait-and-watch

The rising Covid-19 caseload has prompted companies to switch from a hybrid work model and return to remote work and essential travel once again. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com With the......

13 years after Singur fiasco, Bengal says Tatas 'most welcome'

Thirteen years after their small car project was forced out of West Bengal following the anti-land acquisition movement in Singur, Industry and IT Minister Partha Chatterjee has said talks are on......

How Gukesh Became A Chess Prodigy

A lot has been written about Dommaraju Gukesh, but have you wondered about how it is to be the parents of a genius and budding World Champion. Photograph: D Gukesh/X   IMAGE: A young Gukesh......

'Neeraj Chopra needs to stay 'calm' to defend Olympic title'

IMAGE: Neeraj Chopra has been the face of Indian athletics since winning the historic gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics. Photograph: World Athletics/Instagram Defending an Olympic title is a great......

Praggnanandhaa finishes third, Grischuk takes Open Blitz title

Photograph: Kind Courtesy FIDE/X (formerly Twitter) World Cup runner-up R Praggnanandhaa was the best Indian with an overall third place finish, while world champion Alexander Grischuk reigned......

Praggnanandhaa takes lead with five successive wins

  IMAGE: R Praggnanandhaa defeated Azerbaijani GM Teimour Radjabov in the opening round of the day, before winning convincingly against rapid champion, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France.......

Tata Steel Chess India: Praggnanandhaa ends joint third

IMAGE: The World Cup runner-up R Praggnanandhaa secured two wins, but suffered a loss against India No 1 D Gukesh in the most-anticipated battle of the meet. Photograph: Kind Courtesy R......