'A prime minister should take the country forward'

'The prime minister took a meeting recently and he asked for suggestions and ideas for a plan till 2047.' IMAGE: Nitin Gadkari with his family and others after he voted in the 2024 Lok Sabha......

Fear In Alwar: 'BJP Will Change Constitution'

In India elections are never fought in a straight line.It's fought on many issues, at many levels, with multiple emotions and with a bit of good luck, too.Sheela Bhatt reports from Rajasthan.......

Sarabjit Singh's killer shot dead in Pakistan

Amir Sarfaraz Tamba, an accused in the murder of Sarabjit Singh -- the Indian death row prisoner in Pakistan -- and a close associate of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terror outfit founder Hafiz Sayeed,......

Suspended Maldivian minister mocks Indian flag, apologises

A Maldivian minister, who was suspended in January for her derogatory remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has now mocked the Indian flag after including parts of the flag in an altered......

Indian companies look to cash in on bulging infrastructure order book

Investments worth more than Rs 80 trillion are expected in roads, railways and urban infrastructure between now and FY30 and the supply chains helping to build this core infrastructure are also......

Loss At Byju's May Only Be Tip Of Iceberg

'Byju's financials only reflect the core business. At a group level, they are experiencing substantial losses.' IMAGE: Byju Raveendran, founder and CEO, Byju's. Photograph: ANI Photo Beleaguered......

Byju's in talks with 3-4 strategic buyers to sell Epic for $450 million

Byju’s is in talks with three-four strategic buyers, including Joffre Capital Ltd and language learning platform Duolingo, to sell one of its key assets, US-based digital reading platform......

GST: Success And The Way Forward

No longer a discretion of the tax administrator, the audit of returns filed by taxpayers is now based on a selection by algorithms, notes Tarun Bajaj, former Union revenue and economic affairs......

'I have been rejected many times because of my colour'

'I have trained Ravish Kumar, Virender Sehwag, Harbhajan Singh, Irfan Pathan...''But if I approach somebody for work, I never get it.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Vikas Kumar/Instagram Vikas Kumar's......

Lal Salaam Review: Boring!

Lal Salaam is not a movie A Ganesh Nadar would recommend. The title would make my activist friend Uttam Ghosh very happy. It is the red salute exchanged between people, who still believe in......

7 Cliches Of Movie Criticism & Reporting

This isn't a hatchet job, and my excuse for the exercise is my feeling that when you invert some of the clichés mentioned here, you might just arrive at the portals of genuine movie-making......

The Archies Review: Return To Innocence

The Archies is an evergreen thought passed on from generation to generation. But Sukanya Verma wishes it had some of the comic's tee-hee humour and hyuk hyuk too. Long before there was cable TV,......

Hockey: Aus edge India in fifth Test, sweep series 5-0

  IMAGE: India's goalkeeper Suraj Karkera is beaten as Jeremy Hayward scores the equaliser. Photograph: Hockey India//X The Indian men's hockey team failed to avoid a 0-5 series whitewash......

Discipline, diet, rehab: All that went into making Suryakumar version 2.0

'I (had) never read a book in my life and I started doing that as well. Getting up in the morning, spending a good quality time at the rehab centre and focusing on everything, connecting myself, my......

Paris 2024: Bindra prepares shooters for mental game

Look yourself in mirror and ask 'did I do my best': Abhinav Bindra tells Paris-bound shooters Photograph: Kind courtesy Abhinav Bindra/X "Look yourself in the mirror before going to bed and ask......

India left embarrassed at Para Shooting World Cup

Flash targets for Para Shooting World Cup trap finals create controversy. IMAGE: Image used for representational purposes. Photograph: Phillip Jungman/X India faced a huge embarrassment in front......

IPL 2024: DC's Rishabh Pant declared match-ready; Shami sidelined

Rishabh Pant declared fit as keeper-batter for IPL; set to return as DC captain Photograph: Kind Courtesy BCCI The BCCI on Tuesday declared Rishabh Pant fit to play as a wicketkeeper-batter in the......