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Doctor among 3 held over death threat to ex-Bengal chief secy

Kolkata police have arrested three people including a doctor with "mental health issues" for their alleged involvement in sending a letter to the wife of former West Bengal chief secretary Alapan......

Air India: Will JRD Tata's Legend Return?

J R D Tata and Air India... Mrigank Warrier explores one of India's eternal love stories. IMAGE: J R D Tata was India's first qualified pilot; his flying license bore the legend No 1. Photograph:......

'TMC intolerance no match for BJP vindictiveness'

'The BJP's modus operandi is not just to be intolerant of dissent, it is to create mistrust and doubt between communities and the electoral process itself.'Payal Singh Mohanka reports. IMAGE:......

Why India has forgotten Dr BC Roy

'But India needs to remember Dr Roy, the multifaceted genius who excelled as a physician and was most loved as a leader,' notes Dr Sudhir Bisht. IMAGE: Leaders pay tribute to Dr Bidhan Chandra Roy......

Venezuela: Before the Implosion

As Venezuelans continue to flee the starvation, crime and the horrific inflation that continues to mark the worst crisis it has ever faced, Radha Roy Biswas looks back at a devastated country she......

Sahara sues journo for Rs 200 cr, gets stay on book

In the midst of its bloody battles with the Supreme Court and Sebi, Sahara group gets the Calcutta high court to issue a stay order on the publication of the book, Sahara: The Untold Story, by......

Stamp with Victoria's head upside down for sale

A rare 159-year-old four-anna Indian stamp, with an image of Queen Victoria's head upside down due to a printing error, is expected to fetch 70,000 pounds at an auction in London.During the first......

'I carry Prahalad's intellectual curiosity in my heart'

Dr Venkatram Ramaswamy, Hallman Fellow of Electronic Business and Professor of Marketing at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA, is in India to speak at Guruspeak,......

IIT faculty turn to 'Gandhigiri' for pay hike

Following a "raw" deal by the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), which issued a notification on September 16 that deprived them of an immediate pay rise and ignored other demands......

Phishing, vishing: Great tips to be safe

Many of us would have heard about the scam where a fake e-mail is sent to a user's e-mail account posing as a bank or credit card provider. The number of such e-mails is rising at a shocking rate:......

10 Anil Kapoor Must Watch Films On OTT

Anil Kapoor, now aging gracefully into older gentleman roles, has had quite a chequered career. Luckily for popular actors, audiences have short memories and forget their screen missteps, or he......

Can You Watch 384 Films In A Year?

Aseem Chhabra watched some great films and some huge disappointments in 2021. IMAGE: Aditya Rao Hydari and Konkona Sensharma in Ajeeb Daastaans. Year two of the pandemic was a challenge in so many......

The BEST Indian Films of 2021

Aseem Chhabra lists his favourite Indian films of 2021. Aseem's Best International Films of 2021 In the second year of the pandemic when movie theatres remained closed for an extended period of......

'I am bored of this obsession with Tagore and Ray'

'So much so we don't feel the need to create anything, but just bask in that glory.''It's time to move on.''How much burden can you put on a person or the legacy of the person?' IMAGE: Aditya......

'I felt Irrfan may come back'

'I knew Irrfan was unwell.''I knew that things were not going well, but there was always that hope.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Irrfan/Instagram Shah Rukh Khan has given us so many love stories on......

India name strong squad for Pakistan Davis Cup tie

India have never lost to Pakistan in six Davis Cup contests so far and the clean record is likely to remain, considering that Pakistan does not even have one singles player, who is ranked on the......

Bedridden Olympian and Dronacharya awardee Salam facing dire times

Former India footballer and hero of the 1956 Olympic team, Syed Abdus Salam is bed-ridden and facing a financial crisis. The 75-year-old has been bed-ridden for the last three years and is on......

Oldest hockey Olympian Galibardy dies

Joseph Galibardy, the oldest living hockey Olympian who donned India colours at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, passed away on May 17 in Walthamstow, England. He was 96. The funeral is on May 31, 12......

Bradman in India

ThoughBradman only played Test cricket abroad in England during his 20-year career, the Australians would traditionally make a stopover in Colombo. It was on one of these trips in 1948 that the......

Dalmiya masterminded Ganguly's exit: Bindra

Seeking to give a new twist to the ouster of Sourav Ganguly from the Indian cricket team, former BCCI president I S Bindra has accused Jagmohan Dalmiya of masterminding the exit of the former......

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