Bijnor's Special Place In Mayawati's Heart

The BSP leader won the Bijnor Lok Sabha seat in 1989, her first electoral triumph.   Bijnor in Uttar Pradesh will vote in the first phase on April 19. The history of the Bijnor Lok Sabha......

'This is not an ordinary election': Rahul's message to Cong workers

A day before the first phase of the Lok Sabha polls, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday told party workers that this is no ordinary election but one to save the Constitution, and exhorted......

'Not letting you off the hook': SC asks Ramdev to issue public apology

The Supreme Court on Tuesday warned yoga guru Ramdev and his aide Balkrishna against any attempt to "degrade allopathy" and permitted them to tender a "public apology and show contrition" within a......

Why I Quit Congress: Sanjay Nirupam Spills the Beans

'Rahul Gandhi is showing an 'I-don't-care-attitude'.''He is showing the same attitude towards what is happening in Maharashtra or in various parts of the country.' IMAGE: Rahul Gandhi with then......

Free Divestment From Finance Ministry

The new government that presents the full Budget for 2024-2025 in July should be ready to restructure the way divestment is managed and implemented, proposes A K Bhattacharya. Illustration:......

Is Technology Important In Banking?

'Just the amount of work which is there just to become more and more successful in banking.''For this to happen you need to have leaders who understand technology.' Illustration: Dominic......

What Led To Paytm's Big Fall

At the heart of Paytm's slide lies the abject failure of its Super App strategy, notes Indrajit Gupta. IMAGE: Vijay Shekhar Sharma. Photograph: ANI Photo For more than three weeks now, the......

Why Byju's is unable to pay salaries to staff

Byju's founder Byju Raveendran on Saturday said the edtech company will not be able to pay salaries to employees as the recent funds raised through a rights issue are inaccessible due to a legal......

How Saira Banu, Dilip Kumar Celebrated Eid

'The air would be filled with the aroma of biryani and kheer getting ready in the kitchen, and the visitors would overflow from the lobby and drawing room into the garden.' Photograph: Kind......

'You've To Choose Your Battles Carefully'

'If you are a strong-minded, opinionated woman, scars are inevitable.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Geetika Tyagi/Instagram After speaking about her new film Yes Papa, about a survivor of child......

'I damaged my voice on purpose'

'Pandi was promised something, that is not happening, so his anger is not of a villain's.''That's how all normal humans would react, or they stay silent.''Our violence is our silence. So in this......

How Stars Celebrated Gudi Padwa

One nation, many celebrations. As India celebrates Chaitra Navratri, Cheti Chand, Gudi Padwa and Ugadi, Bollywood stars share how they spent the special day. Photograph: Kind courtesy Shraddha......

New kid on the block! Tanvi hopes to emulate P V Sindhu

'I want to become like Sindhu didi, she is my inspiration.' IMAGE: Tanvi Sharma and P V Sindhu celebrate winning the Badminton Asia Team Championships 2024 in February. Photograph: Tanvi......

Pollard 'sick and fed up' of people targetting Hardik

'He can bat, he can bowl, he can field. He has an X factor about him. I hope very well deep down within my heart that when he comes out on top, I'll sit back and I'll watch everyone sing his......

Head has heart and soul on T20 World Cup glory

'I feel I drew a lot of my blueprint and confidence from that Test tour in India, which then flowed into the World Test Championship and then especially to the World Cup final.' IMAGE: Australia......

Is Suryakumar Yadav better than AB de Villiers?

IMAGE: MI's Suryakumar Yadav was in his elements during his 19-ball 52 against RCB on Thursday. Photograph: BCCI Mumbai Indians batter Suryakumar Yadav blew away the cobwebs with a rapid fifty in......

Spain Masters: Sindhu goes down fighting, Sikki-Sumeeth enter semis

IMAGE: PV Sindhu crashed out in the quarterfinals of the Madrid Spain Masters. Photograph: Weixiang Lim/Reuters India's PV Sindhu fought her heart out before going down narrowly to Thailand's......