'Electoral Bonds Biggest Scam In India'

'There is no scope for any doubt. This was a scheme designed to enrich the ruling party.' IMAGE: Bharatiya Janata Party leader Narendra D Modi at a roadshow for the Lok Sabha elections in......

'General Zia was real startled'

'But he was very quick and did a very stylish adab.''Of course, I didn't expect him to hug.' IMAGE: Lakshmi Murdeshwar Puri and her husband Hardeep Singh Puri, currently India's minister of......

'New Covid surge is a seasonal wave but spreads faster'

'Seek medical help if after five days of the first symptom the fever has not subsided.' IMAGE: A woman walks past a graffiti, on a street, in Mumbai. Photograph: Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters  ......

Why Congress Can't Keep Its Flock Together

If the party's members aren't sure what it stands for, see no path to wealth or power, and endure control by a dynasty, which, almighty as it is within the party, cannot get them the votes, they......

Tamil Nadu pulling out all stops for investor meet

Tamil Nadu is leaving no stone unturned in marketing its upcoming global investors meeting on January 7 and 8. Photograph: Courtesy, X While business veterans are promoting the positives of the......

'I have never done one wrong thing in my life'

'A few years back two big politicians -- both good friends of mine -- came to me and offered (to keep with) me big money. They said they had full faith in me and they wanted to keep Rs 10,000......

Indian middle class will nearly double to 61% by 2046-47: PRICE Report

The size of India’s middle class will nearly double to 61 per cent of its total population by 2047, from 31 per cent in 2020-21, as continuing political stability and economic reforms with a......

'Question mark if we will grow at 6%'

'The rebound has run out of steam.' IMAGE: A labourer loads boxes on a handcart at a market in New Delhi. Photograph: Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters The recently released data on India's economic......

'Bollywood is such a waste of time'

'You make a song, it gets rejected, you have to make 10 more.' IMAGE: Rakesh Chaurasia and Ustad Zakir Hussain. Photograph: Kind courtesy Rakesh Chaurasia Rakesh Chaurasia made history when he won......

'Men, women, everybody, we want love'

'When something like this happens, it's just like all the weight and all the time that there was no work and the auditions were not cracking, you feel it's just worth it.' IMAGE: Namrata Sheth and......

'Today's actors can't read Hindi scripts'

Photograph: Kind courtesy Shabana Azmi/Instagram Javed Akhtar says he has to write Hindi dialogues in the Roman script for the new generation of actors today because 'they can't read anything......

2023 At The Movies: A Double Take

It was a year of so many contradictions and contrasts that it became dangerous to talk about movies, people lost their heads discussing Friday releases, psychiatrists began dabbling in film......

Melbourne set for new king as sizzling Sinner takes on Medvedev

IMAGE: Jannik Sinner will take on Daniil Medvedev as Melbourne gears up for a new king. Photograph: Eloisa Lopez/Reuters Jannik Sinner has sprinted past opponents at the Australian Open in his......

Not an ideal situation; Test's future in administrators' hands, lashes out Elgar

IMAGE: Dean Elgar didn’t mince his words when asked about South Africa fielding a second-string team for the New Zealand series. Photograph: Esa Alexander/Reuters With nothing to lose on......

PIX: Man City breathe a sigh of relief; In-form Everton beat Chelsea

IMAGE: Manchester City's Bernardo Silva celebrates scoring their first goal. Photograph: Matthew Childs/Reuters Bernardo Silva and Jack Grealish scored three minutes apart as Manchester City came......

Sachin, Akram's plan for ODI makeover revealed!

Wasim Akram opined that the format should be reduced to a 40 overs a side Sachin Tendulkar wants to break the ODIs to four innings of 25 overs each to break the 'monotony' IMAGE: 2023 ODI World......

Cummins' 'Sweetest Moment'...

  IMAGE: Virat Kohli bowled by Pat Cummins. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters   The deafening silence of 90,000 spectators at the Narendra D Modi stadium after Pat Cummins snuffed out the......