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'Something unique in the mitti and paani of Bharat'

'There is something in our desh ki mitti that has held us together.''So many conquerors, colonisers, cultures came and went, but we withstood them and rose up again.' IMAGE: Uttarakhand Chief......

Violent protests break out across country over remarks on Prophet

Protests erupted in several parts of the country on Friday against the controversial remarks on Prophet Muhammad by two now-suspended Bharatiya Janata Party functionaries leaving a few policemen......

Protests over Prophet remark in UP: 136 arrested for stone pelting

People pelted stones at police personnel in Prayagraj and Saharanpur and protests broke out after Friday prayers in at least four other cities in Uttar Pradesh over a non-suspended Bharatiya Janata......

MP Dalit woman: Wasn't allowed to take water from temple tap

A Dalit woman in Harda in Madhya Pradesh has alleged that two people who had refused to let her take water from a temple tap and subjected her to casteist slurs were yet to face action, while......

Dom's Take: Rawat's purani genes

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat, sprung from national political obscurity this past week via the benevolence of the BJP's ruling duo, is anxious to make a mark. No, not as you expect......

'Even dal has become a luxury'

"Moong dal used to be a part of our every day meal. Today, I cannot afford to buy it. We now buy dal once a month as prices have doubled in the last one year. I feel sad to think that even dal......

Job offers aplenty at IIMs this year

Students and India Inc alike are closely following the placements season at various Indian Institutes of Management this year, which is supposed to provide an indicator of improvement in the......

IIM Kozhikode grads get 228 offers

The Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikodesaw a total of 88 firms taking part in the placement process this year. These firms made 228 offers to a batch of 185 students (the largest batch till......

Managers head to virtual classrooms

For sometime, satellite-based management education has come to the aid of senior managers who never went to a business school. The aid is becoming more focused now with a rise in the number of......

'Raju bhai... aise rulaake jaoge, yeh socha nahi tha'

A prayer meet was conducted in Mumbai in remembrance of Raju Srivastav, who passed away passed away in Delhi last week. Members from the film industry visited the ISKON temple in......

'When do dreams come true?'

'If you sit collar turned up and tell yourself, you are great, you will never evolve as an actor.' IMAGE: Raghubir Yadav in Panchayat. After more than three decades in the industry, the......

The Magic of Asha Bhosle

Do you know Ashaji crooned a seductive night club song, Zooby Zooby Je L'aime Vous for An Evening In Paris? Asha Bhosle sang some of her best songs for film-maker Shakti Samanta, and their......

'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......

25 UNFORGETTABLE Dilip Kumar songs

Unlike his contemporaries Raj Kapoor and Dev Anand whose career boasts of a great many songs, Dilip Kumar's name isn't synonymous with music. Considered an acting school by himself, the legend's......

How Vijender Singh outgrew Olympic identity...

'Life is a new lesson every day.' With a month to go for the Tokyo Olympics Vijender Singh takes a trip down memory lane to relive one of the most iconic moments in Indian sport... India's first......

Lahore Test preview: Shaky Pak vs confident India

The good part of this tour is that one does not have to look at past records for previews. The bad part is previews have become harder to write. India has never won a Test in Lahore, has drawn......

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