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25 Elections; 0 Wins, This Lalu Yadav Won't Give Up!

Meet the maverick serial election contester who shares his name with current Bihar's best-known politician. IMAGE: Lalu Prasad Yadav, left, files his nomination papers from Marhaura in Bihar.......

Modi And The Art Of Practising External Affairs

'Personalities are temporary, policies provide for stability.''With the former, when personalities change so does the nature of the relationship.''Policies and structures, on the other hand, are......

Trump 2.0: Return Of The Maverick

In the weeks between his phenomenal electoral victory and swearing-in as the 47th president of the United States, the world got a preview of what a second Donald Trump presidency will entail --......

How Subramanian Swamy Escaped Arrest During The Emergency

'Is it right and proper for the US authorities to allow people like Subrahmanya Swamy go round the country preaching murder, violence, overthrow of the duly elected Government of India?' A......

Upholding constitutional ethos hallmark of CJI Sanjiv Khanna's tenure

Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna on Tuesday concluded a brief yet eventful six-month-long tenure, leaving an indelible mark on the judicial landscape with decisions that upheld secularism and......

How Deepinder Goyal Rewired Zomato

Zomato was not just recovering, it was rebuilding and reinventing, showing signs of maturing as a business. Chaos had been turned into momentum. A fascinating excerpt from Megha Vishwanath's book,......

The little-known BluSmart founder

As the Jaggi brothers — Anmol Singh Jaggi and Puneet Singh Jaggi — find themselves at the heart of the financial mismanagement in the Gensol-BluSmart saga, attention on the third......

Ola Electric: Can It Spark EV Adoption?

Why has the shift from ICE to electric slowed down despite initial enthusiasm? IMAGE: Bhavish Aggarwal, CEO of Ola Cabs, and founder of Ola Electric, speaks during a press conference in Mumbai.......

Ordering Food Online? Read This

There's an average aggregator premium of Rs 46 per dish (in hidden costs) compared to delivery orders placed on restaurants' own channels.Conservatively, this translates into an additional annual......

The Salman@60 Quiz

Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about Salman Khan. Salman Khan's superstardom is built on packed movie halls whistling to his swaggering style and maverick charisma.......

Taskaree: The Smuggler's Web Review: A Neeraj Pandey thriller

It is difficult to make conveyor belt and baggage-scanning scenes thrilling -- which is how most people trying to sneak out through the Green Channel are caught -- but Neeraj Pandey and co-director......

Ranveer Singh's Top 10 Films

Ranveer Singh has risen to superstar status with Dhurandhar's blockbuster success. Before that, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, with a four-film collaboration, had a big role in Ranveer's remarkable career.......

Kapil Sharma-Priyanka Provide The Laughs On OTT

It's raining sequels on OTT this week, but that's not all. Sukanya Verma lists everything you can watch. Emily in Paris Season 5Where to watch? NetflixLanguage: English It's time to return to......

'Making Films Is Not What I Do, It Is Who I Am'

'I was just a little kid in a darkened theatre, and I remember that beam of light just cut across the room, and I remember looking up, and it seemed to just explode on the screen.' IMAGE: Tom......

World Chess title in Chennai? Vishy Anand fuels big talk

IMAGE: Dommaraju Gukesh with Rameshbabu Praggnanandha. Photograph: Lennart Ootes/FIDE International Chess Federation (FIDE) vice president and Indian great Viswanathan Anand believes that this......

Medvedev, Bopanna in same squad for WTL's India debut

IMAGE: Rohan Bopanna will represent Game Changers Falcons, which includes Daniil Medvedev, Magda Linette and Sahaja Yamalapalli, in World Tennis League, to be held in Bengaluru from December 17 to......

Kyrgios overpowers Sabalenka in Battle of the Sexes

IMAGE: Nick Kyrgios and Aryna Sabalenka embrace at the net after their "Battle of the Sexes" exhibition match in Dubai on Sunday. Photograph: Christopher Pike/Reuters Nick Kyrgios beat Aryna......

SEE: Jayawardene salutes 'Maverick' Ro

IMAGE: Rohit Sharma was at his vintage best against Chennai Super Kings at the Wankhede on Sunday. Photograph: BCCI Following his match-winning knock against the five-time champions Chennai......

Sabalenka Vows To Prove Kyrgios Wrong In Epic Battle Of Sexes!

'I have a lot of respect for Nick and his talent, but make no mistake, I'm ready to bring my A-game.' IMAGE: Four-time Grand Slam winner Aryna Sabalenka will square off against Nick Kyrgios in......