'It is very easy to destroy the environment'

'But extremely difficult, expensive and time consuming to rebuild it.'Askari H Zaidi reports. IMAGE: Dr Bala Prasad, fourth from left, and his team inspect the Hori Khan coffee estate area in......

BJP leaders confined to house in Patiala by farmers rescued

Around a dozen Bharatiya Janata Party leaders confined to a house in Patiala's Rajpura for nearly 12 hours allegedly by protesting farmers were rescued early Monday following a late night Punjab......

Lockdown caused more suffering than COVID-19: Delhi HC

The Delhi high court on Friday said the Central government's decision of phased reopening of lockdown was not taken in haste and it was done to ensure a proper balance between containing the spread......

HC relief for actor Deepika Padukone in FIR against AIB show

In an interim order, the Bombay high court has restrained the city police from arresting or taking coercive action against Bollywood actor Deepika Padukone in connection with her participation in......

DLF's Rajiv Singh tops list of wealthiest Indian real estate entrepreneurs

Realty major DLF's chairman Rajiv Singh remains the wealthiest Indian real estate entrepreneur with a wealth of Rs 59,030 crore, according to GROHE-HURUN India. With a wealth of Rs 42,270 crore,......

Cloud kitchens: The future of India's food biz

The cloud kitchen market in India will hit $1.05 billion by 2023.Just 13% of the total market has been utilised so far.Veer Arjun Singh and Dhruv Munjal report. IMAGE: A waiter with a protective......

Varun Tej-Lavanyaa Expecting First Child

Photograph: Kind courtesy Varun Tej Konidela and Lavanyaa Konidela Tripathhi/Instagram Telugu actor Varun Tej Konidela and his wife Lavanyaa Konidela Tripathhi are expecting their first child. The......

Coming Up In June: Thug Life, Kannappa, Housefull 5

June's OTT line-up looks entertaining. There's a lot coming up in theatres this month too. Joginder Tuteja lists the movies coming up.   Thug LifeRelease date: June 5 Kamal Haasan reunites with......

Alia, In Gold

Kriti becomes a mermaid... Vaani seeks out a Mandala... Arjun misses his ma... Photograph: Kind courtesy Rhea Kapoor/Instagram Alia Bhatt goes for gold as she shoots in an Amit Aggarwal sari.......

Why Salman Thanked His Dad On Mother's Day

Bollywood celebrated Mother's Day with beautiful pictures of their mums on social media. Photograph: Kind courtesy Salman Khan/Instagram Salman Khan shares a picture with Salma Khan and Helen and......

Asian Games: Arjun, Vidit secure wins; Humpy plays tie

Photograph: Kind Courtesy Lennart Ootes/FIDE Indian women’s chess player Dronavalli Harika faced defeat, and Koneru Humpy played out a tie, while Arjun Kumar and Vidit Santosh won their......

World Jr Chess: Harshit Pawar shocks top seed USA's Mishra

IMAGE: Image used for representational purposes. Photograph: International Chess Federation/Instagram Playing the game of his life, India's Harshit Pawar shocked top seed and youngest ever......

Humpy, Harika to spearhead India's challenge in Asian Games

IMAGE: The 36-year-old Humpy will be the senior-most Indian chess player at the quadrennial games. Photograph: Global Chess League India will send a strong 10-member chess contingent, including......

Korea Open: Satwik-Chirag storm ahead

IMAGE: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty marched ahead. Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Reuters Star Indian men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty stormed into the......

Praggnanandhaa gears up for Asian Games glory

Focus on Praggnanandhaa as India begins campaign in chess at Asian Games IMAGE: Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, 18, has long been seen as a possible successor to five-time World champion Viswanathan......