This Is India's Oldest Surviving Tiranga

The first national flag in Independent India was hoisted at Fort St George in Madras, not at Delhi's Red Fort. IMAGE: The oldest surviving national flag in the Fort St George Museum in Chennai.......

K'taka ex-minister Janardhana Reddy gets 7-year jail in mining case

A special Central Bureau of Investigation court in Hyderabad on Tuesday convicted former Karnataka minister and MLA Gali Janardhana Reddy and three others in the Obulapuram Mining Company illegal......

BJP Hands 'Tamil Pride' On A Platter To DMK

If the DMK is able to sustain the momentum until the assembly polls, the AIADMK especially and the PMK and possibly the infant TVK too would find it hard to sign up with the BJP, explains N Sathiya......

Congress faces rebellion in Bellary

The Congress’s decision to deny tickets to anyone involved in the mining scam in Karnataka is hurting the party, reports Vicky Nanjappa   There is trouble for the Congress in Bellary......

Why Bellary is to bleed again

It’s sleepless nights again for the residents of Kamtur village. Located on the fringes of the Kumaraswamy forest range, one of the six iron ore-bearing mountaintops in Karnataka’s......

Bellary: How unrestrained mining turned it to dust

Karnataka's Lokayukta Santosh Hegde's report is a sordid story on the rise of India's mining poster boy, Bellary. The protagonists of the script, the Reddy brothers, used muscle and money to......

How iron disappears in Bellary

Illegal iron ore mining in Bellary district has cost the Karnataka government Rs 3,000 crore (Rs 30 billion) in the last two years. The first part of a series of investigative reports reveals how......

Illegal mining in NMDC's Bellary area under scanner

The Central Empowered Committee has recommended an investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation into alleged illegal activities in Bellary district of Karnatka where Associated Mining......

Bellary Naga is a breezy entertainer

Dr Vishnuvardhan's much awaited Kannada film Bellary Naga is a breezy entertainer with less of story and more of entertaining values. The film has all commercial ingredients to make it a hit with......

Buzz: KPL team Bellary Tusker's owner summoned by CBI

Karnataka premier League team Bellary Tusker's owner Arvind Venkatesh Reddy has been summoned to appear before the Central Crime Branch police in Bengaluru and a look out circular issued against......

Ahead of World C'ships, long jumper Aldrin bags gold in Bern event

IMAGE: Jeswin Aldrin recorded a jump of 8.22m, his fourth career-best performance. Photograph: Jeswin Aldrin/Twitter World's season leader long jumper Jeswin Aldrin produced his best performance......

Hugging without sexual intent is not an offence, Brij Bhushan tells court

IMAGE: Brij Bhushan's counsel Rajiv Mohan submitted that the former WFI chief hugged the wrestlers as he took pride in their performance. Photograph: ANI/Twitter Outgoing Wrestling Federation of......

Long jumper Sreeshankar finishes 3rd in Diamond League

IMAGE: Murali Sreeshankar is the only third Indian to finish in the top-three of a Diamond League. Photograph: Valerio Pennicino/Getty Images India's long jumper Murali Sreeshankar secured a......

Next Neeraj Chopra? Murali Sreeshankar aims for track and field glory

Neeraj is one of top-five track and field athletes in world: Sreeshankar IMAGE: Murali Sreeshankar in action during the men's long jump. Photograph: Mike Segar/Reuters Olympic champion Neeraj......