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A Heart Surgeon's Stunning Wildlife Photographs

'Conservation is fundamental to the resilience of our communities and the health of our planet,' says Dr Ramakanta Panda, one the world's top heart surgeons. After a successful show in Delhi, Dr......

'Our Children Loved PM Modi': Usha Vance

'When we were able to visit his home, they just sort of ran up. They were hugging him.''He was just incredibly kind and generous to them.' IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomes United......

How BSP plans to regain OBC support ahead of UP polls in 2027

Worried over its declining support base, the Bahujan Samaj Party has started working on a plan to re-implement its successful 'brotherhood committee' experiment of connecting with OBCs ahead of the......

Trump's Election Should Worry The World

'There are ominous portents of an isolationist administration not only building a physical wall to the south to prevent unwanted immigrants from entering the land of milk and honey, but also trade......

Did Chances Of A Trump Win Spook Bezos?

Did Jeff Bezos decide against endorsing Harris because it would hurt his business interests? Only God and Bezos know, and neither of them are talking, notes Prem Panicker. IMAGE: Jeff Bezos, owner......

What Went Wrong For Cyrus Mistry At Tatas

If Cyrus's protestations of having no knowledge of his imminent dismissal are to be taken at face value, he was extraordinarily naive and insulated from the ground reality.There were enough straws......

Have you seen a car collection like this?!

Dr Ravi Prakash's 250 vintage car collection includes J R D Tata's 1940 Buick Limousine and a Sunbeam-Talbot used by Lord Mountbatten.Nikita Puri reports. All Photographs: Kind courtesy Classic......

Exciting times for the Indian economy, markets

We see several medium-term positives for the bull market to continue, says R Venkataraman. The times are exciting for India as we get set for Diwali. The spotlight is on the Indian economy,......

Profit booking pushes Nifty below 8,550; Broader markets underperform

Markets ended lower with Nifty50 slipping below the crucial 8,500 mark as profit booking emerged after benchmark indices hit fresh 2016 highs. Earlier, markets had surged on hopes of GST......

Sky-high Sensex? Here's the hindsight!

Brokerages are falling over each other to revise their Sensex or Nifty targets. While Nomura has increased the target for the Sensex to 30,310 by August, 2015, Deutsche Bank and BNP Paribas expect......

Akshay-Lara: Bollywood's LONG-LASTING JODI

Did you know Akshay Kumar and Lara Dutta have acted in as many as 12 movies? They share such a comfortable bond, right from her first film Andaaz 18 years ago, that it's no wonder that Akshay......

Up Close, With Tiger Shroff

Kangana, Shahid shoot (not for the same film)... Kareena's cute wish for Soha... Please click on the images below for a better look. IMAGE: Tiger Shroff starts shooting for Heropanti 2.......

No, Friends is Not The Best Sitcom Ever!

'The pride of the devoted Seinfeld fan is that he happens to love a show that doesn't take his love for granted, so that even on repeat viewings he is never really sure what directions an episode......

'Mani Ratnam Sir doesn't always have a very clear vision'

'He knows what he doesn't want and likes exploring the rest with his cast and crew, so it's like a journey of making something beautiful together.' IMAGE: Trisha and Sobhita Dhulipala in PS-1. One......

Stranger Things 4 Review

Stranger Things Season 4 is dedicatedly macabre and menacing, its deadly ambitions and volatile tempo keeps the mood edge-of-the-seat, applauds Sukanya Verma. I did not look at the watch once......

Fans of India and Pakistan have elephant's memory: Akram

IMAGE: Wasim Akram urged the Indian fans to move on from the World Cup final loss. Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Reuters Weeks after India's heartbreaking six-wicket loss against Australia in......

World Photography Day: Check out Kumble's perfect 10

Anil Kumble was in his element when he had a cricket ball in his hands. Kumble, India's highest wicket-taker in international cricket, is also very adapt with the camera. The former India captain's......

Neeraj's javelin, Lovlina's gloves headline second day of e-auction

IMAGE: Neeraj Chopra presenting his javelin to PM Modi. Photograph: ANI Neeraj Chopra's Tokyo Olympics javelin and Lovlina Borgohain's boxing gloves hogged the limelight on day two of the......

India's most fascinating rural sports... Take a look!

Traditional Indian sports have been played in villages since ages. Though most sports lovers in the country follow cricket, hockey, tennis and even English football on television, disciplines like......

Drogba inspires Ivory Coast as Japan lose their way

Two quickfire headed goals from Wilfried Bony and Gervinho helped Ivory Coast recover to beat Japan 2-1 on Saturday as their bid for a first appearance in the World Cup......