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Clashes at JNU after Umar Khalid, Prof Saibaba, others depicted as Ravan

A violent clash broke out between two groups of students at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus on Friday during a 'Visarjan Shobha Yatra' organised on the occasion of Vijayadashami, following......

Large cache of arms, ammo recovered from Bengal flat, 1 held

A large cache of arms and ammunition were seized from a flat in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district on Monday, a senior police official said. IMAGE: Kindly note that this image has been......

Azizul Haque, towering leader of Naxalbari uprising, dies at 83

Azizul Haque, firebrand poet, political thinker and one of the last towering leaders of India's Naxalite uprising, died in Kolkata on Monday, marking the end of a turbulent, blood-soaked chapter in......

Soldiers notice suspicious movement at LoC in Rajouri, open fire

Army troops opened fire after noticing suspicious movement in a forward area near the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district, while security forces conducted searches at more than a dozen places......

The Courage Of A Soldier's Wife

'Please don't worry about casualties. It is a professional hazard beyond our control,' wrote Kargil Hero Major Padmapani Acharya in his last letter from the battlefield. IMAGE: Major Padmapani......

Feud in Godfrey Phillips: Samir Modi files FIR against mother Bina

Godfrey Phillips executive director Samir Modi has lodged an FIR in New Delhi’s Sarita Vihar police station, alleging that her mother Bina Modi and Lalit Bhasin, one of the company’s......

Nilekani-backed people+ai rolls out AI strategy...

An initiative of Nandan Nilekani’s EkStep Foundation, people+ai on Tuesday unveiled its vision for the future of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in India, dubbed ‘Adbhut India’......

Lalit Modi property dispute: Justice Raveendran to mediate

The Supreme Court on Monday appointed former apex court judge Justice R V Raveendran as a mediator to settle the family property dispute involving businessman and former IPL head Lalit Modi and his......

Business Families and their UGLY succession battles

The world is full of family businesses that withered away with the passing of generations, creating much bitterness and ill will.Entire clans that used to be household names have become pale......

Charudatta suicide case: FIR filed against Tata Steel official

A first information report has been registered against a top Tata Steel official for allegedly abetting the suicide of Charudatta Deshpande, former chief of Corporate Communications, who was found......

Will India Shine At The Grammys?

IMAGE: Sitarist Anoushka Shankar. Photograph: Kind courtesy Anoushka Shankar/Instagram Eleven-time Grammy-nominated sitarist Anoushka Shankar has added two more nominations to her kitty. Her......

The Story Behind Chalte Chalte Mere Yeh Geet Yaad Rakhna

'Bappi Lahiri was looking for a break so he and his father would meet me.''I told Director Bhisham Kohli about this promising young boy from Kolkata, and Bappi came over with his harmonium.''Bappi......

Hai Junoon Review: Mindless Fluff

The plot goes pretty much as expected but the Hai Junoon team seem to have sat with a check list of issues that affect today's teenagers, and ticked the ones used in the show, observes Deepa......

'Charu Khandal is paralysed indefinitely'

On March 25, Charu Khandal had a near fatal accident when an alleged drunk driver rammed his car into the autorickshaw she and her friends were in. Charu, who was in the visual effects team......

'Rekha Was The First Femme Fatale'

'She was lying there and I mustered up enough guts to lay next to her and hold her tight.''And she said, "Oh my, Girish, isn't he supposed to be nervous?"''Making light of the situation, Girish......

I was a victim of impatience: Charu Sharma

Former Royal Challengers Bangalore CEO Charu Sharma, who was sacked midway through the Indian Premier League, said he could not understand how his dismissal benefited the team. On the sidelines of......

Dravid, Charu Sharma had their own plans: Mallya

The internal bickering of the Bangalore Royal Challengers is out in the open with team owner Vijay Mallya revealing that he was at loggerheads with captain Rahul Dravid and the outfit's sacked CEO......

IPL Auction: Who is Mallika Sagar?

IMAGE: Mallika Sagar will be the first lady auctioneer at the IPL auction. Photograph: Kind courtesy RCB/X Mallika Sagar will be the mistress of ceremonies at Tuesday's Indian Premier......

'Lalit Modi threatened to end my career'

'There was one senior player who wanted to spoil my name.' IMAGE: After his playing days Praveen Kumar said he slipped into depression. Photograph: Praveen Kumar/Instagram Former India......

A day after collapsing, auctioneer Edmeades returns

Photograph: Kind Courtesy BCCI It was a poignant moment when a room full of people gave a standing ovation to veteran auctioneer Hugh Edmeades, who conducted the final hour of the IPL auction......