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Two boys killed in separate basketball court accidents in Haryana

A national-level player and another teen died in freak accidents on separate basketball courts in Haryana's Rohtak and Bahadurgarh, after the iron pole of the basketball hoop fell on them, the......

At 100, He Remembers How He Fought For Freedom

'Gandhi had given the call 'Do or Die'. And with all the leaders arrested, you had to be your own leader.' Dr G G Parikh passed into the ages on Gandhi Jayanti 2025. IMAGE: Dr G G Parikh with......

Emergency at 50: JP's diary tells nation's darkest tale

"Every nail driven deeper into the coffin of Indian democracy is like a nail driven into my heart," wrote firebrand socialist leader Jayaprakash Narayan in his diary while being interned as a......

After a year, NIA gets regular chief as Dinkar Gupta appointed DG

Former Punjab Director General of Police Dinkar Gupta was on Thursday appointed as the new Director General of the National Investigation Agency (NIA), an anti-terror probe agency formed after the......

Man kills wife, locks 2-yr-old son with her body, ends life

A man allegedly killed his 23-year-old wife here and left their two-year-old son locked in a room with the body lying in a pool of blood before jumping to death from a metro station in Ghaziabad,......

Getting future-ready: Govt may tweak IBC to factor in climate change

The government is contemplating changes to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) to deal with environmental claims and liabilities of defaulting companies to make the law future-ready and meet......

Funding from family philanthropy in India triples to Rs 12,000 cr in FY20

Family philanthropy has proven resilient throughout the pandemic and grew to nearly Rs 12,000 crore in fiscal year 2020, accounting for almost two-thirds of the rise in private sector funding since......

Emergency? You may just need to dial 2611

A National Emergency Telephone Number -- 2611 -- has been mooted by a Pune-based Telecom engineer as a versatile communication platform during emergency and disaster management in the country.......

Brazil BRICS summit to be Modi's first multilateral meeting

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be attending the two-day summit of five-nation BRICS forum in Brazil next week when it is likely to give a concrete shape to establishment of a Development Bank......

Gulzar receives Jnanpith Award

IMAGE: Gulzar with Bharatiya Jnanpith Trustee Mudit Jain. Photograph: Kind courtesy Mudit Jain Gulzar on Thursday, May 22, 2025, received the 58th Jnanpith Award, India's highest literary honour,......

Ved Review: Nothing New To Surprise

The 'been there, seen that' feeling is so strong with Ved that it punctures any possibility of a compelling watch, Mayur Sanap tells us. The subject of star-crossed lovers and the theme of 'love......

'Lord Krishna has chosen me to be his messenger on earth'

'I accept that huge responsibility very humbly.' 30 years after the Mahabharat was telecast to an enraptured audience, it is back on Doordarshan. Actor and former MP Nitish Bharadwaj, who played......

Dhanush, Nawaz, Tillotama head to Cannes

The legendary film festival has a strong Indian flavour this year. The Extraordinary Journey of Fakir, an Indo-French production starring Dhanush, will be showcased at the Cannes......

Remembering Jayshree Gadkar

Many remember her for the famous song Bugdi mazi saandli ga jata sataryala. But Jayshree Gadkar was much more than that.She was not only a versatile and accomplished actress but the face of Marathi......

Asian Games: India's Schedule on October 3

IMAGE: Lovlina Borgohain will be in action in the boxing 75kg semifinal contest on Tuesday. Photograph: Jason Cairnduff/Reuters Following is India’s schedule at the Asian Games in......

Sharapova, Schumacher booked for fraud in Gurugram

IMAGE: A resident of New Delhi complained that she had booked an apartment in a project named after former tennis ace Maria Sharapova. Photograph: Maria Sharapova/Facebook Gurugram Police......