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Non-veg food vendors assaulted at Gita recital in Kolkata, Mamata fumes

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday tore into the Bharatiya Janata Party over the assault on two food vendors at a recent Bhagavad Gita recital event in Kolkata, asserting that......

How India Got The MiG-21 63 Years Ago

The MiG-21 episode demonstrates that procurement is always strategic.Choices about what aircraft to acquire, who builds them, who supplies the spares, who trains the pilots and technicians are......

Robots Kick Off!

Glimpses from India and around the world that will make you smile and cry. Robots Kick Off IMAGE: Booster Robotics T1 humanoid robots demonstrate playing a 5-on-5 soccer game on a football......

Ever Seen A Moon This Colour?

Fascinating images from around the world... IMAGE: A full moon, known as the Buck Moon, rises over the Galata Tower in Istanbul, Turkey, July 10, 2025. Photograph: Dilara Senkaya/Reuters ......

People have right to protest, but...: Mamata on Bengal violence

In the backdrop of the violence during anti-Waqf (Amendment) Act protests in various places of West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said everybody has the right to demonstrate......

Learning to live with hawkers

The embattled Left Front has done one more volte face by deciding to regularise hawkers in Kolkata's busiest streets, says Subir Roy. In the run-up to the municipal polls in Kolkata next month......

Union Bank to empower hawkers

Union Bank of India will bring banking services to the doorsteps of over 2.5 lakh hawkers in Mumbai by partnering with their association and FINO Fintec, a micro finance institution. At the first......

Hawker 4000, the ultimate business jet is here!

Hawker 4000, the world's most advanced and luxurious super-midsize business jet, is now in India. InterGlobe General Aviation, a subsidiary of InterGlobe Enterprises, the exclusive sales and......

Traders, hawkers protest against FDI in multi-brand retail

A section of traders and hawkers today staged protests in various parts of the country against the government's decision on FDI policy in multi-brand retail, the Confederation of All India Traders......

Traders brace for impact of Paytm crisis

It’s mid-morning and the two-kilometre stretch from Rashbehari Avenue to Gariahat Market is bustling with activity. Photograph: Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters Dotted with saree shops and......

'Cinema's Greatest Challenge Is Reels'

'I don't know how long cinema will survive.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Goutam Ghose Goutam Ghose is one of India's most celebrated contemporary film-makers. He has bagged multiple National Film......

Mrs Undercover Review: Sloppy Spy Social

An amateurish crime comedy that wants to be taken seriously, Mrs Undercover can never quite find its bearings, observes Sukanya Verma. In the 1980s, Basu Chatterjee created a television series......

The Ban Baaja Baraat

The Kerala Story is among a long list of films that invited bans and censorship. The Bharatiya Janata Party-led Uttar Pradesh government announced on May 9, 2023 that the film The Kerala Story......

Bollywood celebrates Eid through its movies!

Eid-ul-Fitr has been celebrated in a big way in Hindi films. The films listed below, in fact, are those where the festival plays a pivotal plot point, observes Subhash K Jha. Chaudvin Ka......

'My heart is broken for SRK'

'We stood by him through his highs and lows and this is possibly his lowest.''The least we can do is stand by him now.' Shah Rukh Khan had to deal with scores of cameras and jostling crowds on his......

Pope Leo makes his first US pitch at White Sox Park

IMAGE: Pope Leo XIV delivers a video message during a public celebration hosted by the Chicago White Sox and the Archdiocese of Chicago for the election of Pope Leo XIV, featuring a mass at Rate......

Messi, Ronaldo fans rely on black market to fulfill WC dreams

IMAGE: Other ticketless soccer fans are increasingly gathering at crowded stadium perimeters in Doha during the World Cup to haggle with hawkers, quietly pushing match tickets for popular matches......

From domestic mopper to IPL star: Rinku's inspiring story

IMAGE: KKR co-owner Shah Rukh Khan with their batting sensation Rinku Singh. Photograph: Rinku Singh/Instagram "You don't have to tell anyone that you mop floors at a tuition centre. Just come in......

Rio gold medallist Mariyappan named flag-bearer for Tokyo Paralympics

IMAGE: Mariyappan Thangavelu celebrates with his gold medal in the men's high jump-T42 on Day 2 of the Paralympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro in 2016. Photograph: Jason......

Force India's Perez dumps sponsor over 'Mexicans' tweet

'I won't let anyone make fun of my country and it's a shame that the brand pays for it because it's a mistake from one person.' IMAGE: Sergio Perez of Force India. Photograph: Clive Mason/Getty......