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Colaba: When The City Speaks

Colaba's character is also drawn from its strength.Seventeen years ago, Pakistani terrorists struck here -- at the core of Mumbai's soul -- in the deadliest attack ever seen in this country.166......

153 dead as Ditwah leaves trail of destruction in Lanka; rain pounds TN

Sri Lanka was on Saturday picking up pieces after widespread destruction caused by a powerful cyclone with President Anura Kumara Dissanayake declaring a state of emergency throughout the country......

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......

Has 'Nobel snub' strained Modi-Trump ties? NYT says...

Amid trade tensions between Delhi and Washington, the NYT article gives an account of how relations between Trump and Modi “unraveled” after Trump's repeated claims of solving the four-day......

'Mastermind Of This Game Is Fadnavis'

'Devendra Fadnavis is stating that Marathas must feel OBCs are not happy with reservations for the Marathas and therefore they are protesting.' IMAGE: Union Home Minister Amit Shah offers prayers......

More the merrier? A tale of multiple self-regulatory organisations

Mint Road, on December 21, 2023, flagged the role of self-regulatory organisations (SROs) in strengthening the compliance culture in regulated entities (REs) and providing a consultative platform......

Improve Customer Service, Banks Told, Or Else!

In 2023-2024, 95 scheduled commercial banks received over 10 million complaints from their customers.The process of KYC at many banks has become 'HYC' -- harass your customer, points out Tamal......

Strays of south Mumbai lose their best friend Ratan Tata

Bombay House is different from any other conglomerate's headquarters. While every visitor is frisked at the entrance of the colonial-era building, one should not be surprised to see a street......

Diane Keaton And A Private Tragedy

Diane Keaton's wit and honesty taught us that ageing and uncertainty aren't weaknesses, they are part of what makes us human and graceful, observes Sreehari Nair. IMAGE: Diane Keaton shows her......

The Painter Who Made A Blockbuster Movie

'Story-telling is at the core of everything I do.' IMAGE: J P Thuminad, in blue, in Su From So. J P Thuminad used to paint houses. But he was always interested in the Arts and honed his artistic......

Pather Panchali@70: Beautiful, Broken People

Seventy years after Pather Panchali released on August 26, 1955, we finally get it.Shuttling between the village of Boral and a studio in Calcutta, caught between worrying about the next purse of......

Housefull 5 Arrives On OTT

Aamir Khan's starry magic, Akshay Kumar's buffoonery and more on OTT this week. Sukanya Verma lists your options. Housefull 5Where to watch? Amazon Prime VideoLanguage: Hindi A luxury ship......

'My Father Bimal Roy's Time Has Come'

'When you are a pioneer and someone who's put on a pedestal, but then the pedestal gets dusty, people don't look at the statue anymore.''They would say, 'Yes, yes, of course I know Bimal Roy. He......

Can Raducanu reignite her Wimbledon magic?

The first round of Wimbledon begins on Monday with defending champion Carlos Alcaraz seeking a hat-trick of titles at the All England Club while women's top seed Aryna Sabalenka resumes her quest......

42 Years On... Where Are Kapil's Devils Now?

The '83' WhatsApp group comprises the 14 members of the World Cup-winning team and administrative manager P R Man Singh. IMAGE: On June 25, 1983, under Kapil Dev's leadership, India won their......

'Terrible day for fans like us'

IMAGE: The remnants of the stampede lay strewn around the vicinity of the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Wednesday. Photograph: ANI Photo A mound of shoes and sandals strewn around and some......

RCB's home woes: Can they finally win in Bengaluru?

Struggling to find form in their own den, Royal Challengers Bengaluru will look to regain control of their IPL campaign at home when they meet a floundering Rajasthan Royals in Bengaluru on......

Nadeem's gold: A fairy-tale story from Pakistan

IMAGE: Gold medallist Arshad Nadeem of Pakistan celebrates with his medal on the podium. Photograph: Alina Smutko/Reuters Arshad Nadeem's home village erupted into rapturous celebrations......