UP: Shivling 'found' near graveyard, police deployed

Security has been beefed up in Jaunpur following rumours that a Shivling was found near a graveyard in the Jaunpur Nagar Kotwali police station area, a police officer said on Saturday. IMAGE:......

The Richest Candidate In Election 2024

Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani, the Telugu Desam Party's Lok Sabha candidate from Guntur, has Rs 5,700 crore in declared family assets. IMAGE: Dr Chandra Sekhar Pemmas campaigns for the Lok Sabha......

Nandan Nilekani to join Congress on Sunday

Infosys co-founder and Unique Identification Authority of India Chairman Nandan Nilekani, tipped to contest from Bangalore South on a Congress ticket, will be officially joining the ruling party on......

Allahabad Contest Is Battle Of The Scions

Allahabad has seen some interesting battles, such as the Congress's Amitabh Bachchan defeating H N Bahuguna in 1984 or the 1988 by-poll that marked V P Singh's emergence as the contender for the PM......

Nandan Nilekani to join govt panel on curbing digital monopolies

Infosys chairman and Aadhaar architect Nandan Nilekani will join a panel set up by the central government, along with eight other members, to advise the government on designing and accelerating......

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’......

What Nandan plans to do at Infosys

New strategy for Infosys by October, says Nandan Nilekani.New chairman's other priorities: Hiring CEO, reviewing Panaya probe reports.Ayan Pramanik and Raghu Krishnan report from Bengaluru. Nandan......

SVB fallout: Indian start-ups staring at uncertain future

Indian start-ups breathed a sigh of relief after the UK government facilitated the acquisition of the now-defunct Silicon Valley Bank’s (SVB’s) British arm by HSBC. Illustration: Uttam......

Maharani 3 Review: Lost Focus

Huma Qureshi's Rani Bharti was the ace in the pack, but everything that she does this season smacks more of script conveniences than careful plotting, observes Deepa Gahlot. When the......

First Look: Sarath Kumar's Oridathoru Postman

Tamil actor Sarath Kumar made his entry into Malayalam with a bang, in the magnum opus Pazhassi Raja. Now, he plays Yaseen Mubarak, a wildlife photographerin director Shaji Aziz' Malayalam movie......

Lootcase: Realisation of the secret middle-class dream

'It's also a movie-crazed kid's idea of a great time,' discovers Sreehari Nair. IMAGE: Kunal Kemmu and Rasika Dugal in Lootcase In this season of heart-warmers and socially-conscious fares, Rajesh......

What Makes Amitabh Bachchan The Forever Star

In spite of its flaws, I enjoyed reading the book, says Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.Simply for the joy of digging into the life, in pictures and words, of one of the most enduring stars of Indian......

Medal hopes Thangavelu, Sharad not included for World Para C'ships

Paris Paralympics club throw gold medallist Dharambir Nain and double bronze winner sprinter Preethi Pal have been named as India's flag bearers for the opening ceremony on September 27.   IMAGE:......

Dravid on why Indian cricket is 'extremely powerful'

'We need cricket not to be concentrated in the hands of a few people. We need cricket to be egalitarian, we need it to be all over the place.' IMAGE: Rahul Dravid claimed a strong club cricket......

BCCI introduces A+ category for umpires

IMAGE: Umpires CK Nandan and Nitin Menon. Photograph: BCCI ICC Elite Panel member Nitin Menon is among 10 officials grouped in the newly introduced A+ category of BCCI umpires. The others in......

Khel Ratna for Rani; Lovlina, Ishant take home Arjuna Award

Sports Minister hands over trophies to 2020 National Sports Awards winners   IMAGE: Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist boxer Lovlina Borgohain receives the Arjuna Award from Sports Minister......

Declining officiating standards among Indian umpires

This year's Ranji Trophy had been marred by umpiring howlers and fatigue was a reason cited by many for the bloopers. IMAGE: Umpire S Ravi is in the eye of a storm after failing to call a no-ball......