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Season's First Snow Covers Shimla

The first snowfall of the season brought joy and relief to Himachal Pradesh. After months of dry weather, fresh snow covered Shimla. The weather forced a closure of the Srinagar-Jammu highway.......

77th Republic Day parade to witness many firsts

The sesquicentenary of 'Vande Mataram' will be the dominant theme of this year's Republic Day Parade, with enclosure backdrops along the Kartavya Path displaying old paintings illustrating the......

Don't judge people by caste, wealth or language: Bhagwat

Asserting that the country belongs to everyone, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat on Wednesday called for social harmony, urging people to rise above divisions of caste, wealth, and......

Mayor Mamdani's First Day in Office

Zohran Mamdani was sworn in as New York City's mayor on January 1, 2026, in a historic inauguration ceremony. The event was attended by his family, including acclaimed filmmaker mother Mira Nair,......

Odisha police intensify anti-Maoist ops, caution people

A day after neutralising four Maoists, including Ganesh Uike (69) who carried a Rs 1.2 crore bounty on his head, Odisha Police on Friday intensified operations in Kandhamal district hoping to......

Tamil Nadu bets big on India's first full-stack sovereign AI park

The sovereign AI park will be a first-of-its-kind, purpose-built district in India, integrating AI compute infrastructure, secure data frameworks, model research labs, and AI innovation clusters,......

Budget Gets a New Address

Nirmala Sitharaman moved into her Kartavya Bhavan office on October 2, in time to get the work on the Budget 2026-2027 going. IMAGE: Kartavya Bhavan, New Delhi. Photograph: ANI Photo When......

Asia on fire: Of finance, climate, cities in motion

The initial public offering (IPO) market in India last year was hot, with companies raising over $22 billion in 2025. Photograph: Reuters But half of the 350-plus companies that listed on the......

'Many People Come Forward To Destroy You'

Sunita Ahuja takes on Govinda: 'If I get a confirmation, I will never forgive Govinda.' IMAGE: Sunita Ahuja and Govinda. Photograph: Kind courtesy Govinda/Instagram Amid rumours surrounding......

'Amazing That People Protest Because Sunny Is Coming'

'I find it very strange that 16 years later, we are still facing something like this.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Sunny Leone/Instagram Sunny Leone's proposed visit to Mathura has been cancelled......

'Can We Break Up After A Month?'

'What interested me more than the influencers was how were they surviving in Bombay?' 'How many reels did they make per month? How much money did they need to get by?''Did they get a job and then......

Dhurandhar 2 Vs Toxic: Who Will Win In March?

'The March 19 clash between Toxic and Dhurandhar 2 should ideally be avoided.' IMAGE: Ranveer Singh in Dhurandhar. Key Points Dhurandhar has become the biggest Bollywood blockbuster ever, and......

The Top 25 Pan India Films In 25 Years

The first 25 years in this century has seen some amazing films and many blockbusters. This is also the time when South Indian films started doing well, commercially and critically, on a pan-India......

'I'm living my dream and making people happy'

'I'm literally living my dream and making people happy and see smiling faces' 'I always look back at my whole journey with a lot of grace and a lot of gratitude in my heart and I feel I feel proud......

'Right people to...' Stokes backs McCullum to stay on

'We have not won here since 2010-11 and since that series things have happened because we think people need to change things, but it has not really worked, has it?' IMAGE: In their last 34 Tests,......

Why Turkish fans booed Yulia Putintseva at Australian Open

IMAGE: Kazakhstan's Yulia Putintseva cupped her hand to her ear and blew kisses to the Turkish fans after winning her third round match against Zeynep Sonmez. Photographs: Jaimi Joy/Reuters Key......

'Unfortunate! Unproven people deciding Ro-Ko future'

'It is a bit unfortunate that those people are deciding about their future who have not achieved much' 'It is beyond our understanding' IMAGE: The 38-year-old Rohit Sharma and the 37-year-old......

Australian Open: Why Osaka apologised to Cirstea after tense clash

'I think the first couple things I said on the court were disrespectful. I don’t like disrespecting people' 'I also want to apologise' IMAGE: Japan's Naomi Osaka celebrates after winning......