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Happy 90th, Tully Sahab!

10 things you must know about the most famous foreign correspondent in India who made Bharat his home. IMAGE: Legendary journalist Mark Tully. Photograph: Kind courtesy Chatham House/Wikimedia......

I-Day speech: Modi breaks Indira's record, next is Nehru

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday broke Indira Gandhi's record by delivering 12 consecutive speeches from the ramparts of Red Fort to stand next only to Jawaharlal Nehru who delivered 17......

What You Must Know About The Emergency

During the Emergency Indira Gandhi acquired absolute power. Lakhs of political opponents, students, activists were arrested. IMAGE: Indira Gandhi with her younger son Sanjay Gandhi. Photograph:......

Where Would India Be Without Dr Singh?

What stood out in his 15-year journey as a member of the political executive at the Centre was his glowing record as India's most successful and effective finance minister. Both as prime minister......

When A Secret Rajiv-Badal Meeting Was Cancelled

'Mr Badal wanted to talk to a member of the Gandhi family to bring about some sort of rapprochement between the Akalis and the Congress which were the two major parties at that time.' IMAGE:......

Xerxes Desai: The man behind Titan's success

In the '80s after Xerxes Desai, moved to Bengaluru and spent the initial days on building Titan from a factory in Hosur. Xerxes Desai, who built Titan into the country's largest watch company,......

India's Billionaire Club Has New Entrants

The IPO boom in 2023 added four new promoters to the billionaires' list. IMAGE: The Richest Indian: Reliance Industries Chairman and MD Mukesh Ambani, seen here virtually addressing the Tamil Nadu......

Severance pay row: Why Rajiv Bansal may have the upper hand over Infosys

Former finance head Bansal, who left Infosys in 2015, has gone for arbitration over severance pay Rajiv Bansal, former finance head at Infosys Technologies, has sought arbitration to get the......

Modi needs to listen to our economists

We have a government with an extremely weak economic team advising a PM who hardly pays attention to their thoughts, says Jayanta Roy. Photograph: Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com I......

V Krishnamurthy, PSUs' turnaround man, dies at 97

Venkataraman Krishnamurthy, who is considered as the turnaround man of several Indian corporate houses like BHEL, Maruti Udyog, SAIL and Gail (India), passed away on Sunday at the age of 97.......

Bigg Boss 15: Rakhi chooses Rajiv over Karan!

Ritesh isn't happy with Rakhi's decision and the two get into a spat with the latter saying that the former is just a contestant for her on the show and doesn't matter at all. The episode resumes......

Bigg Boss 15: Rashami-Pratik LOCK HORNS

Rashami loses her cool and starts yelling at Pratik for creating a ruckus for no reason. Day 58 begins with Ritesh and Devoleena Bhattacharjee talking about Tejasswi Prakash and Karan Kundrra's......

Bigg Boss 15: When Salman made Tejasswi Cry

Salman Khan enters the house with a tempting offer...that makes everyone cry. Monday's episode begins with Salman Khan entering the house and giving the non-VIP members a tempting offer to meet......

Bigg Boss 15: BFFs Rashami-Devoleena turn FOES!

The ladies get into a catfight! Thursday's episode starts with Nishant Bhat and Pratik Sehajpal discussing the Ticket To Finale task. Shamita Shetty joins in, and they strategise for the game......

Bigg Boss 15: Is Karan-Tejasswi's relationship toxic?

Tejasswi says Karan is just over protective of her. Weekend Ka Vaar begins with Farah Khan taking centrestage and greeting the contestants instead of Salman Khan. She gets down to business and......

SMAT: Rahane, Surya dazzle in Mumbai's dominant win

IMAGE: Ajinkya Rahane struck a 33-ball 62 as defending champions Mumbai began their campaign in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy national T20 tournament by crushing Railways, in Lucknow on Wednesday.......

Cric Buzz: West Indies ropes in Desai as batting coach

IMAGE: Monty Desai has been handed a two-year contract. Photograph: Windies Cricket/Twitter The West Indies, on Wednesday, named Monty Desai as their batting coach ahead of the limited-overs......

SRH looking to exploit batter-friendly Wankhede vs MI

Sunrisers Hyderabad are fourth in the 10-team IPL table with 12 points, below Rajasthan Royals (16), Kolkata Knight Riders (14) and Lucknow Super Giants (12). Five-time winners Mumbai Indians......

How U-19 girls went on to conquer the world

IMAGE: India's players celebrate after their thumping victory over England in the ICC women's Under-19 T20 World Cup final in Potchefstroom, South Africa. Photograph: ICC Media Seven months of......

Ranji: Himachal bat with purpose after first innings debacle

A summary of the Ranji Trophy matches played on Wednesday. IMAGE: Harshit Rana the pick of the bowlers for Delhi with figures of 3-73 against Tamil Nadu on Day 2 of their Ranji Trophy tie on......