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Modi outlines 7-point 'mantra' for BJP workers

IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and senior BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani interact during the party's National Executive meet in Allahabad. Photograph: PTI Photo Skipping any mention of......

Giant In The Earth: M S Swaminathan

Dr Shreekant Sambrani pays tribute to Dr M S Swaminathan, the renowned agricultural scientist and a lifelong crusader against hunger who passed away in Chennai last week. IMAGE: Prime Minister......

Want to know BJP's 2019 Poll Mantras?

'Religion. Nationalism. Corruption.''Jobs and achche din will pop up here and there as slogans, but these will be mere afterthoughts,' says Shekhar Gupta. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra D Modi......

SC approves key Mumbai road through private property, says public interest must prevail

The Supreme Court on Friday said when the public interest is so clearly articulated and is an urgent and pressing exigency, private interests must give way to the extent required. IMAGE:......

Exclusive! The mantra that handed the Indian Army victory in 1971

Air Vice Marshal Arjun Subramaniam's book India's Wars: A Military History, 1947-1971 is an eye-opener.India's Wars gives the reader deep insights into little known aspects of combat, the sharp......

How Deepinder Goyal Rewired Zomato

Zomato was not just recovering, it was rebuilding and reinventing, showing signs of maturing as a business. Chaos had been turned into momentum. A fascinating excerpt from Megha Vishwanath's book,......

How ITC plans to build a future-ready portfolio

There remains a debate on who said this: “When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, Sir?” Was it the British economist John Maynard Keynes or the American......

Anand Mahindra's mantras for a post-coronavirus world

Terming the coronavirus pandemic as a "crisis of a magnitude that we have never faced before", Mahindra group chairman Anand Mahindra on Thursday asked employees of the conglomerate to use the......

Has Apple's Roller-Coaster Ride In India Ended?

The new mantra was to align Apple's ambition with the government's, focusing on Modi's favourite themes of Make in India, employment generation and India as a high-tech export hub. IMAGE: Apple......

Innovation is Pranab's new mantra

A day ahead of the monetary policy review, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today highlighted the limitations of monetary and fiscal tools, saying that innovative measures have to be taken to......

11 New Year Resolutions Inspired By Stars

It's the perfect time to set new goals for the new year. Namrata Thakker delivers some starry inspiration to make some resolutions for 2026. Photograph: Kind courtesy Janhvi Kapoor/Instagram......

'Corruption Is No Longer A Bad Word'

'When India opened its doors to the world, moving away from an agrarian to a market economy, everything, whether life or love, was commodified.' IMAGE: Nana Patekar and Rekha in Yatra. In the......

What's Vaani Doing?

How Allu Arjun starts his mornings... Hina's health update... Tiger goes black... Photograph: Kind courtesy Vaani Kapoor/Instagram Here[s Vaani Kapoor 'collecting serotonin' (go ahead, look it......

'I Want To Make More Money'

'I want to do some things, like take my mum on the Orient Express to Venice.' IMAGE: Saif Ali Khan with wife Kareena Kapoor. Photograph: Kind courtesy Kareena Kapoor/Instagram As Saif Ali Khan......

'The Audience Can't Be Tricked'

'In the audience's mind there is no urgency to go see a film in the theatre.''If you pay for social media buzz it does not convert into bums on seats.' IMAGE: Madhavan as Vanraj Kashyap, Ajay......

'It was all about...' Richa reveals success mantra

'My main job was to finish innings strongly by scoring quickly in the final overs.' IMAGE: Richa Ghosh tallied 235 runs from eight innings with one fifty to finish among the top-five Indian......

How Humpy balances time between chess and family

'I always prefer to just play a single tournament and go back home, spend time with my family and have a one-month break and then take part in another one.' IMAGE: Koneru Humpy is leading the......

Latif reveals why India always win against Pakistan

'We get emotional or hyper and try to do everything in one go. We don't take the games deep' IMAGE: Bilateral cricket between the two neighbours has been suspended for over a decade due to......

Extra spinner or pacer? India's dilemma for Asia Cup opener

IMAGE: India's opening match against UAE will be a dress rehearsal for the big game against Pakistan on September 14. Photograph: BCCI The tried and tested template of all-rounders adding adequate......

Ex India U-19 skipper making most of life post heart surgery

'...I had confidence in myself. I knew I would play again one day and I knew how to make it and how I will make it'. IMAGE: Yash Dhull's ton was studded with eight fours and seven sixes.......