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Kerala: Houses flooded as 1.38-crore liltre water tank collapses

Several houses were flooded and vehicles swept away after a portion of a feeder tank of the Kerala Water Authority (KWA) collapsed at Thammanam in Kochi early Monday, officials said. Image used......

The Defining News Stories of 2025

2025 was a period of profound transformation across the globe. From historical leadership changes in the United States and the Vatican to groundbreaking scientific achievements and rising......

The Jail Where Nicolas Maduro Is Imprisoned

The Metropolitan Detention Center, commonly known as MDC Brooklyn, is a federal detention facility in New York City that has housed some of the world's most high-profile felons. From now ousted......

New Rural Jobs Bill Sparks International Concern

'Previously, contributing only 25 per cent of material costs, states now face burdens of 40 per cent to 100 per cent of total costs, ensuring poorer states will curb project approvals, directly......

Kerala govt to appeal Dileep's acquittal in actress assault case

The Kerala government on Monday said it will appeal against the verdict in the actress assault case in which Malayalam actor Dileep was acquitted while six others were found guilty. IMAGE: Actor......

8 Of India's Oldest Companies

Which were India's first companies that still exist today? Many trace their origins to over a century back. These venerable organisations are business entities. But they chronicle the beginnings of......

'Phenomenon That Takes Place Once In A Century'

This is the longest winning streak for gold in the last three decades. IMAGE; Women buy gold at Pednekar Jewellers, Dadar, north central Mumbai, on Dussehra. Photograph: Sahil Salvi A continued......

BSE: Stock Exchange That Refused To Die

The story of the Bombay Stock Exchange and the people who shaped its growth: From wars and bomb blasts to speculators, reformers and wealth creators. IMAGE: The informal beginnings of what would......

SAP to step up hiring in India: CEO

German technology major SAP views India as the fastest growing market, where it plans to embark on an aggressive hiring spree, a top company executive said on Wednesday. Photograph: Ralph......

Why Ratan Tata Really Fell Out With Cyrus Mistry

Ratan Tata: A Life, the much awaited biography, reveals that after a year of 'parallel running', Tata began having second thoughts about Cyrus Mistry's 'suitability'.'Mistry targeted Ratan, the man......

2025: Readers Pick Their Favourite Films

We asked readers to list their favourite films from 2025, and we got an interesting range of movies that included blockbusters, well-reviewed films and a couple of surprises. Here's a look then, at......

'Making Films Is Not What I Do, It Is Who I Am'

'I was just a little kid in a darkened theatre, and I remember that beam of light just cut across the room, and I remember looking up, and it seemed to just explode on the screen.' IMAGE: Tom......

Catholic body moves HC against content of Malayalam film Haal

The Catholic Congress, an organisation of the laity under the Syro-Malabar church, on Friday told the Kerala high court that the upcoming Malayalam movie Haal starring Shine Nigam has......

'National Awards Are Compromised'

'Files are getting awards', Prakash Raj said in an apparent reference to The Kashmir Files receiving national honours. IMAGE: Shamla Hamza in Feminichi Fathima. The Kerala government announced the......

Lokah Controversy: Why Dulquer Salmaan Is Saying Sorry

IMAGE: Kalyani Priyadarshan in Lokah. Dulquer Salmaan's production house, Wayfarer Films, has issued an apology after a dialogue in its latest film Lokah Chapter 1: Chandra sparked controversy for......

New IOC chief to strive for consensus on gender policy

IMAGE: Newly appointed International Olympic Committee President Kirsty Coventry attends her first Executive Board meeting at the Olympic House in Lausanne, Switzerland. Photograph: Denis......

Security concerns plague women's sport

'Although one-in-five women in the UK will experience stalking at some point in their lives, there are no scientific studies around the stalking of athletes.' IMAGE: Former US Open champion Emma......

What Jay Shah told IOC boss Bach...

IMAGE: On Tuesday, ICC posted pictures of ICC Chairman Jay Shah and IOC chief Thomas Bach meet at Lausanne, Switzerland. Photograph: ICC/Instagram The International Cricket Council's push......

'He has been a promoter and supporter of these Games'

IOC confident of Trump support for LA 2028 Olympics, says Bach. IMAGE: LA28 Chairman Casey Wasserman holds the official Olympic flag next to Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass as it returns to Los......

Nita Ambani re-elected to IOC unanimously

Photograph: Kind Courtesy Reliance Industries Limited/X Indian sports administrator Nita Amabani was on Wednesday re-elected unanimously as member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC),......