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SIT flags Gogoi's 'Pakistan links', Assam to take call on Feb 7

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday said the state cabinet will take a formal decision on the future course of action on the SIT report on Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi's alleged......

End of war 'very close': Trump after meeting Zelenskyy

United States President Donald Trump on Sunday said a peace agreement to end the Russia-Ukraine war is getting 'very close', after a high-level meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy......

Modi, Trump speak 'pretty frequently': White House

United States President Donald Trump feels "very positive and strongly" about the future of India-US relationship, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has said. IMAGE: United States......

Show us proof: Cong calls Rajnath's Nehru-Babri claim a 'lie'

The Congress on Wednesday termed as "lie" and "WhatsApp university story" Defence Minister Rajnath Singh's claim that India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru wanted to build Babri masjid......

Himanta's latest: Muslims becoming affluent, could mean...

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma claimed that apart from demographic change, the state is also witnessing an "economic shift", with Muslims becoming more prosperous, and said this could......

Modi urges global tech CEOs to be part of India growth story

Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged CEOs of US majors to take advantage of India's growth story as the country is making all efforts to become the third largest economy of the world in his third......

Hunger in India came down to 13.7% during 2021-23: UN-FAO report

In what could come as a piece of good news, hunger in India — as measured by the Prevalence of Undernourishment (PoU) by the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)......

India presses OPEC for affordable oil

With domestic retail fuel prices jumping to record high on rising international oil rates, India on Thursday pressed oil cartel OPEC for 'affordable' oil price within a 'reasonable band' and that......

US investor BlackRock slashes Byju's valuation by 95% to $1 billion

In November 2023, Netherlands-based tech investor Prosus NV marked down Byju's valuation to under $3 billion. Peerzada Abrar reports. Photograph: Dado Ruvic/Reuters BlackRock has again reduced......

Byju's in talks with investors to raise $300 mn in return for more controls

With investors asking for a change in the board structure at Byju’s, the edtech giant’s founder and chief executive officer (CEO), Byju Raveendran, is now asking them to put $300......

Kareena-Prithviraj Sign Up For A Crime Thriller

Photograph: Kind courtesy Kareena Kapoor Khan/Instagram Kareena Kapoor Khan and Prithviraj Sukumaran have signed up a new film to be directed by Meghna Gulzar. Titled Daayra, the film taps into......

2024's 10 Best Web Series

The year was rich in content as far as Web series were concerned. The general bent was towards thrillers, and many of them were slick and entertaining. Shows that ran into their next seasons, like......

Will SRK Feature On Koffee with Karan?

'When the right time is there, I will ask him.''I know when he has to want to speak, he will.''When he does, it'll be extraordinary because no one gives interviews better than Shah Rukh Khan.'......

7 Cliches Of Movie Criticism & Reporting

This isn't a hatchet job, and my excuse for the exercise is my feeling that when you invert some of the clichés mentioned here, you might just arrive at the portals of genuine movie-making......

Will There Be The Kerala Story 2?

IMAGE: Adah Sharma In The Kerala Story. Ever since the teaser for The Kerala Story dropped, the film became the centre of controversy. At a press conference in Mumbai on Monday, May 8, Producer......

'Pakistani, lazy, selfish': Khawaja blasts stereotypes before retiring

‘The way the media and the past players came out and attacked me. I copped it for about five days straight’ ‘When I get injured, everyone went at my credibility and who I am as a person.......

Smith's hilarious counter-punch at Panesar at Ashes presser

IMAGE: Australia's stand-in skipper Steve Smith left the room in splits with his response to Monty Panesar's 'Sandpapergate' dig. Photograph: Screengrab/X Steve Smith fired a comic......

Alonso snubs Yamal's 'cheat' jibe ahead of El Clasico

IMAGE: Xabi Alonso directed his focus to Sunday's El Clasico at the Bernabeu. Photograph: Thilo Schmuelgen/Reuters Real Madrid manager Xabi Alonso declined to comment on Saturday after Barcelona......

Show anger on field, not ... : Ex-India player to Pakistan

'They must taken out their calculators...': Wassan on Pakistan playing Asia Cup after boycott call, urges Men in Green to show 'competition' than indulge in controversies IMAGE: Pakistan Cricket......

'Checking oversized bats doesn't make a difference'

'I wish they'd checked the bats when I was playing.' IMAGE: In the game against Punjab Kings on Tuesday, Kolkata Knight Riders' Anrich Nortje's bat did not pass the test and he had to change his......