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Karpoori Thakur awarded Bharat Ratna posthumously

Two-time Bihar chief minister Karpoori Thakur has been named for the country's highest civilian award Bharat Ratna posthumously, a Rashtrapati Bhawan communique said on Tuesday on the eve of the......

'Nitish, Mamata, Stalin Don't Know India'

'Does anyone understand India?''Does anyone have a larger perspective for India as a whole?''Today we have rulers who do not understand the ruled.' IMAGE: Janata Dal-United leader Nitish Kumar......

'You will succeed as long as you remember that the project is bigger than you'

'When a Project Director is appointed, the whole organization -- including the Chairman ISRO -- works for his success. It is a lesson that has been of abiding value all through the other projects I......

'Nobody can tarnish the greatness of Kalakshetra forever'

'This setback is only transient, and I am sure this too shall pass.' IMAGE: Artists performing Sabari Moksham, a dance drama during the 'Remembering Rukmini Devi Festival 2023' at Kalakshetra.......

Some foreign universities acting as centres of anti-India activities: Dhankhar

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday said "dangers are emanating from outfits", including some foreign universities, doubling up as centres of subversive anti-India activities out to......

Sahara Group chief Subrata Roy dies of cardiorespiratory arrest

Sahara Group chief Subrata Roy passed away on Tuesday due to a cardiorespiratory arrest after a prolonged illness, a company statement said. He was 75. Having created a huge business empire across......

The day K P Singh wanted to sell DLF for 26 lakh

Persuaded not to sell that day in January 1975, DLF today has assets of over Rs 52,237 crore and a net worth of around Rs 40,000 crore.Ramesh Menon, K P Singh's biographer, reveals more. IMAGE:......

How 2 young engineers transformed a Bihar village

India is witnessing a radical transformation where highly qualified youngsters are giving up cushy jobs to make a difference in the lives of poor people in rural areas. Manu A......

Shifting people from Bharat to India

Modi is as divorced from reality as Manmohan Singh. He might want to sound expansive and visionary, but to be credible he must have his feet on the ground and know the reality around him. Instead......

Property tycoon KP Singh's future in doldrums?

It was, by his own account, a chance encounter with a scion of the Gandhi political dynasty that turned former soldier Kushal Pal Singh into the man who built a city from nothing and made billions......

10 Classic Malayalam Films On OTT

There's a peevish quality to all the films on this list, which is fitting, because peevishness is the defining characteristic of most Malayalis. These films, even at their saddest, darkest and......

Superheroes. Villains. Wizards. Witches.

Local superheroes and villains, award winners and hopefuls, a fan favourite from a galaxy far, far away and wizards and witches of Hogwarts regale and rejoice on OTT this week. Sukanya Verma lists......

He taught Yash Chopra to make films...

B R Chopra was a reformist film-maker, way ahead of his times, says Subhash K Jha. Baldev Raj Chopra was the visionary film-maker who directed Indian cinema's first multistarrer Waqt... If he had......

Akshay, Ajay, Sunny: VOTE for Bollywood's Super Sardar!

Here's looking at Bollywood's coolest turbanators! One of India’s most vibrant communities doesn’t find enough mainstream representation in Bollywood. Either we have characters......

'Dr Kalam was a true superhero'

'I tried to think of a hero, who can inspire. I felt the most inspiring living hero for our children is Dr Kalam. He was a true leader, a true hero.' Nila Madhab Panda tells us why he......

Athens learning from Sydney

When Athens Olympic chief Gianna Angelopoulos took up the torch at the closing ceremony of the Sydney Games in 2000 she was among the first to admit that Australia's success had left Greece with a......

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