Middle age is the boot stamping on our face, says Shougat Dasgupta.
GST, a much needed reform that widens the tax net, promises to strangle many legitimate businesses while they wait for the tax administration and systems to catch up, says Rahul Jacob.
The heirs of J R R Tolkien sue New Line Cinema over $ 6bn.
A Bangalore-based online tuition firm had tied up with publisher HarperCollins to provide off-shored tuition facilities to British students.
As soon as he entered his barrack, Rahul noticed a group of seven inmates seated on their mattresses under the television set. They must be the terrorists, Rahul thought to himself. He knew that such accused are usually housed in murder barracks, far from jingoistic gangsters, who tend to abuse and attack them. A fascinating excerpt from Gangster On The Run: The True Story Of A Reformed Criminal.
India's golfer Aditi Ashok scripted another piece of history in her fast-rising career by clinching partial playing rights on the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Tour with a tied 24th finish in the Qualifying Tournament in Florida.
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Simpson, a former football star, was acquitted of the murder charges after a high profile jury trial.
The US election campaign has provided plenty of ammunition for the CCP to make its case that its political system is superior.
The former Miss World has shaped the lives of many.
With Mira Nair's Namesake released across India on Friday, retailers are stocking up on Jhumpa Lahiri's Pultizer prize-winning novel of the same name
Advaita Kala shares some tips on how to get published.
The Special Task Force of Kolkata Police on Sunday arrested three persons from the southern part of the city for their alleged links to Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence.
A bench of justices Arun Mishra and Deepak Gupta sought a status report with pictures on plantation, transplantation and felling of trees in Aarey colony area of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation.
Images from Day 5 of the French Open, at Roland Garros, in Paris.
Author and tarot fortune teller Karmel Nair tells you what to expect in 2019.
Substitute Jesse Lingard struck twice in the second half as Manchester United fought back from 2-0 down to earn a 2-2 Premier League draw with Burnley at Old Trafford on Tuesday.
'The ladies, Maya Govind and Rani Malik, were criticised for writing sexist, crass or vulgar songs.'
Reader Aditya sent us pictures of Ganguly, Dravid, Sehwag and other cricketers from Australia.
Lara's wish for a genuine fast bowler was ignored by the West Indies' selectors.
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Images from Day 9 of the 2020 French Open at Roland Garros, in Paris, on Monday.
The Indan teenage ace beat eighth seed Hannah Collins of Great Britain in the ITF women's tennis event in Hampstead.
Bella Hadid stole the limelight at the after-party in a sheer slip dress, covering her modesty with just black tape.
The next landing opportunity for Discovery, which has seven astronauts onboard, is at 1742 IST at the Edwards Air Force Base, a NASA statement said
'So much resources go into guarding this territory. So much goes into policing the Line of Control. So many mouths can get fed, so many minds can be nourished, if India and Pakistan resolve the Kashmir issue through a Kashmiri-owned, Kashmiri-led peace process'
Because he has served two-thirds of his five-year sentence, Reyat was automatically due for parole in June.
Five members of the Lutchman family have been jailed for assaulting and robbing their neighbour five years ago.
New York-based photographer Mark Bennington recently released his collection of beautiful photographs depicting the typical Bollywood life in a coffee table book called Living the Dream: The Life of the 'Bollywood' Actor.
'In a part of the world where the government tells people what not to eat and what slogans to shout and not shout, it is beneficial to develop a mentality that is science minded and therefore open-minded.' 'That is possibly why the space programme has always had support from all sides of the political divide,' says Aakar Patel.
The US sprinters finished together in 10.30 seconds yesterday, edging world champion Kim Collins of St Kitts and Nevis by .03 seconds.
His views are expressed in the soon-to-be published "Advantage India: From Challenge to Opportunity", one of the last books written by Kalam
Satyam Venture Engineering Services Pvt Ltd, the engineering services group of Satyam Computer Services Ltd, has set up a dedicated India design centre for the United States-based automotive tier-I supplier Collins & Alkman.
"The world record is very possible this year. I just have to execute it," the Olympic 100 metres champion said.
The strongest emotion he had felt in the company of his father Vijay, also a cricketer who played for nearly a decade for India, was fear, said ex-Test player Sanjay Manjrekar at the launch of his autobiography 'Imperfect' in Mumbai on Wednesday.
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