Security stepped up in UP districts bordering Nepal after protests

Security has been stepped up in several districts of Uttar Pradesh that share their borders with Nepal following violent youth-led protests in the Himalayan nation over the ban on social media......

PhD scholar is 4th suicide in IIT-Kanpur in a year

A 28-year-old PhD student at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur ended her life by hanging herself from the ceiling hook in Kanpur  on Thursday, the fourth such case in the last one......

Rajasthan: 4 of 7 MPs BJP fielded win

Four of seven Bharatiya Janata Party MPs who fought the Rajasthan assembly elections won their respective seats while three others lost the polls. IMAGE: BJP Jhotwara candidate Rajyavardhan Singh......

Bijapur: Two CRPF jawans injured in Naxal blast

A day after polling in Chattisgarh's Bastar Lok Sabha seat, two security personnel were on Friday injured in a pressure bomb blast carried out by Naxals in the insurgency-hit Bijapur district of......

The Incomparable Waheeda Rehman

Dinesh Raheja doffs his hat to the movie legend, who will be honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award this year. IMAGE: Waheeda Rehman in Guide. Rati Agnihotri confides breathlessly, "I was......

Amazon Unveils Slate Of Films, Series

Amazon Prime Video has announced 41 titles in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and English, thereby throwing a challenge to its streaming competitors. Amazon's attractive line-up for the next two years......

PIX: Deepika, Katrina party with Shah Rukh

Just a day before Shabana Azmi met with a road accident on January 18, she was celebrating husband Javed Akhtar's 75th birthday bash with the rest of Bollywood. And it was a full house, as......

What Rishi Kapoor was like on his last film

His sister has passed away.'We were planning to reschedule the shoot according to his convenience, but he said, "No. The one thing I have learnt from my father is the show must go on".' Rishi......

Neeraj to skip Asian Athletics C'ships, sprinter Kujur in squad

IMAGE: Double Olympic medallist Neeraj Chopra will miss the event as he will be hosting eponymous event in Bengaluru on May 24, while focussing on training for Diamond League. Photograph: Kai......

Sports Shorts: Meena Kumari wins gold at World Cup

IMAGE: India's Meena Kumari Maisnam (left) won gold in the 54kg category at the Cologne World Cup. Photograph: Sports India/Twitter Meena Kumari Maisnam continued her fine run to win gold medal in......

Sports Shorts: Paes-Raja lose in Round 1 at Delray Beach

A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday. IMAGE: The unseeded Indian pair of Leander Paes, left, and Purav Raja were no match for Americans Jack Sock and Jackson Withrow.......