Delhi set to get a woman mayor on Tuesday after 10-year gap

Delhi is set to get a woman mayor on Tuesday and she will step into the footsteps of freedom fighter Aruna Asaf Ali who was chosen to the top post in 1958 when the Municipal Corporation of Delhi......

SC appoints panel in raped nurse's euthanasia plea

Faced with the vexed question of permitting euthanasia or mercy killing of a rape victim virtually brain dead for the past 36 years, the Supreme Court on Monday sought the attorney general's......

National Police Academy set to have first woman boss

National Police Academy, the Hyderabad-based alma mater for Indian Police Services officers in the country, could soon get a woman chief for the first time in its history. Aruna Bahuguna, a......

There's no such report on oxygen shortage: Sisodia on BJP claims

Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Friday claimed there is no report approved by the Supreme Court-appointed Oxygen Audit Committee about Delhi exaggerating its oxygen requirement by four......

25 Years Ago in Bollywood...

1996, recapped. 25 years ago, Madras became Chennai, Dolly the sheep was successfully cloned, Doordarshan combatted aggressive satellite cable networking, Indian politicians engaged in a crazy game......

Bollywood's history of blackmail

Bollywood's tryst with blackmail... IMAGE: Irrfan Khan in Blackmail. In Blackmail, Irrfan Khan learns about his wife's infidelity and decides to profit from it by anonymously pressurising her......

India's Pranati Nayak wins bronze at FIG World Cup

IMAGE: Pranati is the third Indian gymnast to win an international medal on the vault, after Dipa Karmakar and Aruna Reddy. Photograph: Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images Indian gymnast Pranati Nayak......

Gymnast Pranati wins bronze at World Cup

'My eyes are now on winning medals at Asia Championships and World championships, that's the target for the year.' IMAGE: Pranati Nayak finished with a total score of 13.417 in the vault final to......

'Mary Kom has technique to win her medals'

Former world champion woman boxer Aruna Mishra said five-time world champion M C Mary Kom, who qualified for the London Olympics, has a fair chance of winning a medal for the country. Mishra, who......

Marriage is no stumbling block: Mary Kom

Marriage is not a hindrance to achieve success at any level of competition provided one has a supportive family, feel pugilists of international repute. "If you have a will power and a supportive......

Women boxers bag five medals

The Indian women boxing team has bagged two silver and three bronze medals at the Ahmet Comert Cup Boxing Tournament held at Istanbul, Turkey from April 20-25.While Jyotsana (86 kg) and Pranamika......