This Is India's Oldest Surviving Tiranga

The first national flag in Independent India was hoisted at Fort St George in Madras, not at Delhi's Red Fort. IMAGE: The oldest surviving national flag in the Fort St George Museum in Chennai.......

The Rise And Fall Of Jagdeep Dhankhar

The RSS which catapulted Jagdeep Dhankar to national prominence after 21 years of hibernation could not come to his rescue when BJP higher ups decided to seek his resignation, points out Prakash......

'Land Dispute May Be Behind Khemka's Killing'

The murders of Gopal Khemka and his son Gunjan, seven years apart, bear a striking resemblance, reports M I Khan. IMAGE: Police teams examine the crime scene where Gopal Khemka was shot dead, July......

India's First Emperor

Chandragupta Maurya was the first king to establish an empire in India.He died a monk. IMAGE: The Chandragupta Maurya stamp issued in 2001. Photograph: Kind courtesy Wikimedia Commons Chandragupta......

Champions of investor trust: 10 stocks with institutional seal of approval

Equity investments by foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) and domestic institutional investors (DIIs) in the Indian market have shown a mixed trend over the past six months. Illustration: Uttam......

The great Indian debate: Do mobile towers really cause cancer?

Mobile tower radiation reaching us is more than a thousand times weaker than that from the handsets we use and the Indian standards are 10 times more stringent than the global norms recommended by......

Why EV makers are flocking to Tamil Nadu

At Prestige Polygon Towers in Chennai’s Teynampet, hectic preparations are on for a mega global investors’ meet under the aegis of Guidance Tamil Nadu (the state investment promotion......

Air India launches first direct flight to Silicon Valley

Air India has started three flights per week – on Sundays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Air India's first non-stop flight from New Delhi to San Francisco has landed in San Francisco amid rousing......

Bollywood's FIRE POWER

Bollywood loves to play with fire. In Amazon Prime Video's upcoming original movie, Agni, directed by Rahul Dholakia, a firefighter investigates the rising frequency of mysterious fires in the......

'Today's heroes do anything they want'

'Earlier, it was four songs and four fights, and some story. That was enough.''Maybe we are in a box then and the audiences were not prepared for anything new.''Now we have got bigger scope.'......

How the Howrah Bridge played out in Bollywood

'To this day, not a year passes when Bollywood does not head to Kolkata to train its cameras on the magnificence of the bridge and the flow of life that pulses along the river across which it......

When Hrithik, Dharmendra ROBBED Diamonds!

Bollywood's grand diamond heists! Everyone knows they enjoy a great following among the ladies but diamonds are a thief’s best friends too. At least, our Hindi films can vouch for that. Quite......

Onus on Rohit-Virat to score big against Pakistan

IMAGE: Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma need to give India a blazing start. Photograph: BCCI/X Ahead of the much-awaited clash between India and Pakistan in T20 World Cup, batter Suryakumar Yadav's......

'There will never be another Bishan Bedi'

'He was a cricketer who come once in a lifetime...' Cricket legend Bishan Singh Bedi passed away into the ages on October 23, 2023.Regarded as one of the greatest spinners to have played the game,......

Kolkata knock Bangalore out, qualify for play-offs

Robin Uthappa and Sunil Narine played lead roles as Kolkata Knight Riders booked a berth in the play-offs of the Indian Premier League after beating Royal Challengers Bangalore by 30 runs at the......

IPL 9: 5 memorable moments from Week 4

Featuring Yusuf Pathan, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, Marcus Stoinis, Ashish Nehra. The Indian Premier League has entered an interesting phase. All the eight IPL teams are fighting it out to stay in......

Ranji round-up: Bowlers give Mumbai slender first innings lead over UP

A round-up of Ranji Trophy matches played across India on Monday IMAGE: Maharashtra batsman Ankit Bawne celebrates his century against Vidarbha during their Ranji Trophy match at Eden Gardens in......