Phase 1 sees nearly 63% polling amid stray incidents of violence

A voter turnout of nearly 63 percent was recorded in the first phase of Lok Sabha elections covering 102 seats across 21 states and Union Territories amid sporadic incidents of violence at some......

'Rajputs Will Abandon The BJP'

'We want to send a notice to the BJP that Rajputs are no longer their slaves.' IMAGE: Parshottam Rupala, second from left, during the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation's golden jubilee......

8 Bihar residents among 10 killed as SUV falls into gorge in J-K

Ten people, including eight from Bihar, were killed after an SUV skidded off the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway and fell into a gorge in Ramban district on Friday, officials said. Image used for......

Mukhtar Ansari subjected to slow poisoning, alleges son; authorities deny

Mukhtar Ansari was subjected to slow poisoning in jail, Umar Ansari, the son of the gangster-turned-politician who died of cardiac arrest at a hospital in Uttar Pradesh's Banda, alleged early......

Kaalkoot Review: Vijay Varma Gets Another Thumbs Up

With a solid Vijay Varma at its centre, Kaalkoot is a riveting watch, notes Mayur Sanap. Police procedurals are the flavour of the season in the Hindi streaming space. Set in the hinterlands, the......

Kathal Review: Half-Cooked Satire

Kathal has a fairly kooky premise, one that would fill up a half an hour sitcom in a bundle of studio laughs. But when stretched into a feature film, its whimsy slumps into awkward energy, observes......

Meet India's Paris Olympics-bound relay teams

Redemption, fulfilment of a father's dream, a big step in a nascent career and justification of choices made early in life -- Olympic qualification meant different things to the different members......

Police bust massive IPL betting operation in Indore

Photograph: Kind courtesy IPL/X The Indore police claimed to have busted a racket involving betting of crores of rupees on the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket matches and arrested......