Meat-eating led to cloudbursts, landslides in Himachal: IIT-Mandi director

IIT Mandi director Laxmidhar Behera has stirred a controversy after he asked students to take a pledge not to eat meat while claiming that landslides and cloudbursts in Himachal Pradesh are......

'Omission Of Darwin's Theory of Evolution Is A Serious Error Of Judgment'

'We will bring up students with an imperfect understanding of their own history and a superficial understanding of science.''This is not what we should be doing to future generations.'......

LS polls: BJP appoints in-charges for 23 states, UTs

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday appointed election in-charges and co-in-charges for 23 states and Union territories in view of the Lok Sabha polls this year. Image only for representation.......

Premature to declare Covid third wave: Scientists

The rise in fresh Covid cases and the effective reproduction number -- indication of how fast an infection spreads -- in many states is worrying but don't panic. Instead, mask up and get......

Adani enters aircraft maintenance with Air Works buyout

The maintenance, repairs and overhault firm, which has six investors, received its first external funding from GTI Group and Punj Lloyd in 2007. All existing investors will exit the company......

Riding the wave: Seven leaders of change

Many of the industrialists profiled in the book are no longer riding the wave of success, says Surajeet Das Gupta.There is one problem with journalist Mini Menon's book ‘Riding the......

Gautam Menon on his latest film Kaakka Kaakka

Gautam Menon's debut film Minnalae, starring Madhavan and Reema Sen, was a big hit in Tamil Nadu. The film, and Harris Jayaraj's music, was a rage among college students. Menon remade the film in......

Like Gautam Menon's Neethaane En Ponvasantham trailer?

Finally, the trailer of Gautham Vasudev Menon's trilingual is out as a special treat on Valentine's Day. Neethaane En Ponvasantham has Jiiva and Samantha in the lead.  The......

Now, Hollywood will remake an Indian film!

Kaakha Kaakha, one of the most talked about and successful Tamil films in recent times, was Gautam Menon's second film. It was the first ever film made on an encounter specialist; much before the......

Review: Veppam could have been enjoyable

Pavithra Srinivasan feels Veppam starts off well butfizzles out after a point. Post YOUR reviews here!As expected from someone who worked first in ad films and later as associate director with......

Is Gambhir The Coach Team India Needs?

Like the billionaire investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, Gautam Gambhir, the tenacious former opener-turned-coach, also seems to be governed by instincts while picking unheralded players and turning them......

Rajeev Shukla back as IPL Governing Council chairman

Former Union minister and Congress leader Rajeev Shukla was re-appointed chairman of the powerful IPL Governing Council on Monday, ending a month-long suspense over the selection for the top post......