MP mandates Bhagavad Gita sessions for trainee cops

After Ramcharitmanas, the Madhya Pradesh Police training wing on Friday directed all its centres to hold Bhagavad Gita recital sessions for their recruits, as this will help them lead a "righteous"......

MP principal shifted for forcing students to chant 'Allahu Akbar'

The in-charge principal of a government school in Madhya Pradesh's Seoni district was shunted out for allegedly pressuring students to raise the Islamic slogan 'Allahu Akbar' at a 'Gita Jayanti'......

Bengal on edge after rebel TMC MLA's Babri plan, NH-34 warnings

A fresh political firestorm gripped West Bengal on Tuesday as estranged TMC MLA Humayun Kabir doubled down on building a mosque modelled on the Babri Masjid in Murshidabad district and warned that......

Suspended TMC MLA lays 'Babri-style' mosque foundation in WB

Suspended Trinamool Congress MLA Humayun Kabir on Saturday laid the foundation stone for a mosque modelled on Ayodhya's Babri Masjid at Rejinagar in West Bengal's Murshidabad district amid......

Adani's younger son Jeet to wed on Feb 7; no celebrities invited

Billionaire Gautam Adani's younger son Jeet will wed next month in a simple and traditional ceremony, without any pomp and show and celebrity stars. Photograph: Courtesy, Adani Group via Meta......

Manmohan Singh's reforms transformed India, unshackled economy: Economists

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's 1991 Budget unshackled India's economy, significantly enhancing the economic prospects for hundreds of millions of Indians, first deputy managing director of......

Bibek Debroy: A Guru I Could Look To

Bibek Debroy was one of the very few economists not bound by any single area of expertise and was simultaneously curious about economics and politics, myths and maths, chess and chemistry, and what......

Gita Gopinath to quit as IMF chief economist, return to Harvard

IMF's Chief Economist Gita Gopinath will leave her job in January next year and return to the prestigious Harvard University, according to the global financial institution. Photograph: Charles......

He Played Cupid Between Akshay-Twinkle

Akshay Kumar and Saif Ali Khan are an absolute riot in the third episode of Too Much With Kajol and Twinkle as they recall some of the craziest incidents from the 1990s, both personally and......

Heiress of Clam, Aishwarya

Photograph: Kind courtesy Gaurav Gupta/Instagram Aishwarya Rai Bachchan picked a Gaurav Gupta gown for her second appearance at Cannes for the screening of the film La Venue De L'Avenir (Colors of......

'I Had Just Given My 10th Std. Exam'

'I was super shy and awkward and had no idea what huge stars I was working with.' IMAGE: A throwback picture of Poonam Dhillon. Photograph: Kind courtesy Poonam Dhillon/Instagram As Yash Chopra's......

Baby John Review: Stale Vibes

The temptation for larger-than-life superstardom is understandable but Varun Dhawan is still too much of a Baby to be a John, notes Sukanya Verma. You know a movie is on shaky grounds when you......

Cricket Meets Spirituality! Iyer Teams Up With Gita App

IMAGE: The platform has a video-based book, mobile app, and an AI companion 'My Krishna'. Describing Bhagavad Gita as "a companion" that helps one "reflect and stay balanced", Indian cricketer......

Puja Pujara's Candid Memoir Adorns Lord's Library

IMAGE: The Diary of a Cricketer's Wife captures Cheteshwar Pujara's journey from the streets of Rajkot to international cricket. Photograph: Kind Courtesy Home of Cricket/Instagram The Diary of a......

'India, Poland connected by kabaddi': PM Modi

'India, Poland connected by kabaddi': PM Modi IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets Michal Spiczko, president of the Kabaddi Federation of Poland, and Anna Kalbarczyk, Board Member, Kabaddi......

Chappell likens Kohli knock vs Pak to Bhagvad Gita

'Kohli is the most complete Indian batsman of my time. Only the greatest of champions has the courage and the intelligence to transport their imagination beyond the mortal plane. Kohli has that.......

Olympics: Shooter Manu Bhaker creates history with bronze

Manu Bhaker becomes first Indian woman shooter to win Olympic medal after 10m Air Pistol bronze IMAGE: India's Manu Bhaker celebrates her bronze medal win in the women's 10m Air Pistol event with......