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Udhayanidhi draws flak for calling Sanskrit 'dead language'

Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin on Friday called Sanskrit 'a dead language', drawing a sharp response from the Bharatiya Janata Party, which said leaders must be more......

Why Educated Muslim Youth Join Terror Modules

Radical Islamist networks are deliberately targeting Muslim youths embedded within the country's professional and academic ecosystems, leveraging their skills, mobility, and digital reach to......

IndiGo chaos: Passengers left in tears as flight cancellations pile up

Long queues, passengers in tears, and repeated flight cancellations created a morning of severe disruption at Ahmedabad's Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport on Saturday, as IndiGo......

Zubeen Garg's manager, festival organiser booked for murder

The Assam police invoked murder charge against Zubeen Garg's manager Siddharth Sharma and festival organiser Shyamkanu Mahanta in connection with the death of the singer in Singapore last month, a......

Why We Must Worry About India's Human Rights Record

In May, 40 Rohingyas were blindfolded and flown to the Andaman and Nicobar islands and then thrown into the sea and made to swim to an island in Myanmar.And after the Pahalgam attack, at least 300......

Reliance to invest Rs 75,000 cr in North-Eastern states: Mukesh Ambani

Oil-to-telecom conglomerate Reliance Industries Ltd will invest Rs 75,000 crore in North Eastern states in setting up 350 biogas plants, expanding its telecom services, retail footprint, and clean......

Falling poverty claims in SBI report spark concerns about methodology

'Before jumping to a conclusion that India has been able to end poverty, we should interrogate the labour markets.' IMAGE: A scavenger, surrounded by a flock of Greater Adjutant birds, collects......

Tata's Rs 27K-cr Assam chip plant to start in 2025; create 27K jobs initially

Tata Electronics on Saturday began the construction of its Rs 27,000-crore chip assembly plant in Assam, which is expected to become operational next year and create 27,000 jobs initially.......

Govt spending Rs 14,500 crore on airports before 'privatising' them

With six airports handed over to the Adani group for 50 years, the government is now all set to hand over another 25 airports to private players in a bid to ‘monetise’ them. Official......

Private airline for North-east soon

The North-East is finally set to have its own exclusive private airline with daily flights to Guwahati, Agartala, Lilabari, Dibrugarh, Dimapur, Aizawl and Silchar among others. Guwahati-based Surya......

'I've Never Written With The Market In Mind'

'When I am working on a series, be it Paatal Lok on Amazon Prime or Kohrra on Netflix, I never take it for granted that we will be back with another season.''It's only at the end of the season that......

2024 Belongs To Payal Kapadia!

All We Imagine as Light has been on several critics' best of the year lists, including Sight and Sound (Payal Kapadia appeared on the magazine's cover, perhaps a first for an Indian filmmaker), to......

Why Movies Get Into Trouble...

They try to hide behind the smokescreen that these are works of fiction inspired by real events. So, you can pick and choose from facts and fictionalise to push the right triggers with your......

The man who put Assamese cinema on the world map

He had a doctorate in physics and taught atAssam's Guwahati University for a number of years. But Dr was better known as an accomplished short story writer, novelist, filmmaker, playwright......

Rinku Singh's wedding with MP Priya Saroj postponed?

IMAGE: Rinku Singh and Priya Saroj during their engagement in Lucknow on June 8, 2025. Photograph: Rinku Singh/Instagram Cricketer Rinku Singh’s wedding with Samajwadi Party MP Priya Saroj,......

Adani, Goenka could lead the charge at IPL team bidding

IMAGE: There are 22 companies which have picked up tender document worth Rs 10 lakh but with base price for new teams pegged at Rs 2000 crore,......

In Olympic year, NADA warns athletes from straying

'We hope that the players will refrain from going against the interest of the game and their country. Wishing them a new year filled with success and great health' The National Anti-Doping Agency......

Ranji round-up: Ton-up Dubey steers MP to 218/2 vs Kerala

A round-up of all the Ranji Trophy matches played on Thursday. IMAGE: Delhi bowler Navdeep Saini celebrates along with teammates after taking a wicket on Day 1 of the Ranji Trophy cricket match......

Watch Out For These Ranji Stars!

IMAGE: Jharkhand's Kumar Kushagra celebrates his century on day one of the Ranji Trophy match against Nagaland at the Eden Gardens, in Kolkata, March 12, 2022. Photograph: ANI The Ranji Trophy --......