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From Selling Guavas To Council Hall

'A poor candidate was given a chance so that the concerns of ordinary, needy citizens could be represented.' IMAGE: Lonavala Councillor Bhagyashree Jagtap with her husband Mahadev at her fruit......

Zohran Mamdani Makes History On New Year's Day

Zohran Mamdani made history on January 1, 2026 as he was sworn in as New York City's mayor at the iconic Old City Hall subway station. The ceremony was attended by his wife Rama Duwaji and his......

MCD clears 36,000 sq ft land in midnight op at Turkman Gate

More than 50 Delhi Municipal Corporation officials, accompanied by hundreds of police personnel, deployed 32 earth-moving machines and four hydraulic excavators to carry out a demolition drive on......

Mamdani takes oath as NYC Mayor at a subway station

Zohran Mamdani was formally sworn in as New York City's 112th Mayor in a private ceremony held just moments into the New Year in an old subway station in New York. IMAGE: Zohran Mamdani sworn in......

Turkman Gate violence: Whatsapp groups, 10 influencers under scanner

The Delhi Police on Thursday made six more arrests in connection with central Delhi's Turkman Gate violence and identified at least 10 social media influencers for spreading false claims about the......

Automobile retail sales up 7.71% at 2,81,61,228 units in 2025: FADA

Retail sales of vehicles across categories in India in 2025 grew by 7.71 per cent at 2,81,61,228 units as compared to 2,61,45,445 in 2024, with GST 2.0 helping overcome a subdued start to the year,......

Eight more cos to get incentives under auto PLI

Three additional vehicle makers and five more auto component makers will begin availing financial incentives under the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for the automobile sector from......

Corporate Ministry Seeks Cabinet OK For 50 NCLT Courts

Kindly note that this image has been posted for representational purposes only. Photograph: ANI Photo The corporate affairs ministry has sought the Cabinet's approval for a proposal to have 50......

How Deepinder Goyal Rewired Zomato

Zomato was not just recovering, it was rebuilding and reinventing, showing signs of maturing as a business. Chaos had been turned into momentum. A fascinating excerpt from Megha Vishwanath's book,......

WazirX Reboots Operations After Mega Hack

'We've not seen a crypto exchange come back after about 45 per cent of the value on the platform was impacted.' IMAGE: Nischal Shetty, Founder and CEO, WazirX. Photograph: Kind courtesy WazirX.com......

The Salman@60 Quiz

Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about Salman Khan. Salman Khan's superstardom is built on packed movie halls whistling to his swaggering style and maverick charisma.......

Critics Choice Awards: The BIG Winners

The Critics Choice Awards was held at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica and saw Hollywood's A-listers get honoured at the first awards ceremony of the year. Michael B Jordan's Sinners led the......

'Sreenivasan Was A Genius Of Cinema'

'There will be no Malayali who does not recall, at least once a day, what Sreenivasan wrote, spoke or showed on screen.' IMAGE: Sreenivasan, actor extraordinaire. Sreenivasan, one of the most......

2025's Top 10 OTT Shows

In 2025, OTT series were entertaining enough, even though most were in the crime genre. The ones that crossed two seasons, like The Family Man, Panchayat, Delhi Crime, Maharani and Special Ops have......

Diane Keaton Had My Heart

This weekend, we lost Diane Keaton, that piece of American heart, Hollywood's darling hummingbird.Thank God she is still alive in her films.Aseem Chhabra on the Hollywood star he was in love with.......

Federer gets International Tennis Hall of Fame roll call

IMAGE: Roger Federer spent 310 weeks atop the ATP rankings and was the first to win 20 Grand Slams. Photograph: Jed Leicester/Pool via Reuters Roger Federer will be inducted into the......

BAI dismisses Blichfeldt's concerns over India Open venue

'I heard the voice recording, also read the statement, both are contradictory. In voice recording, she appreciated, but what I read was all negative.' IMAGE: Badminton Association of India......

'Really unhealthy': Players blast conditions at India Open

‘I think it's still very dirty and really unhealthy conditions for all the players’ IMAGE: Mia Blichfeldt said she had hoped the change of venue would lead to tangible improvements, but found......

Delayed Bouts, Missing Rings: Chaos Reigns at Boxing Nationals

'The vendor had not been paid. Work only began after the payment finally went through. There were no sponsors for the tournament either.' IMAGE: The first of the 80 bouts on Day 1 of the Boxing......

Srikanth shares own experiences to defend India Open venue

'In Singapore, there is a lot of drift. In Malaysia, probably a little less. Earlier in Indonesia, it used to be very compact and fast before renovation.' IMAGE: According to Kidakbi Srikanth,......