'I stayed like a common prisoner and did not ask for any privileges'

'The place I used to sleep in the jail had a big window high up on the opposite side, where at sunrise and sunset time a bird would drop in every day.''It could be an eagle or a peacock. And......

Will Iranian Women Bring Down The Ayatollahs?

Mahsa Amini's tragic custodial death in Tehran has triggered protests across Iran.Defiant, jean clad women minus their tunics and hijabs are marching in unison and shouting 'Down with the......

Celebs too have rights, says SC, rejects stampede complaint against SRK

Celebrities also have rights like common citizens and cannot be made "vicariously culpable", the Supreme Court observed on Monday while upholding the Gujarat high court decision quashing a criminal......

Working on assisting Ukraine-returned students, govt tells SC

The Centre on Friday told the Supreme Court that they are working on the suggestions given by the court to assist medical students who have returned to India from Ukraine in view of the war with......

Supertech's twin towers in Noida to be razed today, nearby bldgs evacuated

The evacuation of around 5,000 residents of the two housing societies near Supertech twin towers here is complete, officials said on Sunday as the stage is set to raze to the ground the nearly......

IRCTC moves to monetise passenger data

In a first of its kind move, the Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), the ticket booking arm of the Indian Railways, is looking to monetise its bank of passenger data while......

No Sparklers This Diwali?

The Supreme Court ban on barium may wipe out 50% revenues of the Rs 3,000 crore fireworks industry. IMAGE: Kindly note the image has been posted only for respresentational reasons.  ......

Ethical Code to keep doctor, drugmaker nexus at bay not mandatory yet

‘Gift-giving’ – from free dinners and drug samples to promotional merchandise – seems to be driving drugmakers’ marketing – a marketing prescription deeply......

Ex-SC judge handed charge to amend IOA constitution

  IMAGE: The top court also directed the IOA to deposit a sum of Rs 10 lakh with the Union Sports Ministry in this regard, towards providing logistical assistance to the former Supreme Court......

'BCCI should become player centric'

'There should be total transparency in the system.' IMAGE: The Indian cricketers celebrate an England wicket during the T20I series, July 9, 2022. Photograph: Stu Forster/Getty Images   Vinod......

'We paid the cricketers better salaries'

'All of us tend to believe that they are so well paid, why should we bother about their payments.''But who all are well paid? Only a handful, maybe 3-4 of them, who go in for endorsements and......

Khanna quits as IOA acting president, slams IOC

IMAGE: The International Olympic Committee said it will not recognise any "acting/interim president" after Narinder Batra's ouster as IOA chief and said it will deal with secretary general Rajeev......

Will appoint a neutral person to run IOA: SC

  IMAGE: The IOC had also earlier threatened to suspend the IOA if it failed to conduct its election at the earliest. The Supreme Court Monday said it will appoint a neutral person to run the......