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Shanmugaratnam elected Singapore president in first contested polls in 12 years

Tharman Shanmugaratnam, an Indian-origin Singapore-born economist, registered a landslide victory in Singapore's presidential election on Friday, winning over 70 per cent of votes in the country's......

MP: Minor boy receives COVID-19 shot, falls sick

A 16-year-old boy fell ill after he was allegedly administered a COVID-19 vaccine in Bagh Ka Pura locality in Ambah tehsil of Morena district in Madhya Pradesh, prompting authorities to order a......

10 amazing photos you missed this week

A West Indian Day celebration, Hurricane Dorian destruction, and the immersion of Lord Ganesha in Chennai round out this week's best images. A person wears a large costume during the annual West......

NIA to quiz associate of slain RSS leader

The National Investigation Agency has summoned Shivam Dhakad, an associate of murdered former Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sanch pracharak Sunil Joshi, to New Delhi for questioning. A team of the NIA is......

Indo-Pak dialogue should resume: EU

India and Pakistan should resume dialogue irrespective of whether Islamabad takes "sufficient" action against the perpetrators of the 2008 Mumbai attacks, a senior European Union official said on......

Kingfisher starts Mumbai-Hong Kong flights

Kingfisher Airlines flagged off services between Hong Kong and Mumbai with its inaugural flight taking off from Hong Kong's Chek Lap Kok Airport on Wednesday. Addressing media persons who had......

Ascendas India plans to spread wings to Kolkata, P

Ascendas India Pvt Ltd, Asia's leading total business space solution provider, plans to expand its presence in India by setting up information technology parks in Kolkata and Pune.Addressing media......

Don't Waste Your Onam On King Of Kotha

Dulquer may be good looking, but how long can you watch him with a cigarette in his mouth, giving that deadpan expression, wonders Divya Nair. Blame it on the unusual success of KGF, but there is......

'Amit was going through hell'

'ABCL was almost bankrupt, Amit's house was mortgaged...' IMAGE: Amitabh Bachchan in Tinnu Anand's Kaalia. One of Amitabh Bachchan's oldest friends, actor-director Tinnu Anand has seen a side to......

The bitter irony of Raj Kapoor's Awara

In this special series, we re-visit great Hindi film classics. Today, we look back at Raj Kapoor and Nargis Dutt's 1950 film Awara. Often one hears this line or its ilk -- Koi bhi insaan apni......

Lakshya waltzes into second round in Japan

IMAGE: Lakshya Sen had an easy outing against Japan's Koki Watanabe. Photograph: Hamad I Mohammed/Reuters India's Lakshya Sen stormed into the second round of the men's singles event at the......

The pose that overshadowed Pakistan's victory

IMAGE: Muhammad Shahzad trolled after win. Photograph: Muhammad Shahzad/X Fourteen years after their last title, Pakistan’s golden era at the Hong Kong Sixes roared back to life. A commanding......

India crush Macau, storm into quarterfinals

India made a sizzling start to their campaign, delivering a 5-0 thrashing to Macau in their opening group D tie of the Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championship in Qingdao, China, on Wednesday.......

Asia Team C'ship: India through despite Korea loss!

Indian shuttlers went down to South Korea 2-3 in a Group D tie of the Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championship, but they had already made it to the quarterfinal after finishing second in the pool......

Srikanth advances in Thailand

IMAGE: Kidambi Srinath. Photograph: Olympic Khel/X Former World No.1 Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth entered the second round of the Thailand Masters BWF Super 300 event with a straight-game......