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Ted Kennedy, the Liberal Lion, passes away

United States Senator Ted Kennedy has died after being diagnosed with a malignant brain tumour last year. The "liberal lion of the state" was 77. In a statement, the Kennedy family said, "We've......

Lessons India Taught China In 1962 War

The well-fought defensive battles in Aksai Chin and eastern Arunachal, in remote and forbidding locations such as Galwan, Rezang La, Gurung Hill and Walong, effectively halted Chinese advances not......

Bihar polls: Congress faces backlash as ticket distribution sparks protests

Several leaders of the Congress, including its state president, got tickets for the assembly polls in Bihar on Wednesday, when the leadership also contended with backlash from disgruntled elements......

Revealed! What Led To The 1962 War?

As India and China continue to face off across the Himalayas six decades later, the echoes of that earlier conflict remain unmistakable. The core of China's sensitivity lies not in maps or mountain......

Nitish digresses from practice, gives tickets amid rift buzz

Amid intense speculation that the National Democratic Alliance seat-sharing deal has left him infuriated, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday gave away Janata Dal-United tickets,......

NBFCs Are No Longer Shadow Banks

New norms are in place to strengthen regulations for this set of lenders which has been playing a critical role in Asia's third largest economy, notes Tamal Bandyopadhyay. Illustration: Dominic......

Make in India, Swachch Bharat are fine; India now needs reforms

Make in India and Swachh Bharat have made their big bang debuts, but a lot more is expected from Modi. Image:India's prime minister Narendra Modi in front of Mahatma Gandhi's statue in......

Buddhadeb Dasgupta passes away

Photograph: Kind courtesy Deepti Nabal/Instagram Eminent film director Buddhadeb Dasgupta, who had been battling kidney ailments for quite some time, died at his residence in Kolkata early on......

Review: Aiyaary is deceived by its own cleverness

Neeraj Pandey's Aiyaary is the sort of spy fantasy story that drunks narrate in bars, says Sreehari Nair. Often in movies where he's anointed by the devil, Kumud Mishra plays a terrible Advance......

Mirzapur 2 is all surface pleasures...

... And sometimes, that's enough, says Sreehari Nair. IMAGE: Divyenndu Sharma in Mirzapur 2. I think you can enjoy the second season of Mirzapur if you tuck away the central plot somewhere in the......

'I never like watching my films'

'I don't look forward to seeing my films because this only sort of gives me a deep sense of dissatisfaction that I could have done better, and I lose my self-confidence.' IMAGE: Satyajit Ray in......

How about Alia and Bhumi together in a movie?

Savouring Spielberg's fierce, fine, movie; salivating over MAMI 2017's line-up; gobbling a Shrek cake; visualising a desi Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants with Alia, Bhumi and more in Sukanya......

North Korean orchestra serenades South Koreans amid protest

IMAGE: The North Korea's Samjiyon Orchestra performs in Gangneung, South Korea, on Thursday. Photograph: Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters A 137-strong North Korean orchestra kicked off its first performance......