Thunderstorm uproots 290 trees in capital, Lutyens' Delhi alone loses 77

Delhi lost over 290 trees, some of them decades old, during Monday's fierce thunderstorm, prompting the civic agencies to launch special drives to remove debris from city roads, even as Lieutenant......

Days after fund choke, it is business as usual at Mother House

"The doors of the Mother House are open to all," said a nun nonchalantly as she went about doing her work. IMAGE: Nuns offer prayers on the occasion of 110th birth anniversary of Mother Teresa, at......

Secrets will go to grave with me: Ahmed Patel on memoir

"Secrets will travel with me to my grave". That was Congress leader Ahmed Patel's matter-of-fact response a few months ago when asked if he would pen his memoirs to share his experiences as the......

Abhijit's Nobel and the challenges ahead

'The fruition of Nobel's hope lies in the response of a caring government that can rise above politics and propaganda, not in the frenetic raptures of a public that worships fame for fame's sake,'......

Calling all graduates

A Business Standard undercover team finds out how the business process outsourcing industry goes about hiring in the hundreds.India was once famous for being the land of unemployed graduates.You......

'I said I'll do Baghban if I got maximum scenes with Amitabh Bachchan'

'I got an offer to do a cameo in Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahin.''I did it just to get out of my house, and so that my parents would not see me so depressed.' IMAGE: Samir Soni. Making a career in......

Rendezvous with Chiranjeevi

My first (andonly) encounter with Chiranjeevi was just a few months after the megastar completed his silver jubilee in films. So it was a rather opportune moment to interact with him. I was quite......

With Test ending early, Eden invitee Lara takes Kolkata tour

West Indian batting legend Brian Lara, on Sunday, lamented that he never played a Test match at the historic Eden Gardens and suggested that Cricket Association of Bengal officials organise a......

Overpriced tickets cloud Messi's Dhaka visit

After enthralling the city's soccer fans for five days, the Lionel Messi-led Argentine team on Monday headed for Dhaka for a friendly match against Nigeria, winding up a historic trip to India......

Readers wishes to John Wright

Name:Debashis Mitra (HPCL) Message:All Indians will remember you. Happy Birthday. Name:vishal Message:Mr. Wright, thanx 4 setting Indian Cricket right. Happy Birthday. Name:Hari Message:Many Happy......