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'As prime minister, I cannot let any Indian go without food'

As the nation mourns the loss of one of its most respected statesmen Manmohan Singh, his former food and agriculture secretary T Nanda Kumar on Friday shared his memories of working with the former......

6 killed as structure of dargah near Humayun's Tomb collapses

Six people, including three women, were killed and five others injured after the wall and the roof of two adjacent rooms of a dargah near the Humayun's Tomb in Delhi's Nizamuddin collapsed on......

CBI officers who probed coal, excise policy cases among 31 get Prez medals

Central Bureau of Investigation officers who probed big corruption cases like coal and Delhi excise policy scams and the Nirav Modi case were among 31 former and serving agency personnel who were......

Cops book 3 for 'bid to lure TRS MLAs', BJP rebuts

The Cyberabad Police have filed a first information report (FIR) against three persons who allegedly tried to coax four Telangana Rashtra Samiti legislators into defecting, even as Bharatiya Janata......

Delhi Metro cancels ad referring to breasts as oranges

Delhi Metro on Thursday said it has withdrawn a poster on breast cancer awareness that asked women 'to check your oranges' but the questions remained -- does the metaphor obscure the message, does......

ICAI, MCA secretary discuss road map to create big Indian companies

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has held discussions with ministry of corporate affairs (MCA) secretary Manoj Govil on the ‘Aggregation of CA Firms’ and the......

IIM-A director Ashish Nanda steps down citing personal reasons

An alumnus of IIM-A from the 1983 batch, Nanda was a Robert Braucher Professor of Practice at Harvard Law School and later a Harvard Business School faculty member, before he took charge on......

Asia may face food scarcity by 2050

It's official! As many as 209 districts across the country are witnessing drought or drought-like situation even as rainfall deficiency slightly improved to 27 per cent. Agriculture secretary T......

Monsoon: All's not lost yet

The government on Thursday tied its hopes to forecasts of good rainfall in July-August for maintaining last year's farm production level, while discounting fears of a drought. "We need to watch the......

Ikkis Screening: Sunny Deol Gets Tearful

Sunny Deol hosted a special screening for Ikkis, his father Dharmendra's last film on Monday, December 29, 2025. Though Sunny cheerfully posed for pictures, he got visibly emotional when he looked......

Amitabh, Akshay At Ikkis Screening

All Photographs: ANI Photo Ahead of its theatrical release, the makers of the Arun Khetarpal biopic Ikkis held a special screening for the cast and their family members in Mumbai. Visuals from the......

Ikkis Review: The Flip Side To Dhurandhar

Where Dhurandhar leaned into aggressive bloodlust through its acerbic storytelling, Ikkis moves in the opposite direction, asking us to see people beyond uniforms, slogans, or sides, observes Mayur......

Helen: The Lesser Known Actor

After spinning into the spotlight with the hit song-and-dance number Mera Naam Chin Chin Chu in Howrah Bridge (1958), Helen signed scores of films as a dancer.But Helen was raring to step out of......

Movies To Watch In Theatres In November

A look at the interesting movie releases lined up for November. VrusshabhaRelease date: November 6 Directed by Nanda Kishore, simultaneously filmed in Telugu and Malayalam and dubbed in Hindi......

Indian men shatter 15-year-old national relay record

IMAGE: Indian men's 4x100m relay team clocked 38.69 seconds to set a new national record during the Indian Open Relay Competition in Chandigarh on Wednesday. Photograph: Athletics Federation of......

Neeraj to skip Asian Athletics C'ships, sprinter Kujur in squad

IMAGE: Double Olympic medallist Neeraj Chopra will miss the event as he will be hosting eponymous event in Bengaluru on May 24, while focussing on training for Diamond League. Photograph: Kai......

Asian Athletics: Sachin, Parul bag silver; India sign off with 24 medals

IMAGE: Sachin Yadav produced a personal best performance of 85.16m to finish behind reigning Olympic champion Arshad Nadeem of Pakistan. Photograph: Sachin Yadav/Instagram A new national record, a......

Johnson gets 'confidence boost' ahead of Asian Games

IMAGE: Jinson Johnson, who will be defending his Asian Games gold in Hangzhou, recorded his season best time of 3 minutes 39.32 seconds to win the 1500m race at the newly constructed......

AFI adds 3 more athletes to Asian Games team

IMAGE: Priti Lamba was added to the squad for the upcoming Asian Games. Photograph: Kind courtesy Priti Lamba/Instagram Haryana's 3000m steeplechaser Priti Lamba was on Monday added to the......