Kota: From Coaching Hub To Suicide Cluster

25 student suicides in 2023 at India's coaching hub Kota have revealed the mindboggling stress children confront every day, reports Prakash Bhandari. IMAGE: Students at Bansal Classes in Kota. All......

Can India Raise Its Game, Quickly?

Even as India strives to climb the development mountain, the fact is that the mountaintop is already crowded.If it got there in 2047, India would be very much a late-comer, observes T N Ninan.......

NDA Turns 25, But Does This BJP Remember?

'It is not just about numbers. Sometimes coalitions and alliances have symbolic value.' IMAGE: November 2004: Then prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee with then deputy prime minister Lal......

What Tamil Nadu Does Today, India May Do Tomorrow

Tamil Nadu's latest budget offers path-breaking initiatives and a major boost for social infrastructure, which other state governments are sure to follow in the coming years, predicts N Sathiya......

Coming Soon! The Bullet Train!

With land acquisition completed and infrastructure work streamlined, India's bullet train dreams are slowly, but finally, inching closer to reality. IMAGE: A passenger train moves past the......

'Diageo India focuses on value rather than volume'

'Our approach has been to work with consumers and help them drink better, not more.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Diageo India Diageo, the UK-based alcoholic beverage company, that acquired......

Suicides Highlight HR Ailment At Public Sector Banks

It may sound bizarre, but incidents of public sector bankers dying by suicide could probably equal the number of such bankers quitting their jobs, reveals Tamal Bandyopadhyay. IMAGE: Kindly note......

Will 2 Public Sector Banks Be Privatised In 2022?

The government plans to bring down its stake to 26 per cent in these two banks, which are yet to be identified.This may not come in the way of getting investors for these banks, provided the......

Why Sonu Walia QUIT FILMS

'Everywhere, people would ask me why I had left films. They wanted to see more of me.''Their words were music to my ears.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Sonu Walia Nandini from Khoon Bhari Maang still......

How Shah Rukh got married to Gauri

Shah Rukh Khan is such a romantic on the big screen. But did you know how the superstar wooed Gauri before they got married? Interestingly, Shah Rukh and Gauri have different versions of that......

Om Puri: Rag-picker who became a legend

'I belonged to the working class, not the middle class.''I was a rag-picker. I used to pick up coal from the railway tracks.''I was rejected from the FTII, as I was very unkempt and skinny.''I did......

How Ajit became a suave villain

'My father became a very popular villain and in some films, was paid more than the hero.' 'He was a very simple person. All he needed was six pairs of white shirts and trousers for the whole year,......

Hammer thrower Rachna Kumari banned for 12 years

Photograph: Kind Courtesy SAI AFI Top Indian hammer thrower Rachna Kumari was on Tuesday banned for 12 years for failing multiple dope tests by the international federation's Athletics Integrity......

U-19 Final: India's young turks aim for World Cup glory

  IMAGE: India captain Uday Saharan's batting style resembles the 1980s and 90s' top-order accumulators. Photograph: ICC/X Few careers will get wings to soar while some will fade into oblivion......

2024 T20 WC chief promises fans a time to remember

  IMAGE: Since the public ballot was launched last week more than 1.2 million applications from 126 countries were received within the first 48 hours, Baksh said. Photograph: ICC/X The......

World Athletics PIX: Duplantis vaults to pole position; Kipyegon triumphs

Images from the World Athletics Championships in Budapest on Saturday. IMAGE: Sweden's Armand Duplantis in action during the men's pole vault final. Photograph: Dylan Martinez/Reuters Sweden's......

Triple jumper Chithravel 6th in Monaco Diamond meet

IMAGE: Competing after missing nearly a month due to injury, India's Praveen Chithravel failed to surpass the 17-metre mark for the first time in four outdoor meets this year. Photograph: Rahul......