A Busy Weekend For President Murmu

What some of our leaders were up to on the weekend.   IMAGE: President Droupadi Murmu with Prime Minister Narendra D Modi at Rashtrapati Bhavan, here and below. Photograph: PTI Photo  ......

Nagaland: CM Rio distributes portfolios, keeps finance with him

Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio on Thursday allocated portfolios to his two deputy CMs and nine ministers. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacts with 5th time elected Nagaland Chief......

Neiphiu Rio takes oath as Nagaland CM for 5th term

Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party leader Neiphiu Rio on Tuesday took oath as the chief minister of Nagaland for the fifth term. IMAGE: Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party leader......

NDPP-BJP alliance retains Nagaland with comfortable victory

The Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP)-Bharatiya Janata Party alliance won 37 seats in Nagaland Assembly election, retaining the power in the state with Neiphiu Rio set to assume......

Budget has good news for Chinese steel mills

Spiraling steel prices led the government to cut customs duty by 2.5-5.5 per cent on a range of products from semi-finished to flat and long products for the benefit of MSMEs, that have been at the......

B K Birla, a doyen of Indian industry is no more

B K Birla, grandfather of industrialist Kumarmangalam Birla, was the chairman of Century Textiles and Industries and had been active in business since the age of 15.He was instrumental in a slew of......

Mukesh Ambani & other India Inc biggies likely to attend Bengal biz summit

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has left no stone unturned this year after big industrialists, along with Union ministers, skipped attending the BGBS 2017. OPe@3#2!q5After last......

4 ways to address the net-neutrality issue

A DoT panel has backed net neutrality and made some recommendations to push the cause The government on Thursday came out in support of 'net neutrality', with an internal panel of the department......

Beyonce makes history at Grammys 2021

IMAGE: Beyoncé accepts the Best R&B Performance award for Black Parade. Photograph: Kevin Winter/Getty Images Women artistes were the big winners at the 63rd Grammy Awards. In fact,......

What inspired Rangoon?

Did the human drama provoked by the Japanese invasion of Burma and the Indian exodus from Rangoon inspire director Vishal Bhardwaj's forthcoming epic? IMAGE: Saif Ali Khan in Rangoon. The railway......

Review: Warcraft is a gigantic disappointment

This is mostly a bloated, highly undistinguished bit of mythmaking, stuffed to the gills with clichéd characters and motivations, says Raja Sen. War? Check. Craft? Check. We, however, expect......

Your favourite Mission Impossible movie? VOTE!

Take your pick!   Mission: Impossible: Rogue Nation, the fifth installment of age-defyingly good looking Tom Cruise's spy thriller series releases in Indian theatres August 7.Known for......

CPL tweak its schedule to avoid clash with IPL

Photograph: Kind courtesy BCCI/IPL President of Cricket West Indies, Ricky Skerritt, has confirmed that CWI, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), and the Caribbean Premier League......

World No.1 Johnson crashes out; McIlroy bounces back

IMAGE: Dustin Johnson tees off on number 12 during the second round of the WGC - Dell Technologies Match Play golf tournament. Photograph: Erich Schlegel-USA TODAY Sports/Reuters Defending......

Golf: Randhawa shares lead in Manila, Lahiri in top-10 in Mexico

IMAGE: Jyoti Randhawa reacts after sinking a birdie. Photograph: Stanley Chou/Getty Images Jyoti Randhawa turned the clock back with a flawless 67, giving him a share of the lead after three......

Lahiri moves into top-10 in Mexico

IMAGE: Anirban Lahiri in action at the OHL Classic. Photograph: Rob Carr/Getty Images India's Anirban Lahiri gave himself a good shot at another top-10 finish with a steady two-under 69 at the OHL......

Lahiri's birdie-spree takes him to second place at Indiana

IMAGE: Anirban Lahiri of India reads a putt on the eighth green during the second round of the Web.com Tour Hotel Fitness Championship at Sycamore Hills Golf Club in Ft. Wyane, Indiana on Friday.......