Shah announces R-Day style parade in Guj on Oct 31. Here's why

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday announced that National Unity Day (Rashtriya Ekta Diwas) will be celebrated every year on October 31 with a grand parade at Ekta Nagar in Gujarat, the......

Kashi Dazzles With Over 2,600,000 Diyas

Once a quiet riverside ritual, Dev Deepawali has evolved into UP's largest soft-power spectacle -- merging faith, art, enterprise into a global cultural brand that reflects state's growing......

What Was Bill Gates Doing At India's Seattle Consulate?

IMAGE: Bill Gates addresses the Gandhi Jayanti celebrations in Seattle. All photographs: Kind courtesy Indian Consulate General in Seattle   Mahatma Gandhi's ideals of equality and dignity for......

Classical singer Pandit Chhannulal Mishra dies at 89

Renowned classical vocalist and Padma Vibhushan Pandit Chhannulal Mishra died early Thursday. He was 89. IMAGE: Born in Azamgarh in 1936, Pandit Chhannulal Mishra grew up to be a doyen of......

Siemens Energy India net profit rises 31% to Rs 360 cr in Q2

Siemens Energy India on Tuesday posted an over 31 per cent year-on-year increase in its net profit to Rs 360 crore during July-September quarter, mainly on the back of higher revenues. Photograph:......

Great brands are performance art

Marketers must create a dynamic (and hopefully interesting, fun, and meaningful) forum in which brands and people interact directly -- not just experientially, but in the form of mutual dialogue,......

Luxury Cars, Bikes Rev Up For Festival Season

Luxury carmakers are shifting into high gear with a mix of product launches, personalised experiences and lifestyle-led engagement. Kindly note the image have only been published for......

Amazon, Flipkart deploy war rooms for Rs 1.2 trillion festival battle

At the stroke of midnight, live dashboards lit up simultaneously across Amazon India's World Trade Centre headquarters and Flipkart's Outer Ring Road office in Bengaluru. Photograph: Kind......

Kaantha Review: Dulquer Salman Is Riveting

Kaantha is a peculiar love letter to cinema that tries to integrate various genres and craft a riveting central dilemma with great eloquence and clarity, observes Arjun Menon. Films about films......

'National Awards Are Compromised'

'Files are getting awards', Prakash Raj said in an apparent reference to The Kashmir Files receiving national honours. IMAGE: Shamla Hamza in Feminichi Fathima. The Kerala government announced the......

10 Reasons Why This Is 2025's Most Unfairly Treated Film

As someone who could not predict a single beat in advance, who was exhilarated by its audacity to throw random elements together and take chances all over the place, Sreehari Nair thinks Odum......

''It's Very Explosive Material'

'You can't make art with a point of view of fear. You have to present the truth.''That's why such films are not being made these days.''You never put the truth in the script because you fear you......

Iran takes a U-turn, drops plan to boycott 2026 World Cup draw

IMAGE: The 2026 FIFA World Cup draw will be held at the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, on Friday, December 5. Photograph: Denis Balibouse/Reuters An Iranian......

Will Selectors Consider Rinku For Tests?

IMAGE: Rinku Singh bats en route his 9th first-class ton during Uttar Pradesh's Ranji Trophy game against Tamil Nadu, November 19, 2025. Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Reuters   Rinku Singh's......

'I'm the only one who bowls at 150kph'

'A bowler who bowls at 150 knows that he is a king and he has to back himself. Not everyone can bowl 150kph. It takes real guts to bowl at 150kph and I have been doing this for the last five......

Jemi And The Real Story Of Indian Sport

What we saw was not just a player finding form; it was a young woman reclaiming belief.Every shot, every sprint between the wickets, every moment of composure was rebellion.A fierce rebellion......

'Future India captain': Ganguly's big praise for Richa

We'll one day say 'Richa - India captain': wishes Ganguly as Bengal celebrates its only Cup winner IMAGE: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee felicitates Richa Ghosh, who is from West......