Normalcy tiptoes into Bangladesh, death toll climbs to 440

The death toll in the anti-government protests in Bangladesh on Tuesday climbed to 440, with 100 more deaths reported after Sheikh Hasina fled the country, according to local media, even as efforts......

Protests erupt in Assam as girl returning from tuition gang-raped

A 14-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped by three persons in Assam's Nagaon district, triggering massive protests by people on the streets. IMAGE: Students of Carmel High School in Patna stage......

US duo William Nordhaus and Paul Romer win Nobel Economics Prize

United States economists William Nordhaus and Paul Romer on Monday shared the 2018 Nobel Economics Prize for integrating innovation and climate with economic growth. Nordhaus, a professor at Yale......

Centuries-old evils will have to be tackled more sternly: PM

Attired in his trademark half sleeves kurta and sporting a Rajasthani turban, Prime Minister Narendra Modi devoted a bulk of his 90-minute address on the occasion of the 70th Independence Day to......

Allowing crypto may erode RBI's control over money supply: Subbarao

Former Reserve Bank of India Governor Duvvuri Subbarao has said the central bank could lose control over money supply and inflation management if cryptocurrency is allowed in the country. Speaking......

Experts caution on Facebook IPO frenzy

As the shares of social networking giant Facebook begin trading on the NASDAQ exchange today, experts believe that the stock is overpriced at $38 apiece and one must wait for now to invest in the......

Turban, beard make me stand out in a room: Mastercard CEO

India-born Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga has said that his turban and beard make him stand out in a crowd and has undergone random searches at US airports even though he runs a global company,......

Were international gold prices manipulated?

A new study suggests international gold prices might have been manipulated for the past decade. This has led to calls for changes in the way metal prices are benchmarked. The benchmark is set by......

'Heroines flocked to him, but...'

'... their love was jinxed.''His celluloid path to his partner's heart was seldom smooth; it had to contend with greedy relatives and indecisive sweethearts, who were more ready to sacrifice than......

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......

18 years of struggle. Now he has charmed India

'I would count my rotis and eat.''I broke my sister and brother's insurance policies.''Whatever savings I had got over.''I was struggling for work.''I used to struggle for Rs 500, Rs 1,000.' IMAGE:......

Valentine's Day Special: 50 Shades of Bollywood Lovin': Achy Breaky Hearts!

The very filmi Valentine's Day Special!All love stories goes through their share of ups and downs. Almost every single couple on celluloid drifts apart temporarily before the inevitable patch-up.......

Paddler Mudit Dani scripts history

Indian paddler Mudit Dani has entered the history books by becoming the first Indian to win the National Collegiate Table Tennis Association (NCTTA) Male Athlete of the Year award for his......

PKL can give the IPL a run for its money

'At a time when sports leagues are often smothered by the allure of spurious glamour, it is easy to forget what makes them so exciting in the first place: The sport itself.''At its core, the PKL......