States can declare religious or linguistic community as minority: Centre

State governments can declare a religious or linguistic community as a minority within the said state, the Centre has told the Supreme Court. Image used for representational purpose only.......

Reformed underworld don Muthappa Rai passes away

Reformed underworld don N Muthappa Rai died battling cancer at a private hospital in Bengaluru on Friday, hospital sources said. Rai, 68, was suffering from brain cancer for the past one year and......

WATCH: Mangaluru's 'tiger dance' festival for Dassehra

Every year, during Navratri, the key attraction in Mangaluru is the tiger dance, popularly known as Pili Vesha or Huli Vesha. This traditional dance form is an ode to Goddess Durga......

UN consultant among 4 Indians killed in Ethiopia plane crash

Four Indians, including a United Nations consultant attached with the environment ministry, were among those killed when a Nairobi-bound Ethiopian Airlines plane crashed after taking-off from Addis......

Why Kantara Is A Must Watch

Kantara is mesmerising, applauds Rajesh Karkera. IMAGE: Rishab Shetty's entrance in Kantara creates a wave of anticipation as much as that of a Salman Khan movie! I normally steer clear of a movie......

Ajay Devgn, Suriya win National Awards

IMAGE: Aparrna Balamurali and Suriya in Soorarai Pottru. Tamil film Soorarai Pottru won the National Award for Best Feature at the 68th National Film Awards for 2020. The film, inspired by the......

Princess Pooja Debuts At Cannes!

It was a special moment for Pooja Hegde. It was her first-ever appearance on the Cannes red carpet. The actress joined the celebrities making their way to the Top Gun: Maverick screening on May 18.......

'Ray is a hit and miss job'

If Netflix and the film's producers thought they would bring younger audiences to the master's works, they have failed with the experiment, says Aseem Chhabra. IMAGE: Manoj Bajpayee in Ray. In......

World Athletics: Rudisha regains 800m title, Dibaba wins 1,500m gold

IMAGE: David Lekuta Rudisha of Kenya. Photograph: Patrick Smith/Getty Images Kenya's Olympic champion David Rudisha put three difficult years behind him and trusted his finishing pace to regain......

World awaits more Bolt magic after athletics marred by doping scandals

Usain Bolt. Photograph: Matthew Childs/Reuters Usain Bolt returns to the site of his first global triumph this week for a world championships showdown with a convicted dope cheat that has......

'Being second at the Olympics came from a strong desire to compete'

'When I look back at 1992, I look at it with a bright view. I didn't get a gold medal, but it was certainly a victory for many South Africans' 'For many years all my focus was what do I need to do,......

Injured Dibaba pulls out of London Marathon

Ethiopia's Olympic 10,000 metres champion Tirunesh Dibaba has withdrawn from next month's London Marathon with a shin injury, organisers said on Thursday. Dibaba had been set for her debut over the......

'I'm confident of winning an Olympic medal'

Ashwini Chidananda had set the tracks on fire at the recently concluded Asian Games in Guangzhou, China. With her sensational burst of speed, she won two gold medals for India, but during all this......