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India strongly rejects criticism of new IT rules by UN special...

The Upper House of Parliament had repeatedly asked the government to strengthen the legal framework

20 Jun 2021 8:03 PM IST

Emirates planes are parked at the Dubai International Airport in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP)

Emirates to fly from India again as Dubai lifts ban over virus

Dubai said that only passengers from India 'who have received two doses of a UAE-approved vaccine' would be allowed to...

20 Jun 2021 7:10 PM IST

LJP leader Chirag Paswan at national executive meeting in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Chirag announces yatra from father's birth anniversary, Paras hits...

Paswan made the announcement following a meeting of the LJP national executive

20 Jun 2021 7:01 PM IST

A health worker in protective suit collects swab sample of a traveler to test for COVID-19 outside a train station in Bengaluru, India, June 16, 2021. (AP /Aijaz Rahi)

COVID-19: India records less than 60,000 cases after 81 days

The death toll climbed to 3,86,713 with 1,576 fresh fatalities, the lowest in 63 days

20 Jun 2021 10:27 AM IST

I remember clearly the first two major breaks I made with family listening time Pink Floyds Dark Side of the Moon and then eponymous Dire Straits debut album. (By arrangement)

Ranjona Banerji | Man, they don't write songs like that anymore

My parents' best friends had an Osibisa album they all loved, with the Afro-rock band's signature psychedelic flying...

20 Jun 2021 7:34 AM IST

Galwan clash was the most grave confrontation after the October 20 1975 ambush by the Chinese at Tulung La in which four Assam Rifles personnel lost their lives. (Representational image: PTI)

Manish Tewari | Modi pause on Chumar set the tone for Galwan

In Doklam, in the June of 2017, the NDA/BJP government was more interested in a propaganda triumph rather than a...

20 Jun 2021 7:31 AM IST

A scripture-quoting narrator with tongue firmly in cheek relates the story of a devious zamindar and moneylender in a village in Odisha. (Photo: Amazon)

Book Review | An Odia literary star's fine vignettes, wicked wit and...

While the book deals with dark subjects, the hand that writes it is beautifully light, and gives you many occasions to...

20 Jun 2021 12:30 AM IST

In his short, intense, sad but artistically fruitful life Guru Dutt managed to communicate with a large audience who paid to see his films and sustained his production company; an absolute necessity in commercial Hindi cinema. (Photo: Amazon)

Book Review | The eloquent outsider, lovingly remembered...

Guru Dutt had the rare ability of being loved and commanding the loyalty of those who came in contact with him

20 Jun 2021 12:20 AM IST

Sherni poster. (Facebook)

Movie Review | Mashurkar's roaring politics is delivered by Balan with...

Director Amit Masurkar has pulled off a feat thanks to the screenplay by Aastha Tiku that is political, intelligent and...

20 Jun 2021 12:15 AM IST

Salmans essay is not unsympathetic to the hijras and charts the structure of their social existence and pleads for some attention to the risks they face through HIV and AIDS. (Photo: Amazon)

Book Review | Fantasy beats autofiction, but magic realism' trounced...

Salman contends that publishing today favours the revealing, racially, sexually and culturally situated autobiography

20 Jun 2021 12:10 AM IST

As soon as the new of his passing spread, people across India condoled the demise of the original sporting superstar, Milkha Singh. (AFP Photo)

Remembering 'Flying Sikh' Milkha Singh; a tribute to the legend

Legendary Indian sprinter Milkha Singh passed away on Friday at the age of 91 after battling with COVID-19 for over a...

19 Jun 2021 4:09 PM IST

For the past three years, the state has been witnessing flood in Krishna and Bhima rivers following downpour in its catchment areas in Maharashtra. (Representative Image: PTI)

Karnataka, Maharashtra agree to resolve water sharing issues

The two states also agreed to complete the Dudhganga dam project at the earliest and Maharashtra will also fund it

19 Jun 2021 2:42 PM IST