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Sculpture of toastmaster. (By Arrangement)

Sridhar Balan | Raising a toast to the golden storytelling legacy of...

Each toast no doubt comprised a story about the happy couple

8 May 2022 11:41 AM IST

Cover image of Crunch Time: Narendra Modis National Security Crises

Book Review | In praise of Modi's calibrated risk-taking on the...

The author sees PM Modi as the man of the hour, the man of destiny, who has completely altered India's security and...

8 May 2022 11:31 AM IST

Cover image of a mirror made of rain

Book Review | Soulful debut holds mirror to fragile mom-daughter tie

The main character Noomi Wadia is a sharp-tongued, quick-tempered, bright Parsi woman

8 May 2022 11:22 AM IST

Tamada, the toastmaster. (Photo credit: Sridhar Balan)

Raising a toast to the golden storytelling legacy of Tbilisi

The world book capital was an initiative started by Unesco in 2001 after the idea was mooted first in Madrid in 1995

8 May 2022 11:13 AM IST

Fishermen park their boats on the shore after reports of formation of a low pressure area in the Andaman sea, at Penthakata in Puri district, Saturday, May 7, 2022. (PTI)

Cyclone Asani rages in Bay of Bengal, heavy winds, rains in AP, Odisha...

Under the influence of the cyclone, northern Andhra Pradesh and Odisha coasts are expected to experience heavy winds and...

8 May 2022 10:33 AM IST

Smoke rises from the Metallurgical Combine Azovstal in Mariupol during shelling, in Mariupol, in territory under the government of the Donetsk Peoples Republic, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, May 7, 2022. (AP /Alexei Alexandrov)

Last women and children evacuated from Ukrainian steel mill

Moscow was aiming to complete its conquest of Mariupol in time for Victory Day celebrations on Monday

8 May 2022 10:30 AM IST

: BJP leader Tajender Bagga at his residence after being released by police, at Janakpuri in New Delhi, Saturday, May 7, 2022. (PTI Photo)

No coercive step to be taken against Tajinder Bagga: HC after...

Justice Anoop Chitkara took up Bagga's petition in an urgent hearing at his residence just before midnight

8 May 2022 6:54 AM IST

Muslim women gather to participate in a march against banning Muslim girls wearing hijab from attending classes at some schools in Karnataka, in New Delhi. (AP File Photo)

Wear all-covering burqa, Taliban tells Afghan women

Women have also been ordered to visit parks in the capital on separate days from men

8 May 2022 3:22 AM IST

Elon Musk (Twitter/@AFP)

Shashi Warrier | The tweet is mightier than the sword

It's not the servers and the software but what people do with them

8 May 2022 1:23 AM IST

Bulldozers being used to remove illegal structures during a joint anti-encroachment drive by NDMC, PWD, local bodies and the police, in the violence-hit Jahangirpuri area, in New Delhi. (PTI Photo/Shahbaz Khan)

Manish Tewari | The bulldozer

The use of the bulldozer as a weapon is not new

8 May 2022 12:22 AM IST

A short circuit in the electric metre ignited the fire which engulfed the vehicles in the parking of the residential complex before taking an awful turn, police said. (ANI)

7 charred to death after fire breaks out in Indore residential...

The fire has been brought under control and a detailed investigation was on

7 May 2022 10:16 AM IST

Chunan Jieshou Sports Centre Velodrome, a venue of the 19th Asian Games Hangzhou 2022 in Hangzhou, eastern Chinas Zhejiang Province. (Photo: AP)

Hangzhou Asian Games postponed amid COVID surge in China

Asian Games could be rescheduled for 2023 when the pandemic situation is under control

7 May 2022 2:07 AM IST