'Milkha Singh was a legend and will remain a legend forever. Goodbye to my dear fellow athlete and friend,' writes Gurbachan Singh Randhawa, a contemporary of Milkha Singh and an athlete who ran in the 1960 and ’64 Olympics
A former diplomat sweeps through Bengal’s history to narrate the story of its Partition, which she deems was avoidable
'Working in international movies helped me realise that I shouldn’t get bogged down by the stardom dream,' says actor Ali Fazal
Disruptions caused by the pandemic have exacerbated the already intolerable situation of sanitation workers
As in 1964, Japan has a point to prove. It explains the drive towards hosting the costliest Summer Olympics ever in the midst of a pandemic.
Covid dealt death and near-death, and its all-consuming maw took our livelihoods and ate away our savings too—leaving us staring at a future destitute of hope
'The pain of loss of income is deep among most income categories, including the middle classes. Only the richer people saw less instances of income loss,' says Mahesh Vyas
Our lifestyles changed during this lifetime. Safety was important, as was comfort, rather than fashion and entertainment.
Incomes slump, spending drops and inequalities widen in India and elsewhere across the globe
The economic toll that the coronavirus pandemic has wrought on Indians, especially the middle class and the poor, is as bad as the deaths and the sickness. And there’s uncertainty around a post-pandemic recovery.
After trying to prop up an alternative leadership, the Centre falls back on ‘Gupkar gang’ to push its post-370 plans for Kashmir
Afghanistan is at a crossroads as foreign troops prepare to leave
Several governments from the Global South call for an international health order to end vaccine imperialism
Mamata fumes as BJP MPs seek separate statehood for ‘neglected’ north Bengal and social media groups back their demand
Passing through: A chuckle here, a teardrop there
Gagandeep Singh Bedi, an engineer-turned-IAS-officer, has made a mark by his deft and sensitive handling of several disasters in Tamil Nadu
Despite accusations of mishandling the Covid pandemic, the BJP has decided to go to assembly polls next year in Himachal Pradesh under the leadership of CM Jai Ram Thakur
'Rebati', the first short story in Odia language by Fakir Mohan Senapati, has been translated into 36 languages, 12 of them foreign, a first of its kind.
The next target of Mamata Banerjee and her party is the Bengali-majority Tripura that goes to poll in 2023
In case you missed it: News and newsmakers from India over the past week
"Police beat him up, hung him upside down, tortured him and even sedated him to make him confess,"
Dey said Bhowmik was shot dead because he had written a series of reports on “financial irregularities and corruption cases” that involved Debbarma.
British Censor Board has cleared the release of Padmavati for the UK audience
Android phones gather location data and send it to Google, even when one turns off the location services, and is not using a SIM card.
