Mariyappan Thangavelu was awarded the prestigious Arjuna Award from President Ram Nath Kovind on Tuesday Young athlete won millions of hearts in India after bringing home gold from Rio Despite his sporting success, he says he urgently needs a job to help his family He said he had been in talks with the Tamil Nadu government on possible roles but so far nothing has materialised. Mariyappan Thangavelu stood in a […]

It will now be called Justice K S Puttaswamy (Retd) vs Union of India. A case that will go down in Indian legal history — the landmark judgment of the Supreme Court establishing privacy as a fundamental right. For the 91-year-old Justice Puttaswamy, however, it isn’t so dramatic. “Correct and beneficial,” is his verdict. Speaking to The Indian Express at his home in south Bengaluru, Puttaswamy, a former Karnataka high […]

The Reserve Bank will launch Rs 200 banknotes on Friday, increasing the availability of lower denomination currency in the system. The bright yellow coloured notes will hit the market just a day after the announcement by finance minister Arun Jaitley that the government has given go-ahead to the RBI to issue the new currency bill. Here are 17 features of the new Rs 200, according to the RBI: 1. See […]

Sanjay Chhel’s comedy Patel Ki Punjabi Shaadi got everyone’s attention, thanks to the hilarious teaser released by the makers a few days ago. Now, the trailer is out, which offers a fair share of laughs and duds within the span of three minutes. Paresh Rawal plays a true blue Gujarati whereas his fellow veteran actor Rishi Kapoor is a Punjabi in every sense of the world. The trailer starts with […]

If this were an episode off the Nat Geo show, we would have to say: Adult Female, Rare Sighting, Ineffectual Prowess! The mahila pradhan is a curious creature in rural India. She is of a species borne out of the system, very much a part of the reservations quota introduced at the village level and yet – or perhaps because of it – she remains pradhan only in name. Because […]

Shayara Bano, who was the first woman to challenge instant Triple-Talaq in a court, on Tuesday welcomed the Supreme court verdict. “I welcome the verdict and support it. This is a historic day for Muslim women,” she said. Shayara Bano stirred a hornet’s nest after she moved the Supreme Court to challenge Triple Talaq. Bano had to take a legal course to get talaq-e-bidat declared illegal after her husband Rizwan Ahmed posted a […]

Only a biker can tell how amazing an experience it is to be riding through roads that are beautiful. That feeling of the soothing breeze blowing you over, and the ever changing drama of nature’s changing forms are things that can’t be explained within the limits of a few words. The good part is that our country is home to routes that are highly suited for motorbiking enthusiasts. Routes that […]

On Monday, when a total solar eclipse sweeps across the United States for the first time in 99 years, people gathering in Charleston, South Carolina, will be the last on the continent to experience it. They are ready. Historic Charleston, with its cobblestone streets and elegant antebellum mansions, was clearly a-bustle on Sunday, in full pre-eclipse mode. Its restaurants were packed and downtown parking was at a premium as excited […]

To counter increasing evidence that demonetisation may have dented the Indian economy, the government has put out a series of statistics to show that the contentious move to scrap Rs. 500 and Rs. 1,000 banknotes last November has improved economic health, specifically by expanding India’s tax base. In his Independence Day speech, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that 56 lakh people filed Personal Income Tax Returns after demonetisation, an increase […]

Richa Chadha and Kalki Koechlin are two Bollywood actresses who are known for their hard-hitting on-screen performances. You will be amazed to know that the duo have now joined forces for Howard Rosemeyer’s upcoming film ‘Jia Aur Jia’. A fun-filled trailer of the upcoming movie was recently released online and the flick looks like a comedy of epic proportions. The 1 minute and 56-second long clip will give you a […]