India’s oldest music-streaming service Gaana crossed 100 million monthly users earlier this year. When the Times Internet-owned service started operations back in 2010, ‘streaming’ was unheard of in the country. And, paid streaming was a non-starter.A decade later though, things ha...

Modimet Johnson on the sidelines of the G-7 Summit being held in this southwestern French city. The prime minister arrived in Biarritz from Manama, the capital of Bahrain, after concluding the first-ever prime ministerial visit to the Gulf nation....

Delhi, Aug 26: The Election Commission has announced by-elections to one assembly seat each in Uttar Pradesh, Tripura, Chhattisgarh and Kerala. The bypolls for Dantewada (Chhattisgarh), Pala (Kerala), Badharghat (Tripura) and Hamirpur (Uttar Pradesh) assembly seats will be held on September 23. Th...

New Delhi, Aug 26: Various Bar associations in Delhi have condoled the demise of senior advocate and former Union minister Arun Jaitley, saying he was a "stalwart", "helpful and a great human being" who always stood for the cause of lawyers, and his death was a huge loss for th...

Acharya Indu Prakash will share some useful tips about life, success, and happiness. So, if you want to make the best decisions in your professional, personal and social life, check out what August 26 holds for you....

India inflicted a humiliating 318-run defeat on the West Indies in the first Test as Jasprit Bumrah dismantled the hosts with a five-wicket haul after Ajinkya Rahane found his first century in two years, here on Sunday. West Indies were chasing a stiff 419-run target but Indian pacers, led by Bumrah...

"Failure is simply an opportunity to begin again; this time more intelligently," said Henry Ford, Founder of Ford Motor Company. The American industrialist, who revolutionised assembly line production for automobiles, believed, “The only real mistake is one from which we le...

New Delhi, Au 26: Prominent Indian-origin Pakistani politician and human rights activist BM Kutty died on Sunday at a hospital in Karachi after a protracted illness. He was 89. Biyyothil Mohyuddin Kutty, popularly known as BM Kutty, migrated to Pakistan from Kerala 70 years ago in 1949 when he was...

Thiruvananthapuram: The dispute over Prime Minister Narendra Modi 'should not be demonised' has hit the Congress leaders in Kerala too. Mr Tharoor, the Thiruvananthapuram MP, had touched a raw nerve when he had said that he was reiterating for six years that Mr Modi should be praised whenever he ...

Bengaluru, Aug 26: The Coastal Security Police in coastal Malpe in Karnataka has issued a public notice asking people to be on alert in view of intelligence reports about infiltration of six Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists into neighbouring Tamil Nadu, police said. The public notice asked the people of...

Bengaluru, Aug 26: Karnataka Chief Minister, B S Yediyurappa is likely to allocate portfolios to the newly sworn in ministers. There is speculation that Karnataka may get three deputy chief ministers. The three deputies are likely to be Govind Karajol, Ashwath Narayan and Laxman Savadi. In additio...

New Delhi, Aug 26: Former prime minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh is likely to lose his SPG cover. The Special Protection Group is likely to be withdrawn from Manmohan Singh. This decision as taken following a review involving the Cabinet Secretariat and Ministry of Home Affairs, which has been taking ...

The Narendra Modi government will count on a much wider measure of earnings of a farming household than is captured by agricultural gross domestic product (GDP) while calculating the income of cultivators in 2022-23, the year by which the government has promised to double farmers' incomes, accordin...

A customer is the most crucial for any business enterprise. Today, with the evolution of the digital economy, a number of things have changed for the end customer – from buying grocery online to availing loans.Realising there were processes that can be automated to a great extent to enhance th...

One person was killed while trying to escape alleged violence during an anti-encroachment drive carried in Rajasthan's Nagaur district on Sunday in which five persons were injured. A police official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that district officials were removing encroachments by the...

The Amazon Rainforest is on fire, and we are all deeply disturbed. This horrific catastrophe holds a few lessons for us in India. Our most precious environmental hotspots can become everyone's business. If Indians are torn up over Brazil's environmental catastrophe, then the rest of the world can b...

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has condoled the death of former Union minister Arun Jaitley, calling him 'one of the most able and respected cricket administrators' who brought about 'a tremendous change' in the cricket infrastructure. Jaitley had served as the BCCI's vice-preside...

A fire broke out at a warehouse in Greater Noida's Kasna in the wee hours of Monday, 26 August, ANI reports said.According to reports, around 18 fire tenders are present at the spot.No injuries have been reported.(With inputs from ANI.)(This is a developing story. It will be updated with more ...

Migrating for greener pastures' has been a recurrent clause in Nigerians' daily conversations since the turn of the 1970's when the culture of military impunity and bastardization of the economy forced citizens to seek better opportunities and prosperity elsewhere. Over the following...

Nellore: Enrolment for Aadhaar or updating data has become a Herculean task in view of inadequate facilities. Though post offices and nationalised banks have been entrusted with the task of fresh enrolment and changes in data, there is no relief for common people as it is taking around 15-20 days ...

Antoine Griezmann proved Barcelona can win without Lionel Messi and do without Neymar too after he scored twice in a 5-2 demolition of Real Betis on Sunday. Griezmann tossed confetti into the air as he celebrated his second at Camp Nou, where he was the star performer, if only for a night in the ab...

No lesson from AIIMS! Most of Capital's 1,478 healthcare facilities, including prominent govt hospitals, aren't equipped to battle blaze. A major fire engulfed five floors of an AIIMS building about a week ago, destroying samples, reports and equipment, besides triggering widespread panic and chaos ...

The Kwara State Deputy Governor, Mr Kayode Alabi, has said that the present administration will work assiduously to ensure the growth and development of the state. Alabi gave the assurance while speaking at a thanksgiving service held at the 2019 convention and fund raising of First ECWA, Oro-Ago, ...

Jasprit Bumrah took five wickets for seven runs as India bowled out West Indies for 100 on Sunday, 25 August, to clinch a 318-run win in the series-opening Test match.It was India's biggest-ever away win in Test cricket.West Indies fell far short of the highly improbable winning target of 419 ...

New Delhi: In a bizarre recovery, a mobile phone has been found from the stomach of a prisoner lodged in Delhi's Tihar Jail. The prisoner, an inmate of Jail No. 4 inside Tihar, had swallowed the tiny Chinese-made mobile phone. Doctors had to get it vomited out of his body. The recovery could be j...

Khammam: Bharatiya Janata Party has failed in membership drive programme despite the strenuous efforts made by the party leaders in Khammam district. It is may be recalled that the BJP Central leaders had given the State party leaders the task of enrolling 18 lakh members. The BJP district units' ...

India captain Virat Kohli was a satisfied man after his team completed its biggest win overseas in terms of runs as they beat the West Indies by 318 runs on Day 4 of the first Test in North Sound, Antigua on Sunday. India beat the Windies by 318 runs on Day 4 to take an unbeatable 1-0 lead in the tw...

Phool Kalan village of Punjab's Roopnagar district has been partially torn through by a torrent of floodwater and mud which hit the village during the recent floods. The floodwater rose as high as 5 to 6 feet and entered every household in Phool kalan. The water after receding left behind a pictu...

Manama: Prime Minister Narendra Modi was conferred the King Hamad Order of the Renaissance by Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa in recognition of New Delhi's strong friendship with the Gulf nation and his efforts to strengthen bilateral ties. Tweeting about the honour conferred upo...

Udinese handed AC Milan's new coach Marco Giampaolo a losing start when a Rodrigo Becao header gave them a shock 1-0 win in Serie A on Sunday. Becao, making his debut after joining from Bahia in his native Brazil, rose above the Milan defence at the near post to head in from a corner in the 72nd mi...

Bella Thorne seems to be bouncing back quite nicely. The actress recently made shocking claims and confessions on social media where she opened up about being sexually exploited all her life among other disturbing things. However, Bella was recently spotted in Italy in high spirits. Reportedly, Bel...

Basel: Queen of the Telugu states PV Sindhu became the first Indian to win the BWF World Championships, crushing Japan's Nozomi Okuhara 21-7, 21-7 in just 38 minutes in a one-sided final on Sunday. With the win, Sindhu now has a full set of medals at World Championships - two bronze medals, two si...

The Police Command in Enugu State said no police station was burnt in the state as being speculated in the social media. The Command's Public Relations Officer, SP Ebere Amaraizu, said this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu on Sunday. Amaraizu, however,...

India inflicted a humiliating 318-run defeat on the West Indies in the first Test as Jasprit Bumrah dismantled the hosts with a five wicket haul after Ajinkya Rahane found his first century in two years, here on Sunday. West Indies were chasing a stiff 419-run target but Indian pacers, led by Bumra...

Nearly ten years after his maiden political venture as a Samajwadi Party candidate failed to take off from Uttar Pradesh, Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt is set to re-enter politics, according to a minister from Maharashtra.Dutt, 60, is set to join the Rashtriya Samaj Paksh (RSP) on 25 September, party...

Brazil on Sunday deployed two C-130 Hercules aircraft to douse fires devouring parts of the Amazon rainforest, as hundreds of new blazes were ignited ahead of nationwide protests over the destruction.Heavy smoke covered the city of Porto Velho in the northwestern state of Rondonia where the defense...

India began their World Test Championship campaign in an emphatic fashion by clinching a record win over West Indies in the first Test of the ongoing 2-match series in Antigua on Sunday. India bowled West Indies out for 100, their lowest total against the Asian giants in Test cricket history. The wi...

Kochi: Soon you could hire speed boats to sail through the serene backwaters of the state just by downloading a booking app powered by multinational taxi aggregator Uber. The State Water Transport Department (SWTD) is set to roll out two water taxis in Ernakulam and Alappuzha by October and plans ...

Pacer Jasprit Bumrah returned with figures of 5 for 7 as India bowled West Indies out for 100 to win the Test series opener by 318 runs at Antigua on Sunday, 25 August.With this win, Virat Kohli equalled MS Dhoni's record of most wins as Indian Test captain. The 30-year-old currently now has 2...

Bengaluru: The knives are out signalling an end to the JD(S)-Congress coalition with former CM H.D. Kumaraswamy squarely blaming Congress legislature party leader Siddaramaiah for the fall of his government a month ago. Mr Kumaraswamy said that for Siddaramaiah, the JD(S) was the primary enemy, ev...

At 86 when most of his contemporaries would prefer resting at home, former prime minister Mr H.D. Deve Gowda is busy at JP Bhavan, the JD(S) headquarters in Bengaluru, holding a series of meetings with party workers from all over the state. His children — a former minister and a former chief...

Governor Satya Pal Malik on Sunday defended the communication curbs in Jammu and Kashmir, saying "If there's no telephone for 10 days, so be it" and stressing that this was preferable to the loss of lives."Our attitude is such that there should be no loss of human lives. If there's no...

Kannan Gopinathan has always been inspired by Martin Luther King's line: "The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice."But he also deeply appreciates the qualification added by the first African-American to become US attorney-general, Eric Holder: ".But only be...

The Centre has stopped funding a key literacy programme, evoking concern among educationists and health experts who have cited the various personal and social benefits of literacy including the lowering of birth rates, a recent focus of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.Modi had flagged the dangers of a ...

Hena Parvin, a 14-year-old Class IX student at the Shams Urdu High School in Kankinara, has nowhere to go on a Friday morning. Sitting under a banyan tree outside a mosque near her modest one-storey home, she says she is worried."We have our second semester exam on Wednesday. It's compulsory to...

For England all-rounder Ben Stokes, his masterclass unbeaten 135 that helped his side win the third Ashes Test at Headingley on Sunday, 25 August, by one wicket to level the series 1-1 was right up there with his World Cup final heroics.Chasing a daunting 359 for victory after being shot out for 67...

Srinagar, Aug 25: In a freak stone-pelting incident, protesters on Sunday evening hurled stones at a civilian truck in south Kashmir''s Anantnag district, killing the driver, police said. Noor Mohammed Dar, 42, who belonged to the same Zradipora Uranhall locality, was returning home when...

The movement against the demolition of a temple to Guru Ravidass appeared headed for a split on Sunday as leaders of several organisations met but kept a key outfit away from the talks.Chandrashekhar Azad's Bhim Army, which rallied thousands for a protest meet on Wednesday in Delhi, was not invited....