'New Delhi Can Hobnob With Beijing, But...'

'...it should not delude itself into thinking that India's security or its great-power ambitions will be advanced by those partnerships.'<br />'Instead, what India should focus on is on riding out the next three-and-a-half years of Trump's presidency with minimal damage to itself.'

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'China Is Discovering That Hostility With India Is...'

'If they can be duplicitous, we can be equally duplicitous.'

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'Ample Room For New Entrants In Equity Exchange'

'Market momentum and investor interest are at unprecedented levels, making this the opportune moment.'

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'Why My Great Grandfather Mohanlal...'

'... had gone to South Africa from India over a hundred years ago.'

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'India Is Critical Hub For GlobalLogic's Operations'

'The scale and depth of talent here plays a central role in core software product engineering for some of the biggest brands in tech.'

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'We Are Not Listening To The Alarms'

'What we are witnessing is not a freak incidence or a freak occurrence, but a new climate reality where warming oceans, monsoon variability and local geography are combining to produce extreme events.'

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'Tariffs To Have Adverse Impact On Near-Term Growth'

'The statistical confidence bands of the fan charts of the forecasts will provide a better sense of the potential variability of outcomes.'

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Why Delhi Lawyers Are Protesting...

'As a defence lawyer I won't know if a policeman under cross questioning is being prompted to answer by someone behind his computer screen.'

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'It Is A Tug Of War For Trump'

'Will he be on Europe and Ukraine's side? Or will he decide that Russia is more important for America?'

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'This Is Orographic Rainfall'

'Due to orographic rainfall, localised areas are experiencing intense downpours.'

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'India's Confidence In The US Is Shattered'

'The current strain in the relationship is serious and likely to be long lasting.'

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'UK steel ops to break even by FY26'

'Due to tariff uncertainty, automotive customers reduced their steel uplift by almost 15 per cent.'

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'He Prays A Lot, That Is Cheteshwar's Secret'

'That is how he developed his concentration and focus.'

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The Maha Kumbh Mela Goes To Toronto!

'On our first day at the Kumbh Mela, there was a fire and shook our confidence.

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Is China Killing India's Farming?

'China reduced its exports of urea to India gradually.'

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When Women Weren't Doormats In Films

'Madhubala in Kala Pani looks divine and yet, she's not just there for glamour.'

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'We Cannot Trust China'

'However, we must implement a tit-for-tat approach -- reciprocating their conduct with precision.'

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'ECI Has No Right To Ask Anyone To Apologise'

'The EC should not have let the initiative go into the hands of the political leadership. By allowing this to happen, they have opened a Pandora's box.'

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'Chiranjeevi Dances Better Than Heroes Half His Age'

'He has a 'never give up' attitude to work and life.'

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'What Sets Chiranjeevi Apart Is...'

'Am I not happy he was born? Am I not happy he crossed my path when I was walking through a wasteland? Am I not happy that, like a haunting song, he still lingers in my heart?'

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'Everyone Wanted To Know Why I Had Killed Off Amitabh'

'I make films which I think have the possibility of being liked by a majority of people, and you present it with the right emotions.'

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'PM's Inclusion Is A Constitutional Mockery'

'This type of comprehensive legislation has never been introduced before in Parliament's history.'

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'130th Amendment Risks Placing Power In ED/CBI/Police'

'Anyone they don't like can be potentially arrested and thrown in jail for 30 days to induce regime change.'

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'Online Real Money Games Are A Menace'

'There are cases of suicides, and middle-class families losing their entire family savings.'

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'I Don't Want To Box Myself'

'Even though I'm just 31, I feel like I've seen a lot in my life, some voluntarily, some involuntarily.'

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Meet The Man You Hated

'We knew there would be a silence from the audience after watching the film because Dhadak 2 is that kind of a film.'

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See: Suresh Wadkar Sings Hanuman Stuti

'Some time back, music was just noise.'

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'Munir's US Visits: Something Else Is Afoot'

'Trump has personally weighed in to overcome doubts and reservations about Pakistan among his top advisors.'

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'Throughout The Day, There's Music Playing In My Head'

'I played five different versions of Woh Subah Kabhie Toh Aayegi for Raj Kapoor, only to be greeted with a totally blank reaction.'

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'I'm Really Proud To Be A Brahmin'

'So my question was, 'What is it that you are proud of? What have you achieved? What is your contribution?'

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'Stray Dogs In Ghettos Is A Health Nightmare'

'It will be an explosion of zoonotic diseases from these places.'

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'China Competing In A Space Where India Was Dominant'

'These efforts by Beijing can be weaponised one day with economic, security and political implications for India.'

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Coolie: 'Something I Haven't Done Before'

'Playing a negative role was a positive experience for me, doing things I'd never do in real life.'

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Forgotten, The Man Who Made Movie Classics

'If you watch songs like Acha Ji Main Haari Chalo Maan Jao Na, Lag Ja Gale or Jhumka Gira Re, you'll notice they're not just a distraction. There's a story unfolding within them.'

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'Have Modi And Trump Fallen Out?'

'We should watch -- in the near term -- for signs that the two have totally fallen out at a personal, political level.'

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'Rahul Will Drink Tea With 'Dead' Voters'

'Rahul Gandhi is not coming to seek votes, but to reach out to people for awareness of their democratic rights.'

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'Kerala Is On A Ventilator'

'The fiscal situation is extremely vulnerable. It has never been so bad in Kerala's history.'

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'India Is Collateral Damage Between Trump And Putin'

'The President's expectations shifted. The goal post moved and India didn't realize that the goal post had moved.'

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'Ball Is In BJP's Court'

'They have to prove the credibility of their talk; whether they want to focus on the secular face of India, whether they want to focus on democracy and above all freedom of an individual to practice his or her religion.'

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'Caste Enumeration WILL Be Big Challenge'

'It is for the first time in Independent India that collection of information on caste is being done.'

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He Quit Amazon To Make Films

'You need the drishti, the experience. I am beginning to see things differently.'

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'BJP Not Obliged To Accept RSS Recommendations''

'It is something like traditional Indian families.'

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The Real Genius Responsible For Sholay

'Editor M S Shinde deserves full credit because, I'm told, Ramesh Sippy had shot 300,000 feet of footage, which was brought down to 18,000.

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'Writing History Is Like Solving A Jigsaw Puzzle'

'When I undertook a study of temple desecration in precolonial India, it was not enough simply to document what temples were desecrated, by whom, when, and where.'

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'Yes Bank's Commercial Banking Segment Would Grow'

'MIB which is a part of retail, will grow in the range of 20 per cent.'

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'Fringe Elements Must Be Brought Under Control'

'They should be given a strong message that they are not the ones who decide the rule of the land, and they are not the ones who decide what justice is.'

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'India Should Reduce Tariffs For All Countries'

'That way you're not hostage just to US sort of exports to India.'

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Why This Congress Leader Defected To JD-U

'The Congress has faded and fighting for survival.'

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'Those Resisting Mughals Should Never Be Forgotten'

'Whenever present-day politics do get involved, history sinks to the level of a morality play, with advocates for this or that cause seeking to praise their heroes or condemn their villains.'

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'Pakistan Does America's Dirty Work'

'What the Americans want is to destabilise Iran. For destabilising Iran, you need access.

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'My Book Is Not Even About Terrorism'

'I'm sure those few terrorists who are continuing to operate in the Valley are not reading books.'

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'Markets Have Already Scaled A Wall Of Worry'

'From tariff tensions and border skirmishes to unrest in West Asia.'

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'Citizens Are Safe From Govt Only When...'

'The moment they fall foul of the party in power, they become unsafe. Then nobody can guarantee their safety.'

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''This Wasn't A Cloudburst...'

'The lakes up there were already at the brink due to accumulated rainwater, and then snowmelt occurred.'

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'Militants Are Running The Show In Bangladesh'

'Militants are taking over the administration. Fundamentalists have been released from jail.'

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'You Will See More Devastation In Uttarakhand'

'The government only wakes up after devastation.'

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'There Is No One Like Shibu Soren'

'Shibu Soren was the tallest leader of tribals in the country.'

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'Very Few Series Deal With Female Orgasm'

'If a survey were conducted, many people wouldn't understand the concept.'

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'Retail losses in derivatives is a concern'

'Sebi's measures are necessary to align the derivatives market with its underlying cash market, as the current disconnect is unsustainable.'

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'Corruption Is No Longer A Bad Word'

'When India opened its doors to the world, moving away from an agrarian to a market economy, everything, whether life or love, was commodified.'

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Why Trump Is Upset With India

'We can't rule out the possibility that this was personal for Trump: That he was upset with India for not letting him take credit for a role in the ceasefire with Pakistan, with Modi for giving detailed rejections of his various positions in a long call the two leaders had, or with India's government more broadly for not being sufficiently accommodating toward him.'

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This Hit Director Makes A Comeback

'Love stories don't really excite me.'

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'Trump Is Frustrated'

'What India has done will surely embolden more countries to stand up to Trump.'

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'Trump Wants Big Pie Of India's Economy'

'India did not surrender. That was why he wanted to pressurise India by this 25% tariffs.'

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'Coming Election Is Very Crucial For Congress'

'We can't afford to fight each other.'

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