Word of the Day: MagniloquentWord of the day: In an age where communication oscillates between brevity and spectacle, magniloquent shows language’s theatrical power. Gr...
19 Feb, 2026, 11.03 AM IST
Word of the day: GrandiloquentGrandiloquent is a word that explains language or speech that is overly defined, pompous, or showy, often intended to impress rather than i...
28 Jan, 2026, 10.41 PM IST
Holland celebrates first King's Day without any COVID curbsAfter the low King's Day celebrations in 2020 and 2021, citizens of the Netherlands will have a grand celebration on April 27 this year as ...
27 Apr, 2022, 08.10 PM IST
Gandhis entirely to blame for Congress rout in Punjab: Amarinder SinghIn a statement a day after the Congress Working Committee (CWC) took stock of the drubbing received by the party in five states, Singh took...
14 Mar, 2022, 05.55 PM IST
Want to play the infra story? Here's what to buyL&T was our dark horse for industrial recovery, says Sanjiv Bhasin.
18 Feb, 2021, 11.57 AM IST
Nothing tangible only pompous announcements in Budget, says CM Amarinder Singh"There was nothing in the budget that could pave the way for economic reforms or raise public consumption that was an imperative for revivi...
01 Feb, 2020, 07.43 PM IST
After Stalin's barb on MGR event, AIADMK hits backSenior party leader and Fisheries Minister D Jayakumar said not even 10 per cent the amount spent for the conference by the DMK government ...
30 Sep, 2018, 05.32 PM IST
'Queue', 'blah' and other words that were a result of World War IWith the end of World War I over a hundred years ago, the English dictionary got fatter by 500 new words.
10 Apr, 2018, 01.24 PM IST
Google boss Rajan Anandan's advice for women entrepreneurs: Promote yourselves moreThe angel investor feels that women entrepreneurs are better workers.
19 Mar, 2018, 02.15 PM IST
‘Boneless’ Kamal Haasan hits back at ‘rude’ Subramanian SwamyThe two have been engaged in a proxy war on Twitter.
21 Feb, 2017, 02.46 PM IST
AIADMK slams Karunanidhi regime for 'splurging money'Slamming DMK for putting up "pompous stages" for launch functions, the AIADMK said supporters of that party were made to 'sing paeans' to K...
16 Jun, 2015, 06.04 PM IST
Will the pompous of India now get car-beacons in non-red colours?To save itself the trouble of adjudicating again on the issue, the SC may consider making it an all-colour beacon ban, barring blue for eme...
11 Dec, 2013, 04.01 AM IST
BJP demands FM P Chidambaram's apology for remark on Narendra ModiBJP termed as "wrong and hasty" FM P Chidambaram's statement that Modi was giving lessons in economy and sought an apology from him.
01 Dec, 2013, 06.31 PM IST
Opposition anguished over financial situation of RailwaysOpposition parties today asked the Government to come out with steps to be taken to improve the condition of the PSU behemoth.
14 Mar, 2013, 04.02 PM IST
- Booklet of J-K government a 'photo album' of Omar: BJP
BJP today ridiculed Omar Abdullah's claims of achievement in a recently released booklet, saying the three-year record card is more of a "p...
16 Jan, 2012, 05.42 PM IST
SRK on detention: It wasn't a dramaBollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan clarified that his 'detention episode' at the US airport wasn't a drama that people are making out it to ...
18 Aug, 2009, 02.33 PM IST
- Guts, guns & goof-ups
The founding officer of the ATS shares his frustration and anguish over the terrorist siege of Mumbai
01 Dec, 2008, 12.08 PM IST