If AAP dominates both state and local elections, the move for unification may become the illness for the BJP instead of the medicine it was supposed to have been, reports Aditi Phadnis. IMAGE:......
The Modi PMO is like none other.It is staffed by people who are so low profile that the only dominant personality is the Prime Minister's, reports Aditi Phadnis. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra......
Mayankote Kelath Narayanan has a couple of favourite throwaway lines, designed to bring any conversation to a screeching halt. "I'll fix you" is one, and "I have a dossier on you!" is another. When......
Shiv Shankar Menon is from Palakkad, Kerala. When the Indo-US Civil Nuclear agreement was finally concluded, the Member of Parliament representing Palakkad in the last Lok Sabha (also a Menon but......
The stars had foretold many years ago that Shiv Shankar Menon would be foreign secretary one day. It was written in the horoscope of his grandfather, KPS Menon (Sr), that his son and grandson would......
In this interview with Business Standard, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit answers the question everyone is asking: 'What after the Commonwealth Games'? Aren't you the first chief minister to......
National Security Adviser JN Dixit on Friday convened a meeting of top defence officials to discuss a contingency plan on air-dropping supplies to besieged Kathmandu.Although details of the plans......
Diplomats tend to retire and fade away. But it is in his later life that new National Security Advisor, Jyotindra Nath (Mani) Dixit, has flowered.At just around 5 feet above ground level, Dixit's......
Do it loudly, do it big and do it well. This is the motto of T Subbirami Reddy, currently the star of the Congress (I) because of the bevy of beautiful people he has managed to inveigle into the......
'Sushma Swarajji confessed that almost the whole Parliament had tried to dissuade her from coming on the show, but her daughter insisted Movers & Shakers was the best show in the country so she......
Dazzling, dancing and decked to the hilt, courtesans in Hindi films are a breathtaking mix of shiny fantasy and flirtatious poetry to behold. Under those resplendent adas and thumkas though, often......
Ed Sheeran was the highlight of Bollywood's weekend as Farah Khan invited the British singer over for a fun party with her friends. Photograph: Kind courtesy Huma Qureshi/Instagram 'Last night......
Holi celebrations started early, as Isha Ambani, together with Bvlgari, hosted a party for filmi folk in Mumbai. The event started with the first ever Bvlgari Roman Holi exhibition, followed by......
It was raining stars at the wedding reception of Aamir Khan's only daughter Ira and Nupur Shikhare, as the proud father invited *everyone* from the film industry. We saw the fam jam and the......