Former CEO Vs Naveen's Ex-Confidant

The BJP's vote share in Cuttack went up from 9 per cent in 2009 to 38 per cent in 2019. IMAGE: Biju Janata Dal chief Naveen Patnaik campaigns for the BJD's Cuttack candidate Santrupt Misra, second......

A Tale Of Unlikely Politicians

Many ethical, competent corporate leaders aspire to join public life today. However, the transition to politics is far from easy, observes Indrajit Gupta. IMAGE: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar......

Padma Vibhushan for Gen Rawat, Kalyan Singh; Padma Bhushan for Azad

Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister and Hindutva poster boy late Kalyan Singh, India's first Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad and former West......

Rs 93,847 crore allocated for education in interim budget

The Centre on Friday earmarked Rs 93,847.64 crore for the education sector for 2019-20, an increase of over 10 per cent from the last budgetary allocation. Last year, then finance minister Arun......

Big firms' honchos fuelling exodus from start-ups

Bringing in people with large corporate experience also helps in bringing in world class processes in quality and compliance India’s technology start-ups have seen exits of senior......

As Maggi goes off menu, Nestle gears up for damage control

Maggi sales are estimated to have been hit severely since the news of the contamination broke out 10 days ago. All hands are on deck at Nestle India as it grapples with possibly its biggest crisis......

For India's least-paid CEOs, it's not only about money

Image: Ajoy Misra is among the lowest-paid CEOs in India. Photograph, courtesy: Tata Global Beverages Attractions for CEOs range from start-up challenges to non-monetary perks; employee stock......

'India a tax-free country? Not even in distant future!'

Budget 2014, as an eminent columnist said, was not a bang but not a whimper either. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley stressed on growth while he presented the Budget in the Lok Sabha this year. What......

'Because he is Salman, people love everything he does'

'When Sultan released, I got greedy. I decided to make another film with Salman because he gets me a lot of box office.' IMAGE: Katrina Kaif and Salman Khan in Tiger Zinda Hai. After making Mere......

Box Office: Aligarh gets poor opening

The hits and misses of the week. Manoj Bajpayee-starrer Aligarh may have been hugely praised by critics but cine-goers chose to ignore it. Tere Bin Laden: Dead Or Alive failed to cash in on......

Box Office: Neerja set to become a hit!

The hits and misses of the week. Sonam Kapoor's well-reviewed film Neerja has fared well at the box office on its opening weekend. After raking in decent money on its first day, the......

Ranji: Jadeja hits ton as Saurashtra take lead against Railways

IMAGE: Ravindra Jadeja. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters After shining with the ball, India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja's unbeaten 178 helped Saurashtra to take first innings lead versus Railways......

Ranji roundup: Mumbai facing huge defeat in 500th game

IMAGE: Baroda's Swapnil Singh celebrates after scoring a century against Mumbai on Day 3. Photograph: PTI Mumbai: Swapnil Singh broke an eleven-year jinx as he scored his maiden first class......

Why BCCI's top officials are in trouble yet again...

The Supreme Court expressed displeasure over its directions on the Lodha panel report not being implemented so far by BCCI. The top three officer bearers of the Board of Control for Cricket in......

BCCI secy had invited disqualified office bearers: CAB to SC

The Cricket Association of Bihar (CAB) on Monday targetted BCCI acting secretary Amitabh Chaudhary in the Supreme Court for allegedly disregarding the apex court direction by inviting disqualified......

SC drops contempt, perjury proceedings against Anurag Thakur

Former Board of Control for Cricket in India president Anurag Thakur on Friday got relief from the Supreme Court which dropped the contempt and perjury proceedings against him after he tendered an......