Nobody should be surprised if the Congress-led alliance at the Centre now makes favourable policy overtures to Naveen Patnaik also, like it has done for Nitish Kumar and Mamata Banerjee, in the......
On November 29, after 121 days, the economic blockade and counter blockade of Manipur – by two 'rival' tribal groups, the first one lasting from midnight July 31 to October 31, and the second......
1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon was hanged at the Nagpur Central Jail following a day of intense court room action and an unprecedented night-long legal proceeding that saw the Supreme......
Irom Sharmila, the iconic activist who had not eaten a morsel for 16 years in protest against alleged army atrocities in Manipur, ended her epic fast on Tuesday. After 16 long years, she is ready......
If the government has to take its public expenditure reform plan to its logical conclusion, the next step should be to reduce the headcount of ministries that have seen a cut in their central Plan......
For the BJP leaders, it appears, agreeing to the insurance sector reforms is one way of allowing the government to send out a signal to the international investing community that India’s......
While Indira Gandhi was Mr Mukherjee's political mentor, Dr Singh's equation with him was different, writes AK Bhattacharya. How will Pranab Mukherjee be remembered as a finance minister?......
This is a recommendation that deserves to be considered urgently, particularly when it is assessed that the number of contractual workers will go up in the coming years, notes AK......
Why should the finance ministry issue circulars on refreshment budgets for ministries? It would perhaps be more gainfully employed if it were to just allocate each of the central ministries a......
'On this happy occasion, I wish Sonam more work and another National Award.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Sonam Kapoor/Instagram A decade ago, on April 19, 2015, Sonam Kapoor embarked on a journey......
Bombay's underworld comes alive once again in Bambai Meri Jaan in Farhan Akhtar-Ritesh Sidhwani's latest Web series. What makes it unusual is that it pits father and son against each other. Kay Kay......
When he left his job in Calcutta to go to Bombay to become a film actor, Amitabh Bachchan took his driver's license along. IMAGE: Amitabh Bachchan, the Towering Inferno. Photograph: Kind courtesy......
'Aamir is deeply patriotic and cares for the country.' Among those who know Aamir Khan really well is his Rang De Basanti Director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra. They may have done just this film......
'I can't direct more than one film every two years, but I didn't want to lose out on the Baaghi vibe.' IMAGE: Aditya Roy Kapur in Om: The Battle Within. Heropanti 2 has barely just released in......
IMAGE: India won the hockey World Cup on March 15, 1975, in Kuala Lumpur, after defeating Pakistan. Photograph: Kind courtesy Joy Bhattacharya/X World Cup-winning striker Ashok Kumar, son of the......