Senior Congress leader Hans Raj Bhardwaj dies

Former Law minister and senior Congress leader Hans Raj Bhardwaj died after a cardiac arrest at a hospital in New Delhi on Sunday evening. He was 83. Bhardwaj breathed his last at the Max Hospital,......

Former secretary HC Gupta awarded 3-year jail in coal scam case

A Delhi court on Monday awarded three-year jail term to former coal secretary H C Gupta in a coal scam case related to irregularities in the allocation of a coal block in Maharashtra, a lawyer......

Sunanda Pushkar death case transferred to Sessions Court

A Delhi court on Monday sent Sunanda Pushkar's death case against Congress leader Shashi Tharoor to sessions court for further proceedings. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal......

HC rejects plea against dismissal of officer who probed Ishrat Jahan case

The Delhi high court on Wednesday upheld a central government order dismissing former IPS officer Satish Chandra Verma, who assisted the Central Bureau of Investigation in its probe in the Ishrat......

SPECIAL: Why SC got it right on Novartis

The judgment will save taxpayers' money without hurting the pharma industry or R&D, write Achal Prabhala & Kajal Bhardwaj. In September 2007, Arun Kumar*, a serving officer in the Indian Army, was......

5 dept heads of Electrolux Kelvinator quit

Electrolux Kelvinator Ltd has lost the heads of its five key departments - marketing, sales, services, manufacturing and human resources - in the last few months. Among those who have quit the......

Concerns over poor monsoon 'misplaced': Jaitley

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday dismissed fears of the first drought in six years, just days after the weather office downgraded the forecast for monsoon rains this summer. An El Nino......

Trick or treat? India's strong GDP figures mask economic reality

Search is on for reliable indicators of underlying activity, vital for Finance Minister Arun Jaitley as he draws up his annual budget. Image: Ground reality is very different, says experts.......

Bollywood says goodbye to Shabana's mum Shaukat Kaifi

The distinguished actress Shaukat Kaifi, mother to Shabana and Baba Azmi, passed away on September 22. Film folk arrived to pay their last respects to her as well as provide support to the ones......

PIX: Deepika, Katrina party with Shah Rukh

Just a day before Shabana Azmi met with a road accident on January 18, she was celebrating husband Javed Akhtar's 75th birthday bash with the rest of Bollywood. And it was a full house, as......

The 10 BEAUTIFUL MOMENTS of 2020

The pandemic and the lockdown came into our lives without warning. Nobody was prepared to be stuck at home. All social activity suddenly ended. Movie theatres were shut down and we missed the......

Raat Akeli Hai review

It's like Agatha Christie walked into Roman Polanski's Chinatown conversing in Vishal Bhardwaj with a smattering of Brian De Palma for razzle-dazzle -- the upshot is mesmeric, raves Sukanya Verma.......

Dronacharya awardee boxing coach O P Bhardwaj dies

India's first Dronacharya awardee coach in boxing, O P Bhardwaj, died on Friday after battling prolonged illness and age-related issues here. He was 82 and had tragically lost his wife Santosh to......

'There will never be another Bishan Bedi'

'He was a cricketer who come once in a lifetime...' Cricket legend Bishan Singh Bedi passed away into the ages on October 23, 2023.Regarded as one of the greatest spinners to have played the game,......

He runs 147 km non-stop in a day!

Image: Ultra marathoner Arun Bhardwaj. Photograph: Facebook 'After 8 to 10 hours of running, when my body starts paining, I keep thinking about the pain and sacrifice of my mother and it makes my......