Haryana's Nuh on alert ahead of religious procession

The Haryana government on Sunday beefed up security and ordered suspension of mobile internet and the bulk SMS services in Nuh district for 24 hours ahead of the Braj Mandal Jalabhishek Yatra that......

Why did BJP falter in UP despite a fiery campaign?

From Western Uttar Pradesh to Purvanchal, the Bharatiya Janata Party suffered losses in the Lok Sabha polls securing only 33 compared to 62 seats it got in the 2019 general election. IMAGE: Prime......

BJP drops Varun Gandhi in UP, but fields Maneka

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday declared 13 candidates from Uttar Pradesh for the Lok Sabha polls including actor Arun Govil, who played Lord Ram in popular TV serial Ramayan, from Meerut,......

Ram Lalla statue with Brahmos on UP's R-Day tableau

An artistic image of Ram Lalla whose new idol was recently consecrated at a grand temple in Ayodhya is the showpiece of Uttar Pradesh's tableau in this year's Republic Day parade in New Delhi.......

Centre grounds Akhilesh's Agra airport dream

Instead government has given a go ahead for an international airport at Jewar in Greater Noida to decongest New Delhi airport The union civil aviation ministry's nod for an international airport at......

GP Birla dies at 87

Industrialist Ganga Prasad Birla diedon Fridaynight at 87 after a prolonged illness. His Rs 5,000-crore business included companies like Hindustan Motors, Orient Paper and Industries, Hyderabad......

Demand for cut in income tax rates

In a pre-Budget wishlist, Vinod Juneja, managing director, Braj Binani Group, said, "I expect the finance minister to target the GDP growth of at least 8% or higher for the next 3 financial years."......

Binani Zinc to sell stake to US fund

The Binani group is likely to divest stake in Binani Zinc Ltd to a US private equity fund to raise resources for its proposed mining business in Gujarat and Rajasthan.Binani Zinc has already......

Meera Redux: Hema, 75, Is Mirabai Again!

Forty four years ago, in 1979, Gulzar filmed Meera, based on Mirabai, the Rajasthan royal who composed many devotional songs in Lord Krishna's honour. Hema Malini played Mirabai in Meera and on......

When Will Yogi Have His Film City?

'The CM wants to develop a Film City that would provide the entire value chain of film-making services and infrastructure in one place.' Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath meets with......

'For two hours, I forgot about COVID'

'That's the magic of the movie theatre,' notes Subhash K Jha. IMAGE: Rajkummar Rao, Janhvi Kapoor and Varun Sharma in Roohi. On Wednesday evening, I drove down to a multiplex in Patna for the......

'Bapi's films conveyed the natural colours of life'

'Bapi's characters looked and spoke like people we know.' IMAGE: Bindiya Goswami and Rakesh Roshan in Khatta Meetha. "Bapi -- that's what I called him -- lived a full and complete life," Rupali,......