Venkaiah Naidu, Vyjayantimala, Chiranjeevi awarded Padma Vibhushan

Former Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, megastar Konidela Chiranjeevi, famous actor of yesteryears Vyjayantimala Bali are among personalities who have been honoured with Padma Vibhushan in the......

How The BJP Has Changed Under Modi-Shah

The BJP at 43 is a work in progress, with total ideological continuity and much substantive change in political method and style, observes Shekhar Gupta. IMAGE: Bharatiya Janata Party Supremo......

Oppn boycotts Parliament in solidarity with 8 suspended MPs

A number of opposition parties on Tuesday staged a walkout from Rajya Sabha and decided to boycott proceedings of the House till the suspension of eight members is revoked, even as the government......

EC says NITI Aayog VC violated poll code

The Election Commission on Friday expressed 'displeasure' over NITI Aayog vice chairman Rajiv Kumar's remarks against the Congress' proposed minimum income scheme 'NYAY' and said the comments......

Why Jaitley is optimistic about investments in India

India is back in the reckoning at the global centre-stage and the huge build-up in positive sentiments among investors should soon start converting into real investment flows on the ground, Finance......

The politics of shady business in Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh was a pioneering state in grabbing new business opportunities when the economy opened up in the early 90s. The first set of private gas-based power projects, as well as the......

Big business and the political process

In the late seventies and early eighties, it was fashionable for business and financial journalists to be mildly left. That fitted in with the prevailing political conviction of the time that Big......

Budgets are for chhote bhaiyyas

A finance minister is seldom as secure politically as he likes to pretend. And in certain situations, he can become very insecure indeed. This could be one such time. One wonders why.Few finance......

S P Balasubrahmanyam's TOP 25 Songs

Siva Sankar looks at S P Balasubrahmanyam's fantastic repertoire. S P Balasubrahmanyam passed away in his 75th year, and so we celebrate the singer with 75 of his top songs, in a multi-part......

Does Priyanka love Rhinos?

Or does Priyanka Chopra's love for Assam go beyond that? Priyanka Chopra is the latest actor to join the list of actors promoting different Indian states. The Quantico actor will reportedly promote......

PIX: Nagarjuna, Allu Arjun at Chiranjeevi's daughter's reception

The big fat wedding reception of actor-turned-politician Chiranjeevi's daughter Sreeja was held at the Park Hyatt hotel in Hyderabad on March 31. It was indeed a grand affair as celebrities......

Alasyam Amrutham is interesting

Radhika Rajamani reviews the Telugu movie, Alasyam Amrutham. Post YOUR reviews here!Thisfilmis shot in just one location -- a railway station (barring the songs) -- within a stipulated time.The......

Pro Kabaddi: Aamir Khan sings National Anthem as U Mumba win thriller

IMAGE: Aamir Khan, right, with Rana Daggubatti during a Pro Kabaddi League match. Photograph: Pro Kabaddi/Twitter Defending champions U Mumba managed to pull off an exciting 27-25 win over hosts......

Bedridden Olympian and Dronacharya awardee Salam facing dire times

Former India footballer and hero of the 1956 Olympic team, Syed Abdus Salam is bed-ridden and facing a financial crisis. The 75-year-old has been bed-ridden for the last three years and is on......