When Bhagat Singh Asked Rajguru To Shoot Him

On Bhagat Singh's 117th birth anniversary, Utkarsh Mishra recounts fascinating incidents from the legend's life. Photograph: ANI Photo   Bhagat Singh holds a unique place in the Indian......

37 ministers don't find a place in Modi 3.0

As many as 37 ministers have been dropped from the government in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's third term and these include seven with cabinet rank -- prominent among them being Smriti Irani,......

UP Dalits abandon BJP? Wins 8 of 17 SC seats, lowest in 3 polls

The Bharatiya Janata Party, which has been performing well on the Lok Sabha seats reserved for the Scheduled Castes in Uttar Pradesh in the last two general elections, has got a jolt in the latest......

Modi among first 195 BJP Lok Sabha candidates; See full list

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will contest from Varanasi for a third time as the Bharatiya Janata Party released its first list of 195 candidates for the Lok Sabha polls, naming 34 Union ministers,......

Who were the real heroes of the 1991 reforms?

'One wishes that today's 'take no prisoners' brand of politics would give way to an understanding of the national interest that is shared by both government and Opposition,' says T N Ninan. A......

AI's low-cost carrier to be Delhi-based

The low-cost arm of the newly merged Air India is being shifted from Mumbai to Delhi, while the headquarters of the overall airline and cargo operations would function from the western metropolis.......

Govt constitutes National Aviation Company board

Government on Tuesday constituted the board of National Aviation Company of India Ltd, a company born out of the merger of Indian and Air-India, and appointed V Thulasidas as the chairman and......

Poster Boys review: Low-IQ comedy

Shreyas Talpade's film, co-starring the Deol brothers, never adds up to anything beyond a shrill or overdone caricature straight out of a dummy's guide in how to amuse, says Sukanya Verma. There's......

Review: Madras Cafe deserves an audience

Madras Cafe is  a swift, smart and serious study of an inglorious chapter of history, writes Sukanya Verma. When done right, few combinations have the allure of fact meets fiction. The......

Salaam Bombay review: 25 Years on, still brilliant!

Twenty five years since its release, Mira Nair's Salaam Bombay has aged well, writes Sukanya Verma.Inside the Chillar Home (children’s remand home), one of the boys tells our 10-year-old......