Was Ram Rahim BJP's trump card in Haryana?

Was Ram Rahim's release on parole for the 10th time since his conviction in 2017 timed to coincide with the Haryana assembly elections? It does seem so when one considers he has been released......

In Search For Planet Nine

Planet Nine, if it exists, is somewhere between 6-10 times the mass of Earth, and it may have an orbit that takes it around the sun once every 1,500 Earth years or more. IMAGE: Kindly note the......

How The BJP Plans To Shackle Nitish Kumar

'The BJP will use Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha to check Nitish Kumar.''They will not allow him to function freely as before.' IMAGE: Janata Dal-United President Nitish Kumar takes oath......

The A-W Of Desi Guests At the White House Dinner

The dinner Jill Biden and her husband US President Joe Biden hosted for Prime Minister Narendra D Modi, June 22, at the White House brought together, Indians and Americans from so many firmaments,......

Merger with HDFC to take 8-10 months more: HDFC Bank

HDFC Bank expects to amalgamate its home loan major parent HDFC into itself by September next year, a top official said on Friday. Photograph: Shailesh Andrade/Reuters Both HDFC and HDFC Bank......

PM asks bankers to ensure stable credit growth

During a three-hour long virtual meeting with CEOs of large public and private sector banks along with heads of NBFCs, the prime minister assured them that the government is ready to take all steps......

Paytm bank rolls out the goodies on launch

Targeting 500 million customers by 2020, digital payments firm Paytm on Tuesday launched its payments bank with 4 per cent interest rate and cashbacks on deposits, zero fees on online transactions......

Did demonetization steal the colour from art?

Since the note ban was announced, auction houses, galleries and art fairs are witnessing lukewarm sales -- even with masters like Souza, Raza and Padamsee. Ritika Kochhar reports. IMAGE: At this......

The Man Who Got Slapped On Bigg Boss 3

Everyone is talking about the tight slap that Armaan Malik gave Vishal Pandey on Bigg Boss OTT 3. Interestingly, Vishal has a fan following of his own, even before he stepped inside the house, as......

The Girl Who Caught Bollywood's Eye

'The fact that I got noticed in a film that stars Hrithik Roshan and Deepika Padukone is a big high for me.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Sanjeeda Shaikh/Instagram Her first film saw her in just a......

Our Biopics Are Bad, But There's Hope

I do have a dream biopic. It has as its subject Renu Saluja, the cosmically gifted editor, with a special focus on the Vidhu Vinod Chopra-Saluja-Sudhir Mishra love story, states Sreehari Nair.......

Modern Love Hyderabad Review

Modern Love Hyderabad, even though predictable, is interesting in parts and keeps you entertained emotionally, observes Divya Nair. Modern Love Hyderabad is a Telugu anthology of six stories that......

HI Polls: Tirkey to face UP Hockey's Katyal, Jharkhand's Bhola Nath

Photograph: Kind Courtesy Dilip Tirkey/Twitter Former India captain Dilip Tirkey, who is the frontrunner for Hockey India president's post, will be up against Uttar Pradesh Hockey chief Rakesh......

'Yashpal didn't get credit for '83 win'

'He was the one who set the agenda for the 1983 World Cup win with 89 in the first match against the West Indies, then top-scoring with 40 in the crucial match against Australia when we had to......

'Yashpal was a 200 percent man'

'Day before yesterday I had spoken to him, asking him to come on my YouTube channel.''He had said, 'Anytime for you Kiri bhai'.' IMAGE: Yashpal Sharma with Vivian Richards. Photograph: Kind......