How Non-BJP States Are Paying Back Modi-Shah

Non-BJP chief ministers are retaliating.If the Centre can use its agencies to threaten, intimidate and jail its rivals, so can they.The fightback will get more intense, observes Shekhar Gupta.......

BJP bets on BSY for re-entry in south India

While some would give the BJP full marks for starting early in the only state in the south where it stands a chance, the 'party with a difference' has fallen back on a tainted leader.Raghu Krishnan......

Has language war put BJP on back foot in Karnataka?

With one year left for assembly elections in Karnataka, the last big bastion of the Congress, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has found an emotive issue to counter the Bharatiya Janata Party as the......

A Congress government headed for doom

Failure to deliver on governance, corruption allegations, preoccupation with Lok Sabha and gram panchayat polls and factionalism have weakened Siddaramaiah's government in Karnataka. This may well......

Why Forbes' editors in India were sacked

Why did four senior editors at Forbes India, run by the Rs 2,400-crore Network18 group, leave in the last week of May? Was it because of the hurry to rush into a digital future? Or was it because......

Leela Group founder Krishnan Nair is no more

The grand old man of Indian hospitality, Captain C P Krishnan Nair passed away at a private hospital in Mumbai on Saturday after a brief illness. He was 92 years old. Nair, who started started......

CAs' body asks govt help in accessing PNB fraud data

ICAI intends to investigate the chartered accountants of PNB but the bank allegedly refuses to give the information sought.  The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India has approached the......

Hotel Leela founder Capt Nair steps down

The grand old man of Indian hospitality industry, Captain C P Krishnan Nair on Thursday stepped down as the Chairman of Hotel Leelaventure, the company he founded in 1981. Nair, 91, will be......

Your Movie Calendar For 2024

After a blockbuster 2023, all eyes are now on what 2024 looks like. Joginder Tuteja lists the scheduled theatrical releases in a multi-part series.   Merry Christmas Release date: January 12......

Review: Valiyavan fails to impress

Valiyavan is a slow-paced, ordinary romantic comedy that intends to spread a message of patriotism against the backdrop of the special bond shared by a father and his grown up son,......

'There are no immediate plans to make Thegidi 2'

Over the last one year, several short-film makers have made successful mainstream films: Nalan Kumarasamy (Soodhu Kavvum) and Karthik Subbaraj (Pizza) among them. Most recent is director P Ramesh,......

Review: Thegidi is an exciting thriller

Thegidi, directed by debutant P Ramesh is an exciting investigative thriller revolving around a massive insurance scam, writes S Saraswathi. The latest to jump on the bandwagon of short filmmakers,......

Dinesh Kumar wins silver in boxing

Dinesh Kumar had to settle for a silverin the men's boxing event in the Asian Games in Guangzhou on Thursday. Uzbekistan's Elshod Rasulov beat the 22-year-old Indian 10-4 in the in the 81kg......

SAG: Boxers join shooters in gold-hunt, India's medal tally soars

IMAGE: India’s Vikas Krishnan, left, is declared the winner . Photograph: PTI The Indian juggernaut rolled on unabated as the star-studded boxing squad joined the shooters in what is turning......

Manoj Kumar eases into second round of World Boxing

Manoj Kumar eased past Valentino Knowles of the Bahamas, winning 17-11, to enter the second round in the light-welterweight (64kg) category and continue the Indian boxers' fine show at the World......

Zhang Zong is Asian champion

Youngsters Neelotpal Das and Sundararajan Kidambi missed their Grandmaster norms by a whisker by losing in the ninth and final round of the Asian Chess Championship won by Chinese Zhang Zhong in......

Neelotpal stays in joint lead

International Master Neelotpal Das kept the Indian flag afloat by forcing a draw with Grandmaster Hua Ni of China to take his tally to 3.5 points and stay in joint lead in the fifth Asian Chess......