Nitish Kumar to hold gup-shup darbars

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will hold a 'gup-shup durbar' from mid-August on the lines of village 'durbar,' where people will be free to exchange their views and ideas on common issues.No one......

LOL! 5 wacky ways NaMo can make UK yatra memorable

California... Dubai.. and now London! NaMo is all set for his next phoren jaunt, this time to E-n-gl-a-n-d. In London, the self-proclaimed ex-chaiwallah will lunch with Liz R, plus, of course,......

Exclusive! How the surgical strikes were planned

'Not a single soldier should be left behind in enemy territory.'Nitin A Gokhale's fascinating account on how the Indian Army conducted the daring and successful cross-border operation in September......

Villagers on how SEZs will affect their lives

Fear of being displaced, fear of being uprooted from their native culture, fear of being exploited by shrewd politicians in connivance with developers of Special Economic Zones is the common strand......

Sea link: Mumbai marvel set to open on June 16

Mumbai's much-awaited Bandra Worli Sea Link built over the Mahim Creek of Arabian Sea is likely to open for the public on June 16. An engineering marvel and the first-ever open sea bridge of its......

Missed Ola, Housing.com deals 'cost' IIT Bombay Rs 450 cr

None of the top five start-ups launched by IITians — Flipkart, Zomato, Ola Cabs, Housing.com and Inmobi — were incubated at IITs Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, mentor to......

Govt orders RIL to stop KG-D6 gas supply

Admonishing the defiant Reliance Industries, the Oil Ministry has ordered the Mukesh Ambani-run firm to immediately stop natural gas sales to non-core users like Essar Steel to meet the full demand......

'Abhishek has not seen Jazbaa yet'

The film may not have released yet but compliments have already started flowing for Aishwarya Rai Bachchan-starrer Jazbaa. But the opinion that matters to her is yet to come. “Abhishek has......

Bollywood gets blown away by Hrithik

The Twitter world is quite a busy one, and Bollywood contributes a great deal to it. Here's looking at the best star tweets of the day. Hrithik Roshan's performance in Guzaarish seems to have......

Abhishek Bachchan's night out

The Twitter world is quite a busy one, and Bollywood contributes a great deal to it. Here's looking at the best star tweets of the day. Preity Zinta was among many of Abhishek......

'Go after Sanjay Dutt and kill him'

'Two things were clear: Firstly, Salem and Sanjay were no longer friends. Two, Salem was gunning for Sanjay.' 'The actor was in Goa at the time, along with his friend and the director of Kaante,......

Martin Guptill retires from international cricket

IMAGE: New Zealand's Martin Guptill in action during the ICC World Cup warm-up match against India at Kia Oval, London, May 25, 2019. Photograph: Andrew Couldridge/Reuters New Zealand batter......

Ashes Series Intrudes Into Vilnius Summit

Photograph and video: Kind courtesy Anthony Albanese/Twitter The Ashes rivalry between the Australian and English cricket teams escalated to new levels, with the prime ministers of both countries......

Don't write off Warner, warns Maxwell

IMAGE: David Warner (left) was woefully out of form in the second leg of IPL which was held in United Arab Emirates. Photograph: Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images Doubting David Warner "is an......

How New Zealand's Taylor-made plans negated India's spinners

‘With sweep shots we put pressure on India's spinners’ IMAGE: New Zealand batsman Tom Latham delicately sweeps, as wicketkeeper M S Dhoni and captain Virat Kohli watch anxiously,......

Sublime, just sublime Guptill is player of the day!

‘We will celebrate Gup's success, the team's success and then turn our attention to the semi-final’ Martin Guptill of New Zealand holds up the player of the match trophy. Photograph:......