Biz tycoons LN Mittal, Kiran Mazumdar Shaw among electoral bond buyers

Corporate donations worth thousands of crores to political parties through now-scrapped electoral bonds may have hit the headlines, but there were also 132 such bonds of just Rs 1,000 each bought......

Mulayam, Ustad Zakir Hussain, SM Krishna get Padma Vibhushan

Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav, former external affairs minister in the UPA government S M Krishna and tabla maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain were among six luminaries selected......

The End Of NDTV As We Know It

We got the same Diwali bonuses. We ate together. We carried equipment together on shoots.And when the odd reporter tried to throw her weight around and leave the camera person to carry bags of......

Hijab Case: Why Muslim Liberals Will Lose

The educated, respectable and established Muslims voices, that were on the modernising side on the Shah Bano issue, are fighting on the opposite side now, mostly because they worry about Narendra......

Strong domestic demand, raw material cost, pushing up steel prices

Strong demand in the domestic market, coupled with an increase in raw material prices, is pushing up steel prices. Photograph: Babu/Reuters According to SteelMint, a market intelligence and price......

Brokerages positive about medium-term outlook for liquor stocks

Analysts believe that the sector could experience a reversal of fortunes due to better demand and margin improvements. Photograph: Flavio Lo Scalzo/Reuters After underperforming its peers in the......

Count On Shilpa To Brighten Your Day

Nimrat in Shirdi... Taapsee in Udaipur... Esha in Srinagar... Photograph: Kind courtesy Shilpa Shetty/Instagram Shilpa Shetty looks hot, doesn't she?   Photograph: Kind courtesy Kajal A......

Coming Up On OTT In July

July has some interesting content on OTT, with quite a few original shows and movies premiering in the digital space. Joginder Tuteja lists the entertainment for the month.   GarudanWhere to......

Panchayat 3 Review: Can Phulera Retains Its Innocence?

There are enough threads left to weave a Season 4, hopefully without the dark clouds hovering over Phulera, observes Deepa Gahlot. The fictional village of Phulera in UP, where TVF's Panchayat is......

Ranveer Clarifies Divorce Rumours

Film folk seem quite excited about the first Tiffany store opening in Mumbai, at the city's Jio World Plaza. Photograph: Kind courtesy Karisma Kapoor/Instagram 'Painted the town blue at the......

Ranji: Jagadeesan's 2nd season-ton helps Tamil Nadu

Photograph: Narayan Jagadeesan/Instagram Rohilla's fourth first-class ton gives Services solid start Opener Shubham Rohilla struck his fourth first-class hundred to take Services to 279 for 4......

Asian Games: How the Mukherjees breached the Chinese wall

IMAGE: Ayhika Mukherjee and Suthirtha Mukherjee assured India of a historic medal in table tennis. Photographs: SAI Media/X Sitting on the courtside, the legendary Ma Lin shook his head in......

Srikanth, Chaliha top trials, make Asian Games teams

IMAGE: Kidambi Srikanth. Photograph: Getty Images Kidambi Srikanth and Ashmita Chaliha on Sunday topped the men's and women's singles selection trials respectively to assure themselves a place in......

Ranji: Bengal trounce UP; Nagaland bowled out for 25!

A summary of all the action from Day 4 of the Ranji Trophy matches played on Friday. IMAGE: Tamil Nadu's B Sai Kishore picked 5/101 to bowl out Hyderabad for 258 on Day 4 of their Ranji Trophy......

How many times have India won the Asia Cup?

Rajneesh Gupta's fascinating insights about the Asia Cup. IMAGE: Mahendra Singh Dhoni celebrates India winning the 2010 Asia Cup after beating Sri Lanka in the final in Dambulla, June 24, 2010.......