'Fear Has Gone From People's Minds'

'Just today a shopkeeper I went to was saying how bad business is. He must have been a BJP supporter.''He finally said, "It's a good thing there's an NDA government, not a BJP government, 'they'......

Bharat Ratna recipients' tally touches 53, maximum awardees in 2024

The decision to award Bharat Ratna to former prime ministers PV Narasimha Rao and Charan Singh and green revolution pioneer MS Swaminathan has taken the number of recipients of the country's......

Karpoori Thakur: Fountainhead of OBC politics in Bihar

Meeting Karpoori Thakur, the twice chief minister of a volatile state like Bihar, where he was reviled and respected in equal measure, was always easy for me and anybody who sought his audience.......

'Electoral Bonds Biggest Scam In India'

'There is no scope for any doubt. This was a scheme designed to enrich the ruling party.' IMAGE: Bharatiya Janata Party leader Narendra D Modi at a roadshow for the Lok Sabha elections in......

Aam Aadmi Party: Good politics but bad economics

Arvind Kejriwal has got his politics right. Now, he needs to rethink his party’s economic policies says A K Bhattacharya. It is time Arvind Kejriwal drew a connection between the economic......

The Best Political Biopic? VOTE!

Atal Bihari Vajpayee's biopic Main Atal Hoon reveals the pitfalls of making films on political figures: The maker has to be careful not to offend any followers. It often results in bland......

'We prayed for case to be solved but we hoped it wouldn't come to this'

A year after the brutal murder of music composer Jatin-Lalit's sister Sandhya Singh, her only son Raghuveer surrendered to the cops earlier this week after being named prime......

'Shaayad josh mein aake hosh nahin raha'

  Photograph: Kind courtesy Kangana Ranaut/Instagram Shatrughan Sinha has a few wise words about the events of the day, including Kangana Ranaut's most controversial statements about India's......

Mahesh Babu gifts Audi A6 to Srimanthudu director

A lowdown on what's happening in the Telugu film industry. Mahesh Babu recently presented the director of his film Srimanthudu Koratala Siva with the latest Audi A6 Matrix, acknowledging the......

SAG: India consolidate top spot; widens gap with rivals

India grabbed another 18 silver and 4 bronze to take the total tally to 165 medals IMAGE: Tejinder Pal Singh Toor broke the South Asian Games record. Photograph: SAI Media/Twitter Shuttlers......

Nat tennis: Rawat rallies to overcome Munshaw

The top seeds in the men's and women's singles advanced to the semi-finals of the Fenesta Open National Tennis Championships, in Delhi, on Thursday. Top seed Jeevan Nedunchezhiya breezed into the......

Nat Tennis: Nedunchezhiya in quarter-finals

Top seed Jeevan Nedunchezhiya continued his impressive run to enter the men's singles quarter-finals, but it was curtains for two of the top four seeds, with PC Vignesh and VM Ranjeet withdrawing......

Sports Shorts: Mary Kom shocked; Miranda enters quarters

Mary Kom shocked by coach’s resignation IMAGE: MC Mary Kom will try to convince coach Stephane Cottalorda on reconsidering his resignation. Photograph: PTI Top Indian woman boxer M C Mary......

Khade creates history with Asiad bronze

Virdhawal Khade scripted history on Tuesday as he became the first Indian swimmer in 24 years to clinch an Asian Games medal by notching up a bronze in the 50m butterfly event in Guangzhou. Khade,......