As Mamata wields knife, Pranab has a cakewalk

Jyoti Basu, the 95-year-old communist, has lost touch with many of his comrades. But this morning the former chief minister of West Bengal did not forget to call his favourite Congressman to say,......

North Block rejig ahead of Budget

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee's core team for the Budget will witness a crucial change on February 1. With the government announcing the appointment of Sunil Mitra as revenue secretary, the......

Fin ministry seeks Idiot's tip for Budget blues

As the ministry of finance gets into the Budget mode, its officials perhaps want to tell themselves, "All is well". So, they have none other than Aamir Khan, alias Rancho of recent Bollywood......

Infra firms may get MAT relief

The government is likely to ease the incidence of minimum alternate tax, or MAT, on infrastructure companies. The department of revenue plans to change the proposed direct tax code to exempt these......

Message from Bollywood: 'DON'T GIVE UP!'

'Once you choose hope, anything is possible.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Shruti Haasan/Instagram Like Shruti Haasan's goth look?   Photograph: Kind courtesy Juhi Chawla/Instagram Juhi Chawla......

Madhuri sends out a message of love

Surbhi cleans her home... Kavita does some yoga... Photograph: Kind courtesy Madhuri Dixit/Instagram Madhuri Dixit shares a picture with husband Dr Sriram Nene and tells everybody to 'hold your......

Guess where Nargis is off to?

Raashi goes to Italy... Evelyn goes to Sydney... Photograph: Kind courtesy Nargis Fakhri/Instagram 'Bye Bye Los Angeles, Hello New York City. - Just planning my next Trip. Where shall I go? Road......

Review: Chalk N Duster has good intent but clumsy execution

Mistaking intent for quality, Chalk N Duster’s greatest drawback is that it tries to take the high moral ground without substantiating its material or projecting the least bit of......

Railways skittled out cheaply

A fine spell by Ashish Winston Zaidi and Pramod Chawla helped Uttar Pradesh bowl out former Ranji champions Railways for a paltry 137 on the opening day of the Ranji Trophy Elite Group 'A' cricket......

Kaif guides UP to safety

Mohammad Kaif shrugged off his omission from the Indiasquad to hit a valuable 91 and help defending champions Uttar Pradesh reach a respectable 249 for eight on the opening day of the Ranji Trophy......

UP let Saurashtra off the hook

A brilliant century by skipper J N Shah (124) helped Saurashtra post a healthy 298 for 7 on the first day of the four-day Ranji Trophy match against Uttar Pradesh, in Kanpur, on Thursday. UP failed......

UP complete crushing victory

Uttar Pradesh crushed Hyderabad by 10 wickets in the Ranji Trophy Elite Group 'B'match to complete to register their firstvictory in the tournament at the K D Singh Babu Stadium inLucknow on......

UP set for outright victory

Uttar Pradesh are all set for an outright victory after bundling out Hyderabad for a paltry 227 runs on the third day of the Ranji Trophy Elite Group 'B' match in Lucknow on Thursday.At stumps, the......