It's Birla vs Suresh for Speaker's post as govt outreach fails

The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance on Tuesday maintained its streak of continuity in its third term by fielding previous Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla for the crucial......

Birla's challenger's election was cancelled in 2009, restored by SC

Kodikunnil Suresh, the Opposition's pick for the Lok Sabha speaker who will go up against the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Om Birla, is a Congress veteran, an eight-term MP and one whose election......

'Jai Shri Ram, NEET-NEET': Slogans fly in Lok Sabha on Day 1

The Lok Sabha witnessed a display of linguistic diversity on Monday, with the newly-elected MPs taking their oaths in English and Indian languages, including Sanskrit, Hindi, Dogri, Bengali,......

INDIA bloc MPs won't assist pro-tem Speaker during Parl session

As the first session of the 18th Lok Sabha is set to begin today, INDIA bloc leaders decided not to sit in the Speaker's chair to assist the pro-tem Speaker during the oath-taking ceremony of newly......

Better products, no discounts this Diwali

With the time between Navratri and Diwali representing the highest-selling period for the Rs 25,000 crore (Rs 250 billion) consumer durable industry in India, the 'no discount' strategy adopted by......

Kunchacko Boban replaces Prithviraj in Naale Raavile

 The latest updates from Malayalam film industry. According to reports, Kunchacko Boban will star in director Rosshan Andrrews’ Naale Raavile. The film was originally announced with......

Huma Qureshi is Mammootty's heroine

Get your low down on what's happening in the Malayalam film industry, right here! Huma Qureshi has been signed on to play Mammootty’s heroine in director Uday Ananthan’s forthcoming......

Director slams actresses!

Cinematographer turned filmmaker Thankar Bachchan (Azhagi) got into much trouble whilespeaking to a journalist recently. The result?A standstill of all film shootings in Tamil Nadu.Apparently,......

Saurashtra, Andhra in Ranji QF; Mumbai, Maharashtra out

Defending champions Madhya Pradesh and Punjab qualify for quarter-finals. A summary of Friday's action in the Ranji Trophy matches across the country.  IMAGE: Tamil Nadu's players celebrate......

Ranji Roundup: Samson hits ton, Delhi reach quarters

A round-up of Ranji matches played on Sunday Kerala need 9 wickets for outright win IMAGE: Hyderabad bowler Mudassir, who took a 5-wicket haul on his debut match, poses with the ball. Photograph:......

Ranji round up: Captains Tiwary, Raina lead from the front

Manoj Tiwary and Sudip Chatterjee scored centuries to lead Bengal's spirited comeback against Mumbai, while Gujarat put themselves in line for full seven points after enforcing the follow-on......

Ranji Roundup: Punjab concede three points; Delhi crush Assam

A round-up of Ranji matches played across India on Sunday Double failure for Yuvraj as Punjab concede three points IMAGE: Goa batsman S S Bandekar celebrates his half-century during the Ranji......

Ranji round-up: Mumbai edge TN in just over two days

A round-up of Ranji matches played across India on Saturday Defending champions Mumbai edged out Tamil Nadu by two wickets, on Saturday, in a low-scoring thriller as the opening round Ranji Trophy......