Land bill to be opposed inside, outside Parliament: Jairam Ramesh

Training guns on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Congress party on Tuesday discounted his contention that the United Progressive Alliance government had excluded 13 acts from the land bill which......

2 held for pro-Khalistan graffiti on Delhi Metro walls

The Delhi Police has arrested a 30-year-old man and detained one more in connection with writing pro-Khalistan messages on the walls of four Delhi Metro stations ahead of the G20 Summit, officials......

Bengal announces complete lockdown from May 16-30 to curb Covid spread

West Bengal will go under a complete lockdown from Sunday till May 30, the state government announced, as it put in place a host of stringent measures to curb the spread of COVID-19, including......

UP creates special force to arrest without warrant

The Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday notified the creation of a special force empowered to search any premises or arrest any person without any warrant or orders of a court, said an official.......

Rlys invite 20 groups to bid for insurance plan

Raising the level of competition among private insurance players for the railway insurance scheme, the Railways has invited as many as 20 parties to bid for providing insurance cover during the......

President nods UTI, Sebi, 4 other bills

The economic reforms process has got a boost following the presidential assent to the Unit Trust of India (Transfer of Undertaking and Repeal) Bill, 2002 and Securities and Exchange Board of India......

You will soon be riding metro rail in these 12 cities

Two buses, 120 minutes and a couple of inane conversations later Ritu trod wearily into class at Hindu College, North Campus . . . That was a month ago. Today, Ritu's journey across Delhi is not......

Land Acquisition Act: Right step, wrong route

The changes in the ordinance have been made after taking inputs from states suggesting changes to the Act which would make it more industry-friendly Image: Farmers plough a field before sowing......

Shilpa: I will not apologise

The shooting of Shilpa Shetty's new film, Metro, came to an abrupt halt in Navi Mumbai (New Bombay) after some people, allegedly members of the Shiv Sena, went on a rampage on the sets. The......

Bollywood's FABULOUS train journeys!

On the silver screen, the significance of trains can be traced all the way back through its use in innumerable movies. As means of transport or metaphor, the romance of trains is unmistakable in......

Review: BA Pass is an impressively dark and sexy film

BA Pass is a riveting film, writes Raja Sen.I love the word Taut. One of the finest words to describe films about crime, it’s a delicious word, evoking images of a tightrope yanked to within......

'I want the youth to watch Madaari'

'Madaari is a very strong film for the younger generation. If they understand this film correctly, it would be great fun.'  'It is serious cinema and our youth want to see that too; they......