18 Covid patients die in Gujarat hospital fire

At least eighteen persons including 16 COVID-19 patients died in a fire at a hospital at Bharuch in Gujarat in the early hours of Saturday, officials said. IMAGE: Fire breaks out in Patel Welfare......

Lockdown fear: Migrants start leaving Gujarat

Fearing another lockdown in the wake of a sudden spike in COVID-19 cases in Gujarat, migrant workers and their families have started leaving Surat and Ahmedabad, two of the state's......

Why UP may have no clear winner on counting day

Increasingly seen as the 'bellwether' for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the assembly election results will not only decide as to who will rule UP but show which way the wind is blowing ahead of the......

'Modi government does not understand the ABCD of science'

'We are moving away from the path of democracy and towards Hindu religious dictatorship,' scientist P M Bhargava, who plans to return his Padma Bhushan to the government next week, tells Syed......

IndiGo crisis explained: Planes, planes everywhere, but no one to fly them

IndiGo's situation points to a deeper malaise where skill shortage can challenge India's status as the fastest-growing aviation market, say experts. Photograph: Vivek Prakash/Reuters Hundreds of......

H1B: Waking up from the American dream

Since early December 2008, Sreehari Gopalakrishnan has applied to 176 firms, and the rate of call back has steadily declined. "Earlier, it used to be from 20 to 30 places but now it is less than......

R S Sharma to head ONGC

Dynamic manager and financial wizard R S Sharma will be the new chairman and managing director of India's most valuable company, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation.Public enterprise selection board on......

Sibal, others in fray for ONGC top job

At least a dozen candidates including V K Sibal, the upstream oil regulator, are in the race for the top job at India's most valuable company, Oil and Natural Gas Corp.Sibal, director general of......

Why Torbaaz is special for Sanjay Dutt

Sanjay Dutt's long awaited Torbaaz -- directed by Girish Malik -- will release on Netflix on December 11. This time, Dutt is in Afghanistan, teaching children the joys of cricket in lieu of the......

'Sanju has always been a fighter'

IMAGE: Sanjay Dutt exits Mumbai's Lilavati hospital on August 10. Photograph: Pradeep Bandekar A day after Sanjay Dutt announced a break from films for medical treatment, his wife Maanayata Dutt......

What does 2017's cinema hold for you?

Ranjita Ganesan lists the movies we should look forward to. There's a lot happening in Bollywood, Hollywood and world cinema this year. We break it up for you. Bollywood: Masala mix IMAGE: Shah......

Can the Censor Board decide how long a kiss should last?

'People with a lot of dreams and passion are paying a lot of money and making a film for two years. Then one random person, who might be a lawyer or a teacher or a social worker, comes and finds a......