The Congress on Friday launched a multi-pronged attack on the government over a video of a restaurant chain owner purportedly "apologising" to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for voicing......
Bandage gives immediate relief for a wound, but it is no cure for the deep malady -- if there is one within. Finance Minister P Chidambaram's budgetary move to waive off farm loans is like a......
Six years after the twin blasts at Gateway of India and Zaveri Bazaar, a special Prevention of Terrorism Act Court in Mumbai has given death sentence to all the three accused in the......
The Indian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Vikram Dorwaiswami, who was touring Scotland this week was blocked from entering a gurdwara in the city of Glasgow by pro-Khalistan extremists,......
What some of our leaders were up to on Wednesday and Thursday. IMAGE: Home Minister Amit A Shah seeks Bharatiya Janata Party veteran Murli Manohar Joshi's blessing.Dr Joshi, who headed the BJP in......
It's February again and like every year the lists come out with everyone's expectations from the Finance Minister. It's a different matter altogether that the expectations have not always been......
Arvind Subramanian argues that the finance minister must focus on fiscal consolidation to restore the economy. Dear Mr Chidambaram, Congratulations on ensuring that 2012 was merely bad rather......
Senior citizens - a lovely word coined by the government to describe elderly people of the country. Whether they get the respect needed to be is a matter of perpetual debate. What does one do......
Sir, last year I had the opportunity to present suggestions to you prior to Budget 2010 through this column. This year again, I have the privilege to reach out to you on behalf of the......
This is to bring into your notice, Mr FM, that expectations are higher from each sector though you are not new to such attention from society.Plenty of things have been delivered in the last seven......
'Television actors are people who play with fire.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Smriti Kalra Television actor Smriti Kalra, known for playing the female lead in the Star Plus show 12/24 Karol Bagh,......
A comedy show leads to some not-so-funny moments. IMAGE: Mallika Dua with The Great India Laughter Challenge team: Akshay Kumar, Hussain Dalal, Zakir Khan and Eli Avram. Photograph: Mallika Dua/......
Here's what your favourite celebrities have been up to. Sonam Kapoor gestures at the music launch of her upcoming movie, Aisha on Fever 104 FM, in Mumbai on Thursday. ...
'I have fallen in love and been dumped several times, so I learnt not to break anyone’s heart. I liked some of the housemates but someone else developed feelings for them.' Rishabh Sinha......
A radio jockey conjures up an image of a yuppie, street smart, dashing young person with a flair for articulation and quick wit, but this RJ for a change is a septuagenarian who nonetheless has......
'BCCI offered to pay WI players whatever we were losing' IMAGE: Dwayne Bravo walked out with the whole team at the toss of the fourth ODI during that controversial series. Photograph: BCCI Former......
With the silver trophy tucked under one arm and cradling her daughter Jada in the other, Kim Clijsters provided a huge lift for working mothers around the world as she was crowned US Open champion......
Accusations fly as Windies World Twenty20 squad stand firm IMAGE: West Indies players before the start of a match. Photograph: BCCI West Indies are former World Twenty20 champions and currently......
Indian Grandmaster R R Laxman walked away with the gold medal while Russia's Pavel Maletin won the overall title in the Parsvnath Commonwealth Chess Championship that concluded in Delhi on Tuesday.......