CBI not liable to furnish any information under RTI Act: Kerala HC

The Kerala high court has held that the Central Bureau of Investigation was exempted from furnishing information under the Right to Information Act as CBI is one of several intelligence and......

Congress leader Oscar Fernandes passes away

Veteran Congress leader and former Union Minister Oscar Fernandes MP died at a private hospital in Mangaluru on Monday afternoon, family sources said. He was 80 and is survived by his wife and two......

Gehlot allocates portfolios, retains home, finance

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday allocated portfolios to ministers of his expanded cabinet, retaining home and finance with him. Twelve new ministers were inducted and three......

Channi keeps 14 portfolios, Amarinder's ministers retain theirs

Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Tuesday allocated portfolios to the new ministers, keeping 14 departments with himself and giving home affairs to deputy chief minister Sukhjinder......

Budget should reduce income tax rates, invest in infrastructure: CEOs to FM

Besides low interest rates, a reduction in active Covid cases and strong high-frequency macro data have lifted the sentiment of both corporate India and the stock markets. The Budget, to be......

House of Commons to discuss EU mango ban crisis

The 28-member European Union's ban on the import of Indian mangoes will figure in a debate in Britain's House of Commons next week, amidst widespread criticism of the ban from exporters and......

Finolex group chief honoured in UK

A leading Indian entrepreneur, Prahlad Chhabria, has been honoured at the prestigious Institute of Directors in London with a silver platter in recognition of his contribution to......

'British jobs' slogan promotes apartheid: MP

A leading NRI Labour MP has criticised Prime Minister Gordon Brown's slogan "British jobs for British workers," charging that it amounts to "employment apartheid."Keith Vaz, chairman of the Home......

Your FAVOURITE Ashutosh Gowariker Film? VOTE!

Ashutosh Gowariker's career is a roller coaster ride. From movies that came and left the theatre in the blink of an eye to ones that caught Oscar's eye, it's quite a story. Although the......

Review: Tere Bin Laden: Dead or Alive has its goofy moments

But it's nowhere as fun as the 2010 comedy, writes Sukanya Verma. When Abhishek Sharma’s Tere Bin Laden came out in 2010, its wacky premise and fizzy humour, involving an Osama Bin Laden......

'Akshay's my favourite co-star'

Kareena Kapoor's looking like a million bucks in her upcoming film, Kambakkth Ishq, and she knows it. The actress, who plays a supermodel in the film, has a great chemistry with co-star Akshay......

Kapil wins Global Diversity Award for Sport 2011

India's first World Cup winning captain Kapil Dev has been chosen for the Global Diversity Award for Sports 2011 for his outstanding achievements in cricket and his recent induction into the ICC......

Spotted: Umpire Simon Taufel

Reader R Santhanam sent us this photograph. 'Hi, 'It was a surprise to see Simon Taufel at the ICC tournament in Singapore on the 6th of September. He welcomed every visitor for a photo......

Team India felicitated in London for WC win

It may have been a nightmarish tour on field but off the field, Indian cricketers had an evening to remember when they were felicitated by the Indo-British Parliamentarians Group for their historic......