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How Dr Singh Changed Finance Minister's Role

'Suddenly we had a new comprehension of affairs, which reminded that the luxury of politics floated atop a foundation by economics.''Along with this, finance ministers became crucial in molding the......

Mo-Sha Are Indispensable For RSS

Occasional lovers' tiffs have marked the history of RSS-BJP relations. To think that Nagpur will bring about any change in leadership is a misreading of both its intent and its power, points out......

SC nullifies 'gender cap' on performers in orchestra bars in Maha

The Supreme Court has scrapped the condition imposed by Maharashtra authorities that limited the number of female and male performers in orchestra bars to four each, saying rules based on gender......

Does Modi Understand Tamil Nadu?

In focus are the assembly polls in 2026.From a BJP perspective, their attack on the ruling DMK, using the 'Hindutva' card, and Annamalai's targeting of both Dravidian majors on corruption has not......

Supreme Court quashes Maharashtra's ban on dance bars

Seven years after they were banned, dance bars can again run in Maharashtra, with the Supreme Court on Tuesday upholding a Bombay high court verdict quashing the state government's order. A......

Ambitious plans of the new SKS chief

As the chairperson of SKS Trust, the largest shareholder in SKS Microfinance, Biksham Gujja created a stir by announcing they wanted to nominate Vikram Akula, the ousted boss who had founded the......

Consumer goods makers in rush to go public

Billionaire bottler Ravi Jaipuria is contemplating listing two companies held by RJ Corp in the next one year. These include Varun Beverages, which houses his bottling interests, and......

Best place to do business? Even Kazakhstan & Ghana are ahead of India

Image: A worker sits on a truck loaded with baskets of tomatoes at a wholesale vegetable market in New Delhi. Photograph: Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters India has many challenges that it has yet to......

Reality show hosts, IPL players in tax net

The next time Amitabh Bachchan hosts Kaun Bangea Crorepati or Sachin Tendulkar hits a ton in an Indian Premier League match, the taxmen may come knocking on their doors. Judging or hosting a......

Shah Rukh looks to exit Kolkata Knight Riders

After dropping "Kolkata" from Indian Premier League teamKolkata Knight Riders, actor Shah Rukh Khan has started discussions with Nokia, Sahara, the Anil Ambani group, and several other companies to......

10 STUNNING Films I Watched In Cannes

With the mad rush of celebrities, paparazzi, official photographers and influencers on red carpets and parties, people almost forget that the Cannes Film Festival is firstly, a celebration of world......

10 Classic Malayalam Films On OTT

There's a peevish quality to all the films on this list, which is fitting, because peevishness is the defining characteristic of most Malayalis. These films, even at their saddest, darkest and......

Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam Review: The Man Who Woke Up Different

As good as Mammootty is playing Sundaram, we see this facet of his performance through two lenses: That of Sundaram being an offset to whatever we know about James, and that of Mammootty doing......

'Saira was more beautiful than I thought'

'I can still recall my eyes falling on Saira, looking breathtakingly beautiful in a brocade sari.''She had indeed grown to full womanhood and was in reality more beautiful than I thought she was.'A......

Abhishek Bachchan's #RoadTo20

Abhishek Bachchan is 20 years old. In show business, guys! His first film Refugee, directed by J P Dutta and co-starring Kareena Kapoor, released on June 30, 2000. Abhishek has been posting fond......

'Kohli is too good a player to be criticised'

'It will be unfair to say that he is out of form on the basis of two innings. He has already scored a hundred in this series. How many players have got a hundred in the series?' IMAGE: A sharp dip......

Did You Know Dhoni Could Pout?

IMAGE: Sakshi Dhoni shared glimpses of the evening on Instagram. Photograph: Kind courtesy Sakshi Dhoni/Instagram Mahendra Singh Dhoni made a rare public appearance with wife Sakshi Dhoni......

Most Americans to avoid sports before coronavirus vaccine

'Just because people say we can go back, until people feel fully safe ... they aren't going to go back.' IMAGE: Cardboard cutouts of fans prior to the Chinese Professional Baseball League season......

Pak players upset about PCB Chairman's education remarks

IMAGE: Pakistan batsman Muhammad Hafeez. Photograph: BCCI. Senior Pakistani cricketers have taken great umbrage at the remarks made by PCB Chairman Shaharyar Khan that the absence of educated......

'I don't want any tags, I don't want any headlines'

'I am not competing with anyone at all' 'It’s my job; I am supposed to do what I am doing and I am not doing anyone a favour.' IMAGE: India’s batting machine Virat Kohli says......

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