Jagan's close aide Vijayasai Reddy quits politics, resigns from RS

In a surprise move, YSRCP Rajya Sabha member and party general secretary V Vijayasai Reddy on Friday announced his decision to quit politics and said he will be resigning from his parliament......

HC directs Bengal to ensure 1% quota for transgenders in public job

The Calcutta high court has directed the West Bengal government to ensure one percent reservation for transgender persons in all public employment in the state. IMAGE: Transgenders show their......

Naidu to be sworn in as Andhra CM on June 12

Telugu Desam Party supremo N Chandrababu Naidu will be sworn in as the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh for the third time on June 12, party sources said on Friday. IMAGE: Telugu Desam Party (TDP)......

HC scraps OBC status for 77 Muslim classes in Bengal, calls it illegal

The Calcutta high court on Wednesday struck down the Other Backward Classes status of several classes in West Bengal granted since 2010, finding such reservations to vacancies in services and posts......

Crest to cut costs by half to combat cash crunch

Faced with a cash crunch, Crest Animation Studios plans to slash nearly two-thirds of its workforce. The company’s loss in the financial year 2013 was Rs 13.82 crore (Rs 138.2 million). It......

Remittance: India again tops the world

India has retained its position as the highest recipient of global remittance flow at $52 billion in 2008, the World Bank has said in a report. Remittance is defined as the sum of money paid to......

He enriched the world with his magical voice

His songs were the anchor, the substratum, if you will, upon which life unfolded day after day, decade after decade -- across villages, towns, cities, and regions.Siva Sankar pays a tribute to S P......

Chiranjeevi, Ram Charan star at dazzling Hyderabad wedding

When T Subbarami Reddy invites you, stars and politicians make sure to attend. Anirudh Reddy, producer-politician T Subbarami Reddy's grandson, wed Neha Reddy in a dazzling ceremony in Hyderabad on......

ReadersReview: Article 15: 'Absolutely compelling'

Anubhav Sinha's Ayushmann Khurrana starrer Article 15 has been getting rave reviews from film critics and audiences alike. We asked readers to send in their reviews of the hard-hitting film.......

Pahlaj Nihalani sacked as Censor Board chief

Noted lyricist and adman Prasoon Joshi will replace him as the chairman of the Central Board of Film Certification.   The government on Friday replaced Pahlaj Nihalani with songwriter-poet......

Indian girls win gold in Slovak Junior Open TT

Promising paddler Sutirtha Mukherjee led Indian girls to a gold medal finish while the boys had to settle for a silver in the team championship of the Slovak Junior Open at Senec, Slovakia. Indian......