NCP turns down MoS post, awaits cabinet berth

The Nationalist Congress Party on Sunday turned down the Bharatiya Janata Party's offer to accommodate Praful Patel as a minister of state with independent charge in the new National Democratic......

How Patnaik Plans To Outwit Jay Panda

What may work for the BJP is the growing resentment against V K Pandian, a bureaucrat-turned-politician who Jay Panda alleges has hijacked the Odisha government. IMAGE: Bharatiya Janata Party......

Probe agencies failed to unmask Dabholkar murder masterminds: Court

The investigating agencies could not expose the masterminds behind the murder of rationalist Dr Narendra Dabholkar, and must introspect whether it was a mere failure or a 'deliberate inaction' due......

Narendra Dabholkar murder: 2 accused convicted, 3 acquitted

Nearly 11 years after rationalist Dr Narendra Dabholkar was shot dead in Pune, a special court on Friday convicted his two assailants and sentenced them to life imprisonment for the murder, and......

Bollywood Gets Ready For Christmas!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Bollywood! Photograph: Kind courtesy Diana Penty/Instagram Diana Penty decorates her vanity van and shares a picture: 'Christmas is coming......

Veteran actor Shriram Lagoo passes away

Veteran actor Dr Shriram Lagoo, a stalwart in Marathi theatre and cinema and a prolific character artiste in numerous Bollywood movies, passed away on Tuesday evening. He was 92. Dr Lagoo died of......

Simmba Review: Total Dhamaal!

Simmba is a dhamaka from the start till the end, cheers Urvi Parikh. If there is one director who aces the masala genre, then it is undoubtedly Rohit Shetty. Rohit knows how to tap the right......

Sports Shorts: Boxer Amit Panghal shines; Delhi stun Bengaluru FC

IMAGE: Amit Panghal celebrates. Photograph: Shahbaz Khan/PTI Asian Games gold medallist Amit Panghal started the season on a strong note as Indian boxers packed enough power into their punches to......