Oh, how Indians love protocol!

'Perhaps it isn't protocol at all, but power before which we abase ourselves,' says Sunanda K Datta-Ray. IMAGE: The deft footwork behind the Mayawati-Akhilesh meeting confirmed that protocol is as......

For lower electricity bills, Rahul sweats it out in Mumbai's streets

On the final day of his two-day visit to India's financial capital, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi tried to connect with Mumbaikars by raising the issue of high electricity bills during his......

Population is not our real problem!

Soon after expressing its distress over the absence of a Common Civil Code, the Supreme Courtdropped another bomb.Itupheld the legality of the Haryana government's order to restrict candidature in......

India among world's top 20 realty investment destinations

Investments in Indian real estate last year jumped more than two-fold to over $5 billion, helping the country figure in the list of world's top 20 property destinations, according to consultant......

Realty industry hails rate cut by RBI

The real estate industry on Thursday hailed RBI's decision to cut repo rate by 0.25 per cent, saying the move will help the sector to tide over the liquidity crisis. "The reduction in repo rate by......

Your dream house will cost more now

Image: New Houses to cost more. Photograph: Reuters     Property prices will rise slightly with proposed hike in service tax to 14 per cent, according to real state industry......

Why new home launches saw a significant drop in 2014

Real estate developers launched 1.53 lakh new housing units during the last calendar year, a fall of 12 per cent from 2013, in the country's top eight cities. According to property consultant......

'Chitthi Aayi Hai captures yearning of the human heart'

'Shooting with Pankaj was a delightful experience because he was a charming, easy and effortless singer.' IMAGE: Pankaj Udhas in Naam. Pankaj Udhas passed away on Monday, February 26, after a......

'People told me shooting with Sanjay Dutt would be tough and problematic, but there was no trouble at all'

'I used to go to Sanjay Dutt, give him the scene, and then act it out.' 'He would say, 'Arrey, Girishbhai kar lunga'.' 'But I would insist: 'Nahin, main karke dikhane chahta hoon'.' He said this......

Sanju biggest opener of the year at Rs 347.5 million

It is not only the biggest opener of Ranbir Kapoor's career, it is also the highest opener among films not starring one of the Khans in the lead.Urvi Malvania reports.   IMAGE: Ranbir Kapoor......

Parineeti, Sushant to reunite for Homi Adajania's next?

The latest Bollywood updates. IMAGE: Sushant Singh Rajput/Twitter Looks like Parineeti Chopra and Sushant Singh Rajput are set to sizzle on the big screen once again. The Shudh Desi Romance pair......

Mohanlal-Priyan @ IPL: All izz not well

All izz not well with the Indian Premier League's bidding process. If top sources are to be believed, then not many prospective buyers are expected to attend the revised bidding, scheduled in......

Grand opening to Afro Asian Games

More than five decades after lighting the first Asian Games torch in New Delhi, India gave birth to another sporting extravaganza, when the Afro-Asian Games was inaugurated in Hyderabad on Friday......