Cyclone Mandous disrupts life in Andhra; TN; 1 hurt, many areas submerged

The leaders of Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party, including MLA Bhumana Karunakar Reddy and local officials, visited the cyclone Mandous-affected places in Andhra Pradesh after many residential......

Oppn calls demonetisation 'economic genocide', 'criminal act'

Describing demonetisation as an "economic genocide" and a "criminal act", opposition parties slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Centre for its decision taken on this day in 2016 to scrap......

BJP hails Budget as 'Aatmanirbhar' push; Oppn says 'let-down like never before'

The Union Budget on Monday evoked contrasting responses in the political arena with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party hailing it as a vision for an 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat' and the Opposition......

Rajya Sabha approves bill to give more powers to NIA

Parliament on Wednesday approved a bill to enable the National Investigation Agency to probe terror attacks on Indians and Indian properties abroad, with Home Minister Amit Shah......

First time in 5 yrs BMS rejects call by other unions for nationwide strike

The ten central trade unions have demanded a cash transfer of Rs 7,500 a month to all families that do not pay income tax, free ration of 10 kg per head in a month to all the needy, expansion of......

Textiles sector gets a Rs 6,000 cr package

'The package will help in realising the true potential of employment generation in the textile and apparel sector.' The government on Wednesday approved a Rs 6,000 crore special package for......

Singur on the boil again, says Mamata's promise not enough

Binoy Das, a farmer in Singur, believes his difficult days are about to end. For, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has promised that he, along with 2,000-odd farmers, will get back the land he......

The real state of Kerala

My grandfather had an elephant. This is the title of a Malayalam novel by Vaikkom Mohammad Basheer. So what? I have three flats. That is the story of transition as far as investments in Kerala are......

The Lady Behind Bollywood's BEAUTIFUL STORIES

Amazing stories about some of our best loved movies from Bhavani Iyer who wrote them. Photograph: Kind courtesy Bhavani Iyer/Instagram "Bollywood is really a land of dreams," Bhavani Iyer tells......