12 killed as violence rocks Bengal panchayat polls

West Bengal's rural polls drew towards a bloody finish as 12 people died, bombs exploded and all parties leveled allegations of strong arm tactics against their rivals on Saturday.  IMAGE: A......

Son vs daughter: Pranab's children spar over publishing his memoir

The late Pranab Mukherjee's son and daughter are at loggerheads with each other over his memoir The Presidential Years, one saying it should not be published without his consent and the other......

Row erupts after Congress releases 'bribery' sting featuring Reddy aide; BJP scoffs

A huge row was created on Thursday when a ‘sting’ video showing a Karnataka Bharatiya Janata Party leader allegedly trying to bribe a kin of a former Chief Justice of India to get a......

Question the PM freely, but with some sense: Rijiju

Hours after Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju became the top trend in the social media for taking a potshot at filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, saying people use Prime Minister......

'Pay tax on any income earned by non-working spouse and kids'

Tax expert Anil Rego answers readers' questions about how Finance Minister Piyush Goyal's Budget affects you.  IMAGE: Finance Minister Piyush Goyal poses with a briefcase containing Budget......

The best malls in India

Biren Somaiya, 38, senior advisor, JP Morgan Chase, regularly hops into High Street Phoenix in Mumbai's Lower Parel from his nearby home at King's Circle to pick up "goodies". Somaiya never has......

'India's growth may go on for 25 years'

Kundapur Vaman Kamath, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, ICICI Bank Limited, has been primarily responsible for the bank's phenomenal growth through the introduction of new systems,......

Some golden investment tips

Are you always at a loss while planning your finances? Are you aware of the investment options available in the market? How best can you plan your finances?What are the crieria for evaluating an......

Who's hotter: Bipasha or Deepika?

Twitter is a busy world, and Bollywood contributes a great deal to it. Here's looking at the best star tweets of the day.Bipasha Basu, who is reportedly annoyed with the makers of Dum Maaro Dum for......

Iron Khan, Black Widow Chopra and other Bollywood Avengers

What if we made The Avengers here in India? I know, the honest answer is it'd pay a lot more attention to backstory -- about parents dying and destroyed worlds and exiles from home -- and when not......

Amitabh Bachchan meets his humshakals!

A look at the top 10 tweets from Bollywood celebrities: Amitabh Bachchan resumed shooting for his hit game show Kaun Banega Crorepati after a few days of ill health, and met his......

Priyanka Chopra gets nostalgic

A look at the top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities: Priyanka Chopra has completed 15 years of winning the Miss World pageant, and she got quite nostalgic. She posted......

First and final warning for 2020: Ashwin after sparing Finch

SCORECARD POINTS TABLE IMAGE: Delhi Capitals spinner Ravichandran Ashwin sets the field during the IPL match against Royal Challengers Bangalore in Dubai on Monday. Photograph: BCCI/IPL India......

Prem Panicker: India vs Australia semi-final really too close to call!

India's players warm up during a practice session in Sydney. Photograph: Solaris Images The best four teams in World Cup 2015 are ready to face-off for the cricketing world’s top honours.......

'Dhoni is a very good One-day leader, an average-to-poor Test captain...'

It's a lump-in-the-throat moment for Indians to see their team knocked out in the semis by Australia, but clearly the better team on the day made it to the final.For India, it was a long and......

Prem Panicker: If I was Dhoni, I'd bowl first at the MCG vs Bangladesh

The best eight teams in World Cup 2015 are ready to face off for the cricketing world’s top honours. Who will scale the summit on March 29 at the MCG? - Predict your FOUR World Cup......

'Unfair to Sachin'

Readers' responses toThe naked and the dead - Part 2: It was a very good article but I fail to understand why you missed bad umpiring I am sure the bad decisions played a very crucial role in the......