Poonam Pandey fake death: A dangerous gamble with public trust

Celebrity deaths often send shockwaves through society, grabbing headlines and igniting social media firestorms. But what if that death was a fabrication, a carefully crafted hoax, designed to......

Security Net Tightens Over Ayodhya

No one wants to curb the enthusiasm being seen among the people, but at the same time officials feel nothing should be left to chance, as the flood of humanity thronging the temple area poses......

Student suicides: Raj issues 9-page guidelines for Kota coaching centres

No glorification of toppers, results of routine tests to be kept confidential, no segregation of students in special batches based on their ranks and a policy for easy exit and refund within 120......

10 BJP MLAs suspended from Karnataka assembly after ruckus

The Karnataka legislative assembly on Wednesday witnessed chaotic and unruly scenes as angry Bharatiya Jansata Party legislators tore copies of bills and the agenda, and threw them at the deputy......

Digital Competition Bill Wants Interoperability

It is being suggested that apps like WhatsApp and Telegram should share their APIs with each other to ensure there is interoperability, just as it exists across e-mail services. IMAGE: Silhouettes......

Digital Competition Law Worries Big Tech

'The message is not clear whether we are wanted.''All this could adversely impact our strategy in India and also investments.' IMAGE: Big Tech companies point out they are already controlled......

How CCI's Google orders impact innovation for apps

As Google evaluates its response to two recent penalties slapped by the Competition Commi­s­sion of India (CCI), here is a look at the app economy. Photograph: Annegret Hilse/Reuters Apps......

Agnipath: Veterans fail to find govt jobs after retirement

Even as Union ministers allay misgivings over Agnipath, figures show a meagre 2.4 per cent of the ex-servicemen who applied for a government job could get one as the Centre and the states have been......

'Priya Bapat is sensational'

'City Of Dreams ended the shameless self-promotion that my films had to be necessarily subjected to.' IMAGE: Priya Bapat and Siddharth Chandekar in a scene from City of Dreams. In 2019, the......

Manmarziyaan promises violent love

Anurag Kashyap's lovers have no enemies to shoot, says Sreehari Nair, and so they take aim at each other. They hunt as a pair, but she now wants to nest. In the trailer for Anurag Kashyap's......

Om Puri: A career in 30 pictures

Om Puri passed away into the ages on January 6. The actor has worked in over 300 movies, over several languages. He has also worked in many Hollywood movies, in prominent roles. Here's......

Review: Udta Punjab is a must-watch

Udta Punjab is a wake-up call, an important film and a mighty impressive one at that, carrying a loud anti-drug message, raves Sukanya Verma. Under a starlit sky, tall green trees flanking......

Nari Contractor 'stumped' by IPL 'fake ticket'

Former India skipper Nari Contractor, who had to return home after being stopped at the gate of the D Y Patil Stadium last Sunday for not carrying a valid ticket for the IPL final, said he was......

Low crowd turnout amid tight security in Jaipur

Just about an hour before the Indian Premier League match between Jaipur and Bangalore was to begin, the first spectators -- two 15 year olds -- walked into the Rs 1500 enclosure of the Sawai Man......