Cong slams BJP as Ambedkar portrait replaces Nehru's in MP assembly

A row has erupted over the Madhya Pradesh Assembly's decision to remove the portrait of first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru and replace it with that of BR Ambedkar, drawing a sharp reaction from......

Maha cabinet expansion today, Fadnavis may get Home

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde will expand his 40-day-old ministry on August 9, he said on Monday. IMAGE: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde with his deputy Devendra Fadnavis.......

BJP wins 20 out of 40 Goa seats, ties up with MGP, independents

Overcoming anti-incumbency, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday emerged as the single largest party in Goa by winning 20 assembly seats, just one shy of the halfway mark, and quickly enlisted......

Goa polls: Cong candidates pledge not to ditch party, sign affidavit

Hit hard by defections in the last five years, the Congress in Goa on Friday made its candidates sign affidavits and take an oath of loyalty to the party in the presence of its senior leader Rahul......

IIT prof among new members on NSE board

Naved Masood, former secretary in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs and Sebi board member; TV Mohandas Pai, chairman of Manipal Global Education and Dinesh Kanabar, CEO, Dhruva Advisors have ceded......

Coal scam: CBI asked to supply deficient documents to accused

A special court on Tuesday directed Central Bureau of Investigation to supply deficient copies of documents filed by it to the accused, including Congress leader and industrialist Naveen Jindal,......

Coal scam: Naveen Jindal, Madhu Koda get bail

Congress leader and industrialist Navin Jindal, ex-Minister of State for Coal Dasari Narayan Rao, former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda and seven others were on Friday granted bail by a......

Docs eye co-ownership of healthcare facilities

Rajesh Dave, a specialist doctor, has been running a small clinic in Central Mumbai for over a decade. In the next three weeks, Dave and 35 other doctors will together own an advanced medical......

'Manthan Is My Most Influential Film'

'The censor board asked me for some strange cuts.''Otherwise, they would have given me an 'A' certificate.''One cut was where Girish Karnad was explaining artificial insemination in cattle.''These......

Why Manthan Is A Must Watch

Shyam Benegal's Manthan will be showcased in restored print at this year's Cannes Film Festival.It still serves as a much-needed reminder of setting aside differences in the favour of combined......

Huma Attends A Wedding With Sonakshi

While Bollywood could not attend Kiara Advani and Sidharth Malhotra's destination wedding in Rajasthan, they did line-up for another union in aamchi Mumbai. Producer Ramesh Taurani threw a lavish......

MUST SEE FILM: Gabhricha Paus

Cinema entertains, exhilarates and enlightens. Its ability to relate and inform the viewer through universal, timeless emotions are what contributes to its legacy, now available more easily than......

'I am an auto driver, now I am also a tennis player'

Participants at the Indian Wheelchair Tennis Tour held in Chennai did not let adversity affect their outlook on life. A Ganesh Nadar presents some of their sunshine stories. Photographs: Sreeram......