2024 Polls: Will BJP Triumph In Bengal?

Sukanta Majumdar, the state BJP president, said, "Amit Shah has set a target of 35 seats. We will achieve that". IMAGE: Bharatiya Janata Party leader Amit Shah at a public rally at Dharmatala in......

SC verdict on pleas for collegium-like system for ECs, CECs on Thursday

The Supreme Court is scheduled to pronounce on Thursday its order on a batch of pleas seeking a collegium-like system for the appointment of election commissioners and the Chief Election......

Arun Goel's appointment file travelled at 'lightning speed', says SC

The Supreme Court on Thursday questioned the "haste" and "tearing hurry" with which the Centre appointed ex-bureaucrat Arun Goel as an election commissioner, saying his file travelled at "lightning......

Arun Goel appointed EC 'in lightning speed', says SC; 'Hold your mouth' retorts AG

The Supreme Court on Thursday questioned the "haste" and "tearing hurry" in appointing Arun Goel as Election Commissioner. IMAGE: New Election Commissioner Arun Goel. Photograph: PTI Photo The......

'Whatever steps Rajan took were beneficial for the economy'

'Discord between politicians and RBI governor is nothing new. It has happened on several occasions in the past' 'The most difficult challenge for the new RBI governor will be to check the fall of......

'Gupta's $10 mn loss deliberate hanky panky by Rajaratnam'

Berkshire Hathaway's India-born top executive Ajit Jain was "shocked" to hear that his friend ex-McKinsey head Rajat Gupta had lost USD 10 million in an investment fund with Raj Rajaratnam, which......

Is Air India an airline?

Tata Steel made a virtue of 'also' making steel a few years ago. It was perhaps the first, last and only private sector company to draw comfort from its prowess in civic affairs. For most PSUs in......

Smart licence plates are here! Car thieves beware!

From the day somebody stole somebody else's horse for the very first time, vehicle thefts have been up there on the list of the world's most popular crimes.But thanks to a recent Supreme Court......

Look How The Bollywood Saas Has Changed!

Homi Adajania jumps on the OTT bandwagon with the Web series, Saas Bahu Aur Flamingo. It stars Adajania regular Dimple Kapadia as a badass matriarch running a drug cartel in the guise of a herbs......

India Lockdown Review: Tone-Deaf

India Lockdown has way too much carnal pleasure on its mind to focus on minor things like coronavirus, sighs Sukanya Verma. It was only a matter of time before film-makers would scramble to make......

Thoovanathumbikal: The masterpiece that got away from its maker

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......

Lootcase review

'A whole lot of faffing around happens from the time Lootcase sets up its amusing premise and concludes it in a manner typical of its genre.''But the actors are such effortless fits for their......

Courage beyond Compare: Beating disability to become champions

  Book cover: Courage beyond Compare. Courage Beyond Compare, as the name suggests, is all about Indian paralympic sports stars who despite physical disability battled the odds to become......

Pak cricket community hits out at BCCI, ICC

The cricket community in Pakistan has lashed out at ICC president Sharad Pawar and the BCCI for their refusals to investigate claims by former India player Vinod Kambli that the 1996 World Cup......

A bigger, better, transparent IPL next year: Amin

Indian Premier League's interim chief Chirayu Amin on Tuesday said efforts are on to clean up the scandal-hit Twenty20 event and promised a "bigger, better and transparent" IPL next year. "The job......

I don't think any match-fixing took place: Imran

Cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan on Wednesday dismissed match-fixing allegations against the Pakistani team in the Champions Trophy but felt the players were over-confident. "No, I don't......

Pak Parliamentary committee summons Younus, Butt

Match-fixing has returned to haunt Pakistan cricket with the parliamentary committee on sports summoning PCB chief Ejaz Butt, captain Younus Khan and coach Intikhab Alam to seek explanation for the......