Rajasthan polls: Over 68% voting, stray incidents of violence

More than 68 per cent voter turnout was recorded by 5 pm in the Rajasthan Assembly elections on Saturday, with polling passing off peacefully barring a few stray incidents of violence. IMAGE: An......

Vasundhara Raje Stares At Bleak Political Future

Through gestures and decisions, the BJP high command has signalled that Vasundhara Raje may not be the lead actor but rather play a supporting role in a high-stakes election in its stamping ground.......

Construction banned in 'sinking' Joshimath, families evacuated

Amid protests by a group of residents in Joshimath, the Chamoli administration on Thursday put a ban on all construction activities in and around the 'sinking' town even as nearly 50 families......

U'khand school students eat mid-day meal together after caste row

For the first time since a casteist row erupted at a secondary school in Champawat district of Uttarakhand, all 66 students of classes 6-8 of the school took mid-day meal prepared by a cook on......

Big sale: Lessons for retailers to keep customers happy

  With the festive season underway, retailers in the online and the offline world need to prepare well to offer the best deals to consumers and earn trust. Monday, October 6, 2014, was......

'Scams driving retail investors away from markets'

The consensus is out. Recent spate of scams like Satyam, 2G and coal allocation scam to name a few have robbed retail investors of the confidence to invest continually.However, experts at a recent......

Advance bookings surge 30% on air fare cuts

Major Indian carriers have seen advance bookings on travel portals surge by 30 per cent since the fare cut announcements last week. While portals such as makemytrip, cleartrip and ezeego have seen......

Mumbaikar Review: Murky Business

By the time Mumbaikar gets to where it wants to be via a twisty third act, we begin to see how much better the film could have been.But it's almost too little, too late, complains Mayur Sanap.......

The BEST Indian Films of 2021

Aseem Chhabra lists his favourite Indian films of 2021. Aseem's Best International Films of 2021 In the second year of the pandemic when movie theatres remained closed for an extended period of......

Review: 3 Storeys has endless surprises

'This colliding of worlds is a feature of chawl life in Mumbai, where the clashes in one household often become prime-time television for the neighbours; where the boundaries of good sex, lechery,......

'Chef is easily the most difficult film I've made'

Former ad man Raja Krishna Menon comfortably sips his black coffee on a Sunday afternoon. He's quite relaxed as he discusses his latest film Chef, starring Saif Ali Khan, which is an......

Ranji: Taide slams ton; Musheer leads Mumbai recovery

Taide slams 3rd first-class century, Vidarbha in control against Karnataka IMAGE: Atharva Taide has been the most prolific batter of his side this season. Photograph: BCCI Domestic/X Vidarbha......

Ranji Trophy: TN, Karnataka, Vidarbha enter quarters

A round-up of the Ranji Trophy matches played on Monday. IMAGE: Tamil Nadu's players celebrate winning their Ranji Trophy match against Punjab in Salem on Monday. Photograph: BCCI Sarwate powers......

Ranji roundup: Delhi thrash Mumbai for first win of season

IMAGE: It was Delhi's first outright win over heavyweights Mumbai since the 1979-80 Ranji Trophy final. Photograph: BCCI Domestic/Twitter Vaibhav Rawal scored a fine century before pacer Divij......

Ranji: Bengal close in on innings win over Haryana

IMAGE: Delhi's Divij Mehra scalped two wickets off consecutive deliveries to dismiss Armaan Jaffer and Sarfaraz Khan. Photograph: BCCI Domestic/Twitter Pacer Akash Deep continued to shine with the......

Ranji: Bengal lose three in chase of 177 against Baroda

A round-up of Ranji matches played on Thursday. IMAGE: Jammu and Kashmir moved to 18/1 in the second innings after Punjab skipper Mandeep Singh led from the front with the bat on Day 3 on......