BJP's 3rd term at Centre can be prevented if ..: Tharoor

The Bharatiya Janata Party is expected to emerge as the single-largest party in the coming Lok Sabha polls, but its tally can be brought down to a level that its potential allies may no longer be......

Will quit politics if charges against wife proved: Himanta

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday said he was willing to accept any punishment, including retirement from public life, if there is any evidence that his wife or her company......

'Modi government is trying to be petty'

'Your confidence is shaken when the government does what it does these days, but then it is the same confidence that gives you the courage to stand up to the government's high-handedness.''There......

PM calls critics of Budget 'professional pessimists'

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the membership drive of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party from his Lok Sabha constituency of Varanasi on Saturday, noting that it will further connect people......

Does Indian tea have hazardous pesticides?

The industry began to upgrade its practices even before the NGO alleged Indian tea contained harmful pesticides. In its recent report on the activities of Greenpeace, the controversial NGO, the......

MS takes stake in 24/7

Microsoft has taken a stake in 24/7 Customer, a provider of back-office support and services. Microsoft's interactive self-service assets (client, people and technologies) are to be merged with......

Munnar structures: More govt notices to Tatas

In a sequel to its decision to demolish two check dams on tea plantations partly owned by the Tata Group in the Munnar region, the Kerala government has issued a notice to remove the electric......

Are hotel key cards safe? Well. . .

Many hotels and resorts use electronic key cards. These cards with a magnetic strip are programmed in such a manner that once the duration of the stay is over, the person does not get access to the......

'My husband was very clear that he doesn't want his wife to act'

Photograph: Kind courtesy Suchitra Krishnamoorthy/Instagram Suchitra Krishnamoorthy was quite candid in a recent interview with RJ Siddharth Kanan, where she spoke about her marriage with Shekhar......

Comicstaan 3 Review

For those who enjoy stand up comedy, Comicstaan 3 makes amusing viewing, enough to lift the monsoon gloom, applauds Deepa Gahlot. It's risky to be a stand-up comic these days, and that has taken......

2018's TOP 15 Indian films

Aseem Chhabra looks at the year's best Non-Hindi Indian movies. 2018 was really good for the Indian film industry with a number of important films in Hindi and other regional languages. My work as......

Box Office: Baywatch, Death in Gunj, Dear Maya fail

The hits and misses of the week. Baywatch gets average opening rest all the films that released last Friday like Dear Maya, A Death in the Gunj, and Dobaara: See your Evil all flopped. Trade......

Olympic champ Neeraj turns angel investor

IMAGE: Neeraj Chopra became only the second Indian to win an individual Olympic gold medal and the first in track and field at the Tokyo Olympics on July 7, 2021. Photograph: Kind Courtesy Neeraj......

Santosh Trophy: Maharashtra enter semis

Maharashtra entered the semi-finals of the 67th Santosh Trophy national football tournament, beating Tamil Nadu 2-1 in a group B quarter-final league match in Kollam on Tuesday. They qualified for......

India-Qatar friendly match called off

The Indian football team's international friendly match against Qatar on December 19 has been called off due to disagreement over venue. While India were keen to play the match in Dubai where they......

Kanan shocks Hasek

It was a good day for Indians in the $15,000 ITF Futures tennis tournament asthree of them advancedto the second round with impressive victories, in Mumbai, on Tuesday.Unseeded Vijay Kannan was the......