Day after stampede, safety measures ramped up at Maha Kumbh

A day after a stampede at the Maha Kumbh left 30 people dead, the Uttar Pradesh government ramped up efforts to ensure crowd management and safety of devotees who continued to flock here in......

Turncoats hold key to govt formation in Delhi

The performance of party-hoppers will count this time in government formation in Delhi as the three major players in the assembly polls -- the Aam Aadmi Party, the Bharatiya Janata Party and the......

BJP lures Delhi voters with Rs 2500 aid for women, Rs 500 LPG

Bharatiya Janata Party president JP Nadda on Friday released the first part of the party's manifesto for the Delhi assembly polls, announcing Rs 2,500 monthly aid for women, LPG cylinders at Rs 500......

30 killed, 60 injured in stampede amid rush of pilgrims at Maha Kumbh

At least 30 people were killed and 60 injured in a pre-dawn stampede at the Sangam area of the Maha Kumbh early Wednesday as millions of pilgrims jostled for space to take a holy dip on the......

Will RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das get an extension?

The December meeting of the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI’s) six-member Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) will start on Wednesday even as there is no clarity on whether Governor......

Naam Review: Forgettable!

If Naam was made today, there wouldn't even be enough audiences to boo it out of the halls, observes Deepa Gahlot. An Internet search reveals that Naam was completed in 2004. It was titled Benaam......

Lucky Baskhar Review: Enjoyable Scam Saga

After Sita Raman, this is a Dulquer Salmaan film that has won Divya Nair's heart. At a time when OTT and multiplexes are ridden with films on violence, action and horror, this Diwali has a special......

15 Songs that DEFINE Rekha

Grace, glamour, guts, you'll never run out of reasons to adore Rekha. Regaling fans since decades with her brand of charm and charisma, Bollywood's eternal diva has channelled lot of these......

Cinema Has Loved Gandhi; Get Ready To See Him Again

IMAGE: Ben Kingsley as Mahatma Gandhi in Richard Attenborough's Gandhi. For Mahatma Gandhi, cinema was a corrupting influence on young minds, a 'sinful technology'. It is that very medium which......

Injured Reddy sidelined for remainder of T20Is

Rinku Singh out for 2 matches. IMAGE: Shivam Dube was recalled to Indian T20 squad despite his poor outing -- a pair -- for Mumbai, in the Ranji Trophy match against Jammu and Kashmir this week.......

Why Shami was not included in Playing XI for 1st T20I

IMAGE: A heavily strapped Mohammed Shami at the Eden Gardens before the match. Photograph: BCCI Team India have left out Mohammed Shami from the Playing XI for the 1st T20I against England at......

How dominant India crushed England in opener

SCORECARD IMAGE: India's Abhishek Sharma clobbers a six in the 1st T20I against England at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Wednesday. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters Opener Abhishek Sharma's......

1st T20I: Dew factor could see Bishnoi miss out

s  IMAGE: Ravi Bishnoi may not be picked in favour of Gautam Gambhir's ward at KKR, Varun Chakravarthy. Photograph: BCCI With heavy dew likely to impact the proceedings during the opening......

Jay Shah joins elite board shaping cricket's future

The ICC chairperson Jay Shah has been inducted into a newly instituted World Cricket Connects Advisory Board, an independent group that will discuss the many challenges and opportunities in the......