Where Would India Be Without Dr Singh?

What stood out in his 15-year journey as a member of the political executive at the Centre was his glowing record as India's most successful and effective finance minister. Both as prime minister......

Hyderabad woman dies after eating momos, over 40 fall ill

Six people were arrested on Wednesday in connection with the death of a woman and hospitalisation of over 40 others after allegedly eating momos in Hyderabad, police said. Image used only for......

Police tech team goes over 1000 video clips of Bahraich violence

The police investigating the recent Maharajganj communal violence have formed a special team of IT experts to analyse over 1,000 video clips of the incidents, according to officials. IMAGE:......

Mihir Shah changed his look to evade arrest, cops tell court

Mihir Shah, prime accused in the BMW hit-and-run case, changed his appearance to evade arrest, the prosecution on Wednesday told a court here which remanded him in police custody till July 16.......

Mercedes Rules Luxury Cars Segment

For the first time in history, the luxury car market is poised to cross the sales mark of 50,000 units in 2024, with Mercedes leading the way IMAGE: The Mercedes-Benz Maybach S-Class. Photograph:......

'RBI In No Hurry To Do Big Rate Cuts'

'If you look at where inflation (headline and core) is today in India and where the rates are, there's clearly room to cut rates.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The US Federal Reserve......

China's move to launch license raj may affect mkt

China's latest decision to introduce export license management to 83 steel products from May 20 may severely hit domestic steel prices and cause a panic in the global market, analysts say. China,......

License Raj is dead. Licensor is not

The near decade of India under Dr Singh has convinced most that India is an Absentee State, where governance is grossly missing and rule of law virtually non-existent, writes M R Venkatesh.The......

The Biggest Flops Of 2023

It's been a good year at the box office. Still, there were some rude shocks as well. In certain cases, it was very surprising to see hardly any footfalls in theatres when the films should have done......

Selfiee Review: License To Drive Crazy

Malayalam cinema isn't the same as Telugu or Tamil, but Bollywood's blanket approach fails to see the distinction in Selfiee, observes Sukanya Verma. The last time Akshay Kumar appeared on screen,......

How Bollywood's Daku Became A Don

'I wasn't motivated to begin with because how do you outdo the biggest encounter?''Then, we came across this story about the first-ever encounter.' IMAGE: Raveena Tandon and Sanjay Dutt in Aatish.......

'One film out of X number of films works and...'

'...you start running after the star.''If the star says yes to the film, the ecosystem supports it.''The biggest cog in the wheel of the ecosystem is the audience and we forget that.' IMAGE:......

Dhawan feeds birds; fans remind him of bird flu

Photograph: Kind Courtesy Shikhar Dhawan/Instagram   Shikhar Dhawan's outing in Varanasi has seemingly created a stir on social media after he was seen feeding birds during a boat ride in the......