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'We Will Be Voting For Gadkari, Not BJP'

'We don't believe in the BJP. But the Congress has no main leader who is credible.' IMAGE: Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Nitin Gadkari releases a manifesto for Nagpur, April 16, 2024.......

Fadnavis-Ajit alliance in 2019 was to teach a lesson to Uddhav: BJP leader

Maharashtra minister Sudhir Mungantiwar has claimed it was necessary to get Nationalist Congress Party leader Ajit Pawar's support in 2019 to teach a lesson to Shiv Sena-UBT leader Uddhav......

'Kalnirnay belongs to the people of India'

'Kalnirnay is like a bible for any family.' Shakti Salgaonkar, executive director, Sumangal Group in a freewheeling chat with Satish Bodas/Rediff.com, discusses 50 years of Kalnirnay, a calendar......

'Cyrus Mistry never threw his weight around'

'Not many know that Ratan Tata became chairman of Tata Sons because of Cyrus's father Pallonji Mistry. But he (Cyrus) never leveraged it to his benefit.' IMAGE: Cyrus Mistry, left, with Ratan......

You deceived Balasaheb, I'm not gullible: Uddhav to BJP

Maharashtra Chief Minister and Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday said since he had seen the Bharatiya Janata Party deceive his 'gullible' father and Sena founder Bal Thackeray, he......

Leave IPL alone; water-guzzling sugarcane is the real culprit

Of 650 billion cubic metres of water available for irrigation nationwide, 15 per cent, or 100 BCM of water, is used by sugarcane , which is planted on no more than 2.5 per cent of India's farmland......

The unresolved whodunits of urban real estate

The real estate business thrives on creating excess spaces beyond the permitted building codes, short-changing the buyer, and even opting for poorer quality of material. This finds an enthusiastic......

SPECIAL: Battles over food future

Corporatisation of agriculture and the viability of Genetically Modified Organisms remain the key issues of this bitter struggle and no resolution seems to be insight, writes Rajni Bakshi.Battles......

Raj once again fires anti-North India salvo

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena President Raj Thackeray has appealed to South Indian states to unite against the North on the issue of implementation of the draft Coastal Management Zone.According......

ICICI arm to buy stake in Indian Express

Leading private equity firm ICICI Venture is all set to pick up a significant stake in Nariman Point Building & Services, the holding company for the Indian Express Newspapers (Bombay). The......

The American prof who's made a movie about India

Meet Srihari Sathe. Producer. Director. Professor. Shrihari Sathe is an Indian- American film producer based in New York City. He has worked on a range of films: Producing Dukhtar, Pakistan's......

'My readers loved the name So Kul'

"I always wondered if people would remember me after I die, but now I know my words will remain and people will read them," said Sonali Kulkarni at the launch of her book So Kul. The foundation......

Bringing Shakespeare to Mumbai

The stage is set once more at a venue as celebrated for its heady Irish coffee as its intimate setting for home-grown theatre. Prithvi turns 27 this November, and presents its 31st theatre festival......

Will Wankhede get additional water supply during IPL? HC asks BMC

IMAGE:The groundstaff water the pitch at the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai. Photograph: PTI . The Bombay High Court, on Tuesday, asked the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) if it would......

HC demands MCA response over extra water usage for additional IPL ties

The Bombay High Court on Friday sought to know from the Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) if it would seek additional water supply from the Pune civic body for ground and pitch maintenance for......

Not feasible to shift matches out of Pune: BCCI tells HC

Mumbai Indians and Rising Pune Supergiants are willing to contribute Rs five crore to the CM's drought relief fund. IMAGE: BCCI is facing pressure from all corners to move the IPL matches out of......

Whatever promised needs to be met: Dhoni on Amrapali issue

India's limited-overs skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni has offered his support to Amrapali residents protesting in wake of the company's failure to complete the project, saying that promises......

No IPL matches in Maharashtra in May, says Supreme Court

IMAGE: A member of the groundstaff waters the pitch. Photograph: BCCI The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected pleas of the Mumbai Cricket Association and the Maharashtra Cricket Association......

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