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Fate of 683 candidates in balance as 43 seats in Jharkhand vote

Jharkhand is geared up for polling in 43 of the 81 assembly seats in the first phase on Wednesday, when the electoral fate of 683 candidates, including former chief minister Champai Soren and ex-MP......

Mamata, BJP trade verbal blows over NIA team attack in Bengal

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday accused National Investigation Agency officials of attacking villagers at Bhupatinagar in Purba Medinipur district and not the other way......

Modi's Flawed Foreign Policy

We should reassess what India's role in the world is and whether we are doing the right thing for ourselves, notes Aakar Patel. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra D Modi addresses the Meri Maati Mera......

My First Walk In Free India

'At school, on August 15, the Indian flag was raised. There was no national anthem at that time and we sang Rise India Thy Millions Lead,' recalls military legend Major General Ian Cardozo (retd).......

Rivaba Jadeja gets into verbal fight with BJP MP, mayor

An MP, MLA and mayor from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party indulged in a verbal spat in public during an event in Jamnagar in Gujarat on Thursday, with the incident being captured by news channels......

Sebi bans Trinamool MP KD Singh from markets

Singh also owns Anant Media; it runs the Tehelka magazine. Tehelka owner KD Singh's Alchemist Capital raised Rs 165 crore (Rs 1.65 billion) in 2003-06 by illegally issuing redeemable preference......

WB govt's land policy affected biz sentiment in 2012

After a historical victory on the plank of Maa-Maati-Manush (mother-land-people), the Trinamool Congress government grappled with major economic issues during the year, which experts say, would......

What ails Railways under Mamata

Now that Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee has decided to embark on her maiden foreign tour after becoming a minister in the United Progressive Alliance government, her advisors may like to do some......

No hike in passenger fares, freight rates

In a thanksgiving budget, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday proposed no increase in passenger fares or freight tariff while announcing a slew of measures including launch of 12 non-stop......

'Rekha And I Didn't Speak To Each Other For 20 Years'

'Rekha and my wife were close friends, and my so-called cold war with Rekha was causing difficulties in my wife's friendship with her.'>'She patched us up for her own selfish reason.' IMAGE:......

How Different Raakhee, Kriti Look At Same Age!

Kangana Ranaut portrays Indira Gandhi's political journey in events leading up to the Emergency in an upcoming biopic of the same name. A 30-something relying on make-up and prosthetics to look......

10 Songs That Make Us So Proud Of India

'It's amazing how many different kinds of patriotic songs we have in our country.' IMAGE: Shantanu Moitra makes music with singer Papon. Photograph: Kind courtesy Shantanu Moitra/Instagram From......

Randhir Kapoor's 5 Top Performances

It's a pity that Randhir Kapoor got trapped in the image of a happy-go-lucky version of his father Raj Kapoor. There was so much more to him than the rumbustious, blustering, bumpkin image that he......

365 days. 319 films

How many of the 319 films Aseem Chhabra watched in 2018 have you seen? IMAGE: Deepika Padukone in Padmaavat. I watch many films in a year -- for work and pleasure, and I keep a record of them. In......

'Legends are born on occasions'

Readers wish one of India's bowling greats, Bhagwat Chandrasekhar, on his 60th brithday.-------------RS Iyer"Ek din rahe jayega maati ke mol, jagge me raha jayega chandra tera bowl"sung by Mukesh,......

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