24K cops, drones to be deployed in Mumbai for Ganesh immersion

More than 24,000 police personnel will be deployed for immersion processions on Anant Chaturdashi, the tenth and final day of the Ganpati festival in Mumbai on Tuesday, an official said on Monday.......

Race for RS heats up as parties sweat it out to keep flock together

Ahead of the June 10 Rajya Sabha polls, political temperatures were soaring in several states that could see close contests, with parties trying to keep their flock together and trading accusations......

MVA leaders hold meeting to showcase strength before RS poll

In a show of solidarity ahead of June 10 election for six Rajya Sabha vacancies from Maharashtra, Chief Minister and Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray, Nationalist Congress Party supremo Sharad......

Sena moves its MLAs to hotel ahead of RS polls to avoid poaching

Ahead of the June 10 Rajya Sabha polls, the ruling Shiv Sena in Maharashtra has decided to shift its MLAs from a resort in suburban Malad to a five-star hotel in south Mumbai as part of a strategy......

Why the Rs 322-crore/km Mumbai highway may be a 'disaster'

Govt says coastal road is meant to decongest Mumbai, experts believe it would be counter-productive At a public meeting convened by the Mumbai Waterfronts Centre (MWC) on June 24, the Dutch Consul......

Reasons behind India's poor show in exports

The fall in exports is a product of poor policy from the RBI and laziness from the Centre, says Mihir S Sharma. For the first time in eight months, India’s exports have fallen......

What's special about Aviva's pension plan ad

Have you checked off all the items on your to-do list? It's understandable if you have forgotten something: there are so many calls on your time. Perhaps you should use sticky notes for the......

IDBI chairman to the rescue

Last year, Industrial Development Bank of India chairman and managing director Vaddarse Prabhankar Shetty held an offsite meeting with employees of IDBI Bank at Retreat, a resort in Madh Island,......

'Heeramandi Showed India As A Sone Ki Chidiya'

'The primary set took over three months to build with 14,000-15,000 workers employed at a time.' 'We ensured that Mallikajaan's Shahi Mahal lived up to its name.''One zardosi panel cost around Rs 4......

'India Is Ready For The World!'

'Never in the history of Indian cinema did we have a distribution system for 240 countries, but we have it now.''And if we still keep catering to the B and C-tiers of our country, and not the whole......

Rashmika Attends A Wedding

Where were the stars travelling this week? Photograph: Kind courtesy Rashmika Mandanna/Instagram Rashmika Mandanna attends her assistant Sai Babu's wedding with Preethi in Hyderabad and writes,......

'I can't wait to start performing'

All Photographs: Kind courtesy Ruhi Chaturvedi/Instagram Television actor Ruhi Chaturvedi, best known for her role in Kundali Bhagya, has signed up for her first reality show. She will be seen......

End of the race for Mahalaxmi Race Course?

Derby regulars and riding enthusiasts are a worried lot as municipal authorities contemplate replacing the iconic Mahalaxmi Race Course with a public park, says Ranjita Ganesan. In 1984, renowned......

Movie on Hansie Cronje nears completion

For Hansie Cronje, the lure oflucre proved fatal. From beinghero one day tovillain the next,itall wentwrong for the late South Africa cricket captain. Now his brother Frans Cronje isset to bring......