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Why Purvanchal Is Challenging For BJP

The youth -- their dreams of government jobs unfulfilled -- are voicing their frustration. IMAGE: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi flanked by Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav, left, and Ajay Rai,......

Saturday wraps up longest LS polls since 1951-52; Modi among contestants

Fifty-seven seats across seven states and the Union territory of Chandigarh will go to polls in the seventh and final phase of Lok Sabha elections on Saturday that include Varanasi, from where......

BJP LS list: Shivraj, Scindia included; Pragya Thakur left out

The Bharatiya Janata Party announced its initial list of 24 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in Madhya Pradesh, showcasing prominent names such as former Chief Minister Shivraj Singh......

HC grants bail to 3 men held for setting afire rape victim in UP

The Allahabad high court has granted bail to three people arrested for allegedly setting afire a rape victim in Unnao, doubting her dying declaration. Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh of the Lucknow......

3 prisoners shot dead in UP jail, 2 cops suspended

Three prisoners, including a member of Bahujan Samaj Party MLA Mukhtar Ansari's gang, were shot dead inside the Chitrakoot district jail on Friday after which the Uttar Pradesh government suspended......

Ministry wrangle puts off tax rules for SEZs

The differences between the commerce and revenue departments have led to the government postponing the notification of consolidated customs and excise rules for special economic zones by two months......

NRIs all set for the first Diasporic meet

Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee is likely to announce on Thursday the government's decision on grant of dual citizenship at a conference of over 1,000 Persons of Indian Origin and Non-Resident......

Brand Sachin needs a few tons

As Sachin Tendulkar fell to his knees trying in vain to keep out a ball that went on to hit the timber, several questions arose about his future as brand ambassador.While these remain just......

Anti-retail lobby has a new target

The anti-retail and land acquisition bandwagon has a new target now. An assorted bunch of farmers, small traders and non-government organisations (NGOs) have trained their guns on a legislation......

Deepak Kapoor to restore PwC's reputation

PricewaterhouseCoopers' new chairman is busy putting the past behind the consultancy and raising the bar on risk and quality. Sometime in early 2007, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) decided to elect......

Aishwarya, Salman At Ambanis' Shubh Ashirwad

A day after the wedding of the year, a special function, called the Shubh Ashirwad, was held on July 13 to bless the newlyweds, Radhika and Anant Ambani. Folks from various fields trooped in at the......

What's in a NAME, Bollywood?

So what's in a name? Quite a lot, according to Bollywood! There are many movies coming up titled after their protagonist. Joginder Tuteja lists them for us: Prithviraj Based on the many......

10 Memorable ROMANTIC Movies

Subhash K Jha list his 10 favourite romantic Hindi films. Amar Prem IMAGE: Sharmila Tagore and Rajesh Khanna in Amar Prem. Shakti Samanta's timeless film featured my favourite......

Vote! The best star ads

So you want hair like Deepika's or skin like Ash's. Who doesn't? More so when the stars themselves endorse a product. Such is the power of ads -- a combination of star power and vivid......

These stars mean money!

These stars mean big bucks. And the endorsers know this. To decode why advertisers love these stars are ace ad filmmaker Pralhad Kakkar and ad-man-turned director Vivek......

Rohit must be getting support from BCCI: Harbhajan

Rohit Sharma needs all the support from the Indian cricket establishment as people are going "overboard" with their criticism of his captaincy, feels spin great Harbhajan Singh. In recent weeks,......

'Dhoni, Pandya, Rahul can be very good volleyball players'

IMAGE: Mahendra Singh Dhoni with Hardik Pandya during an IPL match. Photograph: BCCI Ashwal Rai, who is leading Kolkata Thunderbolts in the upcoming Prime Volleyball League, believes ace......

Jharkhand enter Ranji quarters after 1000-plus runs lead!

The match was over as a contest after Jharkhand scored a mammoth 880 in their first innings – the tournament's fourth highest score on an Eden Gardens belter against a Nagaland attack in......

A+ category was proposed by Virat and Dhoni: Rai

IMAGE: Virat Kohli, left, with Mahendra Singh Dhoni during a training session. Photograph: Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters Contrary to popular belief that Mahendra Singh Dhoni was relegated from the......

'Kumble felt he was unfairly treated'

While former Committee of Administrators head Vinod Rai’s recently published book gives an insight into the Anil Kumble-Virat Kohli drama and Ravi Shastri’s eventual appointment as Head......

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