Is The Congress Doomed?

The Congress needs to reorganise itself at the grassroots, infuse younger blood, and have more boots on the ground.Just offering freebies is not the answer anymore, argues Ramesh Menon. IMAGE: A......

Jill Biden's personal touch behind menu and dcor for state dinner

First Lady Jill Biden said after years of strengthening ties, the US-India partnership is deep and expansive as the two countries jointly tackle global challenges. She also previewed to the media......

Pinarayi Vijayan: The CM as crisis manager

The Kerala chief minister's four years in office may well be remembered for the way he handled Cyclone Ockhi, two floods, Nipah, and now COVID-19, reports Shine Jacob. It was May 28, 2016, when......

Meet the 5 richest MPs

A mix of industrialists and businessmen, who have inherited riches or rose from humble backgrounds and even endured boom and bust cycles, the MPs are illustrative of how the political stock of the......

NSE and BSE IFSC units may file for merger by September end

The proposal to merge the Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City) units of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) and BSE has reached an advanced stage, and both bourses could file an......

India's 1st smart city is all set to take off in a big way

'Initially, Gift City was just another real estate project, but all that changed with Modi moving to New Delhi,' notes Tamal Bandyopadhyay.   In the last week of May, the National Company Law......

India Inc's overseas borrowing up 6.5% to $2.12 billion in Nov

No capital came in through the approval route, while the rest of $9,86,681 was by way of issuance of rupee denominated bonds. Overall borrowings by India Inc from overseas markets grew 6.5 per......

Market participants demand rollback of higher surcharge on FPIs

During the meeting with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, it was also suggested that employees' provident fund should increase its exposure in the stock market, which in turn would improve......

Malayalam Cinema In No Mood To Slow Down

'The film-literate public in Kerala are not happy watching run-of-the-mill movies.' IMAGE: Jyotika and Mammootty in Kaathal: The Core. At 72, Mammootty is in no mood to slow down. The Malayalam......

Ready For Some Pyaar On OTT?

Action, drama, romance, comedy -- there's something for every kind of audience on OTT this week. Check out Sukanya Verma's recommendations. Do Aur Do PyaarWhere to watch? Disney+HotstarLanguage:......

It's All About Loving Numbers!

Bollywood loves number games. And not just the rat race kind. There's a slew of movies with numbers in their title. It's easy to see why. Be it to embody a chronological accuracy, catchphrase or......

Looking At 1999: 25 Years Ago In Bollywood...

1999 in Hindi movies marked the end of a vibrant young decade and a gentle promise of electrifying new things to come in the new millennium. Where madcap masala still reigned supreme, morally......

What Are Kohli, Gambhir Grinning About?

'Here we are putting an end to all the masala and spice.' IMAGE: Virat Kohli with Head Coach Gautam Gambhir at the M A Chidambaram stadium in Chennai on Thursday, September 19, 2024. Photograph:......