Who Will Win 2023 North East Polls?

Uncertain political times in Meghalaya, Nagaland, Tripura. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra D Modi is felicitated by Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha at a rally in Agartala, December 18, 2022, for......

Hit by Partha episode, Trinamool plans major overhaul, cabinet rejig

The Trinamool Congress is likely to go in for a major organisational overhaul as well as a reshuffle of the state cabinet following the arrest of now-suspended senior party leader Partha Chatterjee......

Mamata's friend-turned-foe Mukul Roy returns to Trinamool

In a blow to the prestige of the Bharatiya Janata Party, it's national Vice President Mukul Roy along with son Subhranshu, rejoined Trinamool Congress on Friday, with Bengal Chief Minister Mamata......

Breaking from tradition, Dhankar administers oath of office to Mamata

In a break from tradition, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee was on Thursday administered the oath as a member of the state assembly by Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar. IMAGE: West Bengal Chief......

Coming of the second 'Bombay Club'

Besides the manufacturing industry, voices in favouring the need for protectionism have also been heard from local start-ups, which at times find it tough to compete with global players that......

Amethi set to get a refinery

Constituency pampering is back in vogue. The petroleum ministry has given its tacit endorsement to a proposal in which state-owned Bharat Petroleum Corporation will be asked to start work on a......

PIX: Surveen, Adah, Konkona walk the red carpet

The second edition of the Critics Choice Shorts and Series Awards honoured short films and Web series, and was held on a grand scale at the Taj Hotel in Santa Cruz, north west Mumbai. The big......

Box Office: October is below average

The hits and misses of the week. Varun Dhawan, cast in an unlikely role, can do little to carry October through. It remains below average in its opening weekend. Vinod Mirani gives us his weekly......

UNFORGETTABLE Opening Movie Scenes

Sukanya Verma offers some amazing opening scenes in Hindi films that fuels an excitement for what happens next. Well begun is half done. A smashing opening sequence can effectively set the tone for......

Box Office: Blackmail, Missing fail to impress

The hits and misses of the week. Irrfan Khan's Blackmail fails to make an impact as it has very little of all that his films are known for. At 140 minutes, it's unnecessarily long and monotonous.......

Ranji Round-up: Shami returns, in action for Bengal

IMAGE: Mohammed Shami in action. File Photograph: BCCI India pacer Mohammed Shami returned wicket-less from his 10 overs in a subdued comeback to competitive cricket after 360 days as Bengal......

Ranji roundup: Shreyas's double ton boosts Mumbai

A round-up of Day 2 of the Ranji Trophy matches on Thursday.Shreyas's double century puts Mumbai in control IMAGE: Shreyas Iyer slammed a superb double century at a strike rate of more than 100......

Ranji Roundup: Uttarakhand, Himachal off to good start

Photograph: BCCI Domestic / X Khanduri ton powers Uttarakhand to 232/1 against Andhra Opener Priyanshu Khanduri struck only his second century in a first-class career spanning seven years, helping......

Sports Ministry asks NADA to test Vijender

In a bid to put an end to the drug controversy, the Sports Ministry on Monday directed the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) to immediately carry out dope tests on star boxer Vijender Singh, who......

London dope control team told to test Indian athletes

In order to avoid a repeat of the Monika Devi doping scandal-like incident before the Olympics, the National Anti-Doping Agency has tested the urine samples of all Indian athletes except a few who......