In Modi 3.0, NSG, ITBP to be withdrawn from VIP security

The VIP security setup of the Union government is expected to witness a major "shift and overhaul" with the new ministers taking charge and the task of guarding over a dozen high-risk persons by......

RSS's Lack Of Enthusiasm Is Showing

According to insiders, their lack of enthusiasm is showing on the ground.There is nothing to suggest that their enthusiasm will return in the final four phases of polling, observes N Sathiya......

From Bachchan to Ambani, who's who at Ram temple event

Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan, business tycoons Mukesh Ambani and Lakshmi N Mittal, and cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar were among India's crème de la crème who attended the......

Who Is Amit Shah Taking Blessings From?

What some of our leaders were up to on Wednesday and Thursday. IMAGE: Home Minister Amit A Shah seeks Bharatiya Janata Party veteran Murli Manohar Joshi's blessing.Dr Joshi, who headed the BJP in......

Labour dispute claims two lives in Puducherry

Two people, including a labour union leader and vice-chairman of a private company, were killed as a labour dispute in a ceramic company in Yanam enclave of Puducherry flared up into large scale......

Oil PSU wage recommendations likely soon

Home minister P Chidambaram, who heads a newly-formed four-member group asked by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to look into wage demands of oil PSU executives, is likely to give its recommendations......

Oil PSU officers plan strike from Jan 7

Calling a ministerial group formed to look into their wage demands an eyewash, PSU oil firm executives today said they will go on indefinite strike from January 7, as the government has failed to......

How Bakul Dholakia nurtured IIM-A

With the human resources ministry refusing to grant an extension to the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM-A) Director Bakul Dholakia, the curtains have finally come down on what was......

It's raining flops at the box office

Despite the Ramzan and Ganesh festival, as many as six films released last Friday-- Chintuji, Fox, Aagey Se Right, Three: Love, Lies And Betreyal, Mohandas and Bachelor Party. But none of them......

Box office: Six releases, no takers

All of last week's six releases -- Daddy Cool, Yeh Mera India, Kisaan, Love Khichdi, Toss and Quick Gun Murugun -- spelt disaster at the box office. In fact, some have already been taken off......

Apaharan: A riveting commentary

Nobilityblended with mobility-- sounds interesting! Prakash Jha's Apaharan, harsh and brutal political commentary on the state of anarchy a.k.a Bihar, makes for riveting viewing.The directorculls......

Readers on where India has gone wrong

M KRISHNANAND:Dear SirI appreciate your efforts in getting valuable feedback from people on the reasons for India's poor form in ODIs and how we can improve it . Now that the Pakistan series is......