37 ministers don't find a place in Modi 3.0

As many as 37 ministers have been dropped from the government in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's third term and these include seven with cabinet rank -- prominent among them being Smriti Irani,......

Modi 3.0: Smriti Irani, Anurag Thakur out; allies in

Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi is set to give a message of continuity in his new term by inducting most key faces of his outgoing government in the Council of Ministers to be sworn on......

Modi 3.0: Who May Lose, Who May Gain

UP's representation in the government could diminish, given the BJP's decreased seat count in that state. IMAGE: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Narendra D Modi in conversation with Telugu......

Key contests to watch for, from Rae Bareli to Thiruvananthapuram

All eyes will be on the Lok Sabha election results on Tuesday with a number of high-profile electoral battles, starring veterans and debutants, formidable opponents and unlikely contestants.......

Service tax, excise duty to make homes dearer

Home buyers are set to face higher prices due to the imposition of service tax, as well as an increase in cost of various inputs like cement, according to leading developers in the housing segment.......

Falling sales hit wine firms

The world's fastest-growing wine market for the past five years, has come crashing down. The Rs 800-crore (Rs 8 billion) Indian wine industry is facing a situation where nearly half of what it......

The Leela reflects Gurgaon's rise

Once a sleepy village, it's now the poster city of new India. The interiors of The Leela Kempinski, Gurgaon have been carefully designed to reflect its evolution, says Gargi Gupta. A few hundred......

Government mulls more reforms

The United Progressive Allianceplans to take advantage of the exit of the Left from its governing partnership to move swiftly on next-generation reforms like 100 per cent foreign direct......

Indu Sarkar review: An artless propaganda movie

Indu Sarkar is an effective propaganda movie only to the extent that it knows its mission statement and knows whom to shame and whom to take in its stride, feels Sreehari Nair. The homosexual......

Review: David & Goliath is disappointing

Paresh C Palicha says David & Goliath  doesn’t even adhere to its title and director Rajeev Nath loses the plot right from the start. Anoop Menon is the scriptwriter and Rajeevnath......

Jayasurya, Anoop Menon in David & Goliath

National award winning director Rajeev Nath (for the film Janani) is ready with David & Goliath, in which Jayasurya and Anoop Menon play the lead. The two actors have been doing interesting films......

Review: Pakal Nakshatrangal

We know that every creative process is an exercise in self- indulgence; the degree may vary from person to person. But rarely do you come across something that indulges in "intellectual......

PHOTOS: How the IPL Auction panned out

Eight franchises collectively spent Rs 91.15 crore to buy 66 players from a pool of 351 that went under the hammer. IMAGE: Auctioneer Richard Madley conducts proceedings at the IPL Players'......

IPL fixing: Working group says sponsors happy with BCCI

The Board of Control for Cricket in India's four-member working group, formed to study the Justice Lodha panel's verdict relating to the spot-fixing scandal in the sixth edition of the Indian......

Ganguly in four-member BCCI panel to study Lodha verdict

The Board of Control for Cricket in India on Monday named former captain Sourav Ganguly in the four-member panel to study the Justice Rajendra Mal Lodha committee verdict on the Indian Premier......

IPL GC meet: The day Ajay Shirke stood up alone

Shirke raises termination issue, doesn't find support ‘Members were of the opinion that such a big decision cannot be taken in haste’ The much-debated termination issue of the suspended......