BJP leader crosses over to BSP in Uttar Pradesh

A senior Bharatiya Janata Party leaderfrom Uttar Pradesh, Sangram Singh, today joined the Bahujan Samaj Party along with many of his supporters.Singh, a former legislator from Nawabganj in......

Mayawati sworn in as Uttar Pradesh chief minister

Ushering in single-party rule after 14 years, BSP chief Mayawati assumed reins of power on Sunday in Uttar Pradesh, heading a 50-member jumbo ministry inducting several persons from the upper......

BJP first list out; Modi fielded from Varanasi, Shah replaces Advani

Smriti Irani will reprise her electoral battle with Rahul Gandhi from Amethi.Advani has been representing Gandhinagar in the Lok Sabha since 1998. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed by......

Delhi AAP ki: Kejriwal & Co decimate BJP

Aam Aadmi Party chief and CM designate Arvind Kejriwal in a cheerful mood with party volunteers at a meeting in New Delhi. Photograph: Vijay Verma/ PTI Halting the Modi juggernaut in its......

Aarya 2 Review

Sushmita Sen's combination of blazing authority and maternal anxiety are perfectly cast as a woman thrown in the centre of chaos in Aarya 2, observes Sukanya Verma. The opening image in the first......

PIX: Kamya, Gauhar at Pratyusha Banerjee's prayer meet

Several television celebrities turned up at the prayer meet for the late Pratyusha Banerjee in Mumbai on April 5. Pratyusha, who shot to fame with Balika Vadhu serial, committed suicide by hanging......

Simmba Review: Little to roar about

Sukanya Verma wishes film-makers would stop using rape as a plot point to execute reckless ideas of justice.Especially when it has little to do with social sentiments but more to flaunt its leading......

Mumbai Ranji probables named

Sachin Tendulkar and Vinod Kambli figure among the list of probables declared by the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA)on Mondayfor the 2005-06 season.The other playersare Amol Majumdar, Wasim......

India at Asian Games: Shooters bag silver; squash players set to swell medal haul

Shooters Vijay Kumar, left, Pemba Tamang, right, and Gurpreet Singh with their medals at the 17th Asian Games in Incheon. Photograph: PTI The Indian men's team ended its campaign in the pistol......

Harshal Patel's eight-wkt haul sends Karnataka crashing

Young Harshal Patel broke the backbone of Karnataka's batting line-up with a career-best eight-wicket haul to put underdogs Haryana in the driver's seat on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy......

Ranji Trophy: Agarkar scores maiden ton for Mumbai

Ajit Agarkar's maiden Ranji Trophycentury rescued Mumbai from a precarious position and enabled them set Himachal Pradesh a target of 252 runs on the third day of the Super League Group Amatch in......

Ranji: Mumbai in command against Gujarat

Mumbai's top-order fired in unison to steer their team to a commanding position against Gujarat at the end of the first day's play of their Ranji Trophy Group A Elite match in Valsad on Wednesday.......