'Women Know BJP Is Looting Maharashtra'

'BJP's last resort to win the election is to divide people into caste, religion, creed, but it doesn't happen in Maharashtra.' IMAGE: Shiv Sena-UBT Yuva Sena chief Aaditya Thackeray takes......

Raj Bhavan probe clears Bengal guv of molestation charges

An in-house preliminary inquiry report by a Raj Bhavan panel has dismissed molestation charges against West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose by a former woman staffer. IMAGE: West Bengal Governor CV......

Mamata free to make statements on guv, but...: HC

The Calcutta high court on Friday directed that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is free to make any statement concerning Governor C V Ananda Bose, not crossing the contours of freedom of......

HC restrains Mamata from making defamatory statement against Guv

The Calcutta high court on Tuesday restrained West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and three others from making any defamatory or incorrect statement against Governor C V Ananda Bose,......

Govt's land law revives lost order of sarkar raj

The ordinance has returned near absolute power of discretion in land acquisition, except in tribal areas, into the hands of the bureaucracy yet again Even after the National Democratic......

Will Sarkar Raj mark RGV's return?

Ram Gopal Varma has made some landmark filmslike Satya, Rangeela, Companyand Sarkar. Unfortunately, the last year has seen the director dish out his worst. From Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag, to Nishabd,......

Meet the villain in Sarkar Raj

Did you know that the villain Somji in Sarkar Raj is Krishna in Saarthi [the popular daily show on Star Plus]? Surprised? Well, that's Rajesh Shringarpure for you. "I had to change my look......

Review: Sarkar Raj

Perhaps, because the real-life political supremo Ram Gopal Varma's Subhash Nagre is loosely based on used to be a cartoonist, the director chose to do away with character sketches completely in......

Too much Govinda in Sarkar Raj

It's a curious composer choice. Ram Gopal Varma, who usually turns to men like Sandeep Chowta to pack his music with 'punch,' hands over the baton to Khosla Ka Ghosla co-composers Bapi-Tutul for......

Ranji Roundup: Drama in Agartala as Mumbai escape with a draw

A round-up of the Ranji Trophy matches played on Tuesday IMAGE: Ajinkya Rahane was unbeaten on 48 runs from 90 balls. Photograph: Kind Courtesy Ajinkya Rahane/Instagram In Agartala, the......

Bhagat-Kadam bag gold at Four-Nation Para-badminton meet

IMAGE: Pramod Bhagat and Sukant Kadam defeated fellow Indian pair of Deep Ranjan Bisoyee and Manoj Sarkar 21-17, 21-17 to secure gold in the men's doubles. Photograph: ANI/Twitter World No. 1......

Satwik-Chirag fight their way into Hylo Open quarters

Top Indian men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty advanced to the quarter-finals of the Hylo Open Super 300 badminton tournament after a hard-fought win in Saarbrucken,......

Hylo Open: Srikanth, Treesa-Gayatri in semis; Satwik-Chirag out

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty beaten in quarter-finals IMAGE: Kidambi Srikanth will meet world No. 6 Anthony Sinisuka Ginting in the semi-finals on Saturday. Photograph: How Foo Yeen/Getty......

Impressive Bhagat grabs 2 Golds in Para Badminton

IMAGE: World number one Bhagat, who had settled for two bronze medals in the Brazil Para Badminton International recently. Photograph: Kind Courtesy Pramod Bhagat/Twitter Paralympic champion......