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Ex-CJI Khehar, dancer Shobana among 68 conferred Padma awards

Former Chief Justice of India Jagdish Singh Khehar, dancer Shobana Chandrakumar, actor Anant Nag and Vice Chancellor of prestigious King George's Medical University Soniya Nityanand were among 68......

'Nitish Kumar Is Behaving Oddly'

'We used to discuss how image-conscious Nitish Kumar was and his sophisticated conduct in public life. All this has become a thing of the past.' IMAGE: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar at the......

ASI roped in for carbon dating of Sambhal temple; PAC jawans deployed

The Sambhal district administration has written to the Archaeological Survey of India for carbon dating of the Bhasma Shankar temple, including a well there, officials said on Sunday, days after......

Encroachment drive launched around Sambhal mosque amid tension

Weeks after violent clashes over a court-ordered survey of the Shahi Jama Masjid claimed four lives, the district administration has launched a campaign against encroachments and illegal power......

What Is Gehlot Telling Modi?

What were our political leaders up to on the first day of November? IMAGE: Is Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, left, telling Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi, second from left,......

Shankar Acharya predicts 6% growth

The Indian economic growth rate could slip from 9 per cent to as low as 6 per cent during the current fiscal on account of the adverse fallout of the global financial meltdown on the country, said......

Will Nirmalaji Target Fiscal Deficit?

The Budget should undertake further reductions in import tariffs and seriously consider an announcement of India's intention to join one or both of the two Asian mega-regional free trade......

Manmohan Singh's reforms transformed India, unshackled economy: Economists

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's 1991 Budget unshackled India's economy, significantly enhancing the economic prospects for hundreds of millions of Indians, first deputy managing director of......

New date for Budget only after Acharya panel inputs

February 6 or 8 likely options; development will be the main theme The National Democratic Alliance government at the Centre wants to change the date of the Union Budget, in sync with the......

Modi urges India Inc to 'think out of box' to grab global oppotunities

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said both public and private sectors need to leverage synergies and think out of the box to seize opportunities arising as a result of the emerging global......

Shankar to direct Ranveer!

Ajay Devgn, NTR Jr, Ram Charan release the RRR poster. Pooja Hegde releases the Acharya poster... Photograph: Kind courtesy Ranveer Singh/Instagram 'Proudly announcing my collaboration with the......

Look At Kiara's 'Shoot Diet'!

When stars travel, they make lovely pictures on social media. Photograph: Kind courtesy Kiara Advani/Instagram Kiara Advani gets witty with her captions as she posts pictures with Ram......

Will Rajamouli's RRR release on schedule?

IMAGE: Alia Bhatt in RRR. Photograph: Kind courtesy Alia Bhatt/Instagram S S Rajamouli's post-Baahubali opus, RRR, is finding its progress fettered by the pandemic. While Rajamouli is adamant......

Why Ranveer, Parineeti love Kill Dil's Sweeta

Kill Dill's latest song release Sweeta has an opera feel, says actress Parineeti Chopra. And that's one of the reasons why she loves it. The song has been sung by Adnan Sami and......

Has Indian cricket peaked?

India, says Shankar Acharya, can stay at or near the top in the ICC Test and ODI rankings for a year or two, but it's downhill thereafter. Every Indian has views on two subjects: Pakistan and......