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Phase 5: Rae Bareli, Amethi go to polls on Monday

Polling will be held on Monday in 49 constituencies in six states and two Union Territories in the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections that will decide the electoral fate of several prominent......

Judge passed puja order on day of retirement, Muslim side tells HC

The Allahabad high court on Tuesday heard both the Hindu and Muslim sides on the Gyanvapi mosque committee's appeal challenging the Varanasi district court order allowing Hindu prayers in a cellar......

Puja at Gyanvapi: Masjid committee fails to get relief

The Allahabad high court on Friday did not give any immediate relief to the Gyanvapi Masjid committee which had challenged a Varanasi district court order allowing Hindu prayers in a cellar of the......

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......

Hindutva outfit demands stringent OTT laws 'as in UAE'

The outfit suggested that the government amend the Information Technology Act to classify all such content as pornography, which people should only be able to access by punching in their Aadhaar......

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......

Global Economic Crisis: What India Can Do

The employment situation remains dire.Whatever can be done to promote greater low-skill employment should be pursued aggressively, advises former chief economic adviser Shankar Acharya.......

We may see market borrowings Rs 2 trillion-Rs 3 trillion less than projected

Macroeconomic management is usually a lot more comfortable with lower fiscal deficits. The sooner we get there, the better for the economy, says former Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of......

Beware! The Two Economic Indias

The substantially increased economic dualism may exert lasting negative influences which could include a reduced potential for economic growth; the persistence of a very weak employment and poverty......

Covid's 4 Lasting Scars On The Economy

Expect a more modest out-turn of around 5 per cent (if not less) because of the longer-term scarring effects of the Covid shock, the sharply slowing growth in the pre-Covid years and some......

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......

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......

Manikarnika review: Kangana Ranaut is savage, spellbinding in a ho-hum historical

'A historical with an identity crisis, initially the period drama cannot decide whether it wants to chronicle facts or fictionalise them in the tradition of a crowd-pleasing fantasy,' says Sukanya......

Box Office: Uri is all set to be a hit

The hits and misses of the week. Vicky Kaushal's first solo release Uri: The Surgical Strike is slated to become a hit. The other release, The Accidental Prime Minister, fares average at the box......

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