RSS's Lack Of Enthusiasm Is Showing

According to insiders, their lack of enthusiasm is showing on the ground.There is nothing to suggest that their enthusiasm will return in the final four phases of polling, observes N Sathiya......

Can Modi Win A Simple Majority?

2019 was the BJP's breakout year, when it stretched the boundaries of what was thought possible and ended up with 303 seats on its own steam.Now it is forced to play defence, on a pitch queered by......

Shinde's Maratha Reservation Dilemma

Any move to appease the Marathas will boomerang.Eknath Shinde is a worried man with the agitation not having an easy solution, notes Ramesh Menon. IMAGE: Maratha Reservation activist Manoj Jarange......

What Is Your 2024 Game Plan, Modiji?

By keeping the Sanatana Dharma row alive and adding the Ayodhya temple consecration scheduled for January 22 and adding the free darshan promise from four polled states to the entire country, the......

Parties flay govt over sliding rupee

Political parties slammed the government in the Lok Sabha on Thursday over the sliding rupee, which has breached the Rs 68 to a US dollar mark, and demanded that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh make......

Parle plans to bite into Britannia's Bourbon market

For five decades now, Bourbon and Britannia have gone hand in hand. The Wadia family-controlled company lords over 70 per cent of the popular biscuit category. The rest of the market is with......

The lifestyle of India's richest people

Even by the standards of Lonavala, a mountainous outpost 70 miles from Mumbai where India's nouveaux riches like to spend the weekend, Rakesh Jhunjhunwala's country home is extravagant. The......

Coke wishes to depose before JPC

Coca-Cola India has written a letter to the joint parliamentary committee, probing allegations of pesticides in beverages, seeking permission to depose before it.While Coke officials were......

Manushi-Nushrratt Dress Up For Diwali

It's raining Diwali parties in Bollywood, and as film folk show off their glamorous outfits, they make sure not to repeat their fashion. We look at the arrivals at Actor-Producer Krishan Kumar's --......

Nawaz-Neha Go On A Movie Date

Kushan Nandy's romantic comedy Jogira Sara Ra Ra sees the unlikely pairing of Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Neha Sharma. But they perfectly complemented each other at a screening of the film in Mumbai.......

'We are Indians!!! Happy. Proud. Free'

Seventy five years of Independence. It's a landmark every Indian is proud of and joyfully celebrated. Bollywood, too, flaunted it patriotic colours and joined the Har Ghar......

#RIP KK: 'Thank you for the music'

'In a super ambitious industry, you stood out for your unfilminess.''Thank you for giving my films your iconic voice.' Photograph: Kind courtesy KK/Instagram Singer KK passed into the ages after......

Shreyas slams ton, sends strong message to selectors

IMAGE: Shreyas Iyer scored a quick-fire century off 101 balls, capitalising on an underwhelming bowling display. Photograph: Shreyas Iyer/Instagram Shreyas Iyer is on fire in the 2024 Ranji......

Ranji Trophy: Mayank's century gives Karnataka lead over Gujarat

IMAGE: Mayank Agarwal played a captain's knock. Photograph: BCCI Karnataka skipper Mayank Agarwal played a captain's knock of 109, as his side took a 64-run lead on Day 2 of their Group C......

Twenty new athletes added to 2024 Games' TOPS list

IMAGE: India weightlifter Mirabai Chanu in action during the Tokyo Olympics. Photograph: Chris Graythen/Getty Images As many as 20 new sportspersons were on Monday added to the list of Target......

Ranji roundup: Maharashtra 44 all out; Mumbai struggle

A round-up of Day 1 of the Ranji Trophy matches played on Friday. IMAGE: Ajinkya Rahane was caught behind off Ronit More after scoring just seven. Photograph: Alex Davidson/Getty Images Ajinkya......

Will Yuvraj go unsold at 2019 IPL auction?

Yuvraj Singh managed just 65 runs in eight games for Kings XI Punjab and no wonder that the team decided to release him. IMAGE: Yuvraj Singh has put himself in the Rs 1 crore base price bracket......