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Two killed, six injured in clash over Holi celebrations in Amethi

Two people were killed and around six injured in a clash following a dispute over celebrating Holi in a village in Amethi on Friday, police said. Image used for representational purpose only.......

Dharavi holds its breath as coronavirus cases increase

Overcrowding, unsanitary conditions in Asia's largest slum pose big challenges to containment, reports Viveat Susan Pinto. IMAGE: A girl looks on through the window of her house during a......

16 of 17 disqualified K'taka MLAs join BJP; 13 get bypoll tickets

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday fielded 13 disqualified Congress-Janata Dal Secular legislators as its candidates for the December 5 assembly byelections in Karnataka hours after the rebels......

SC upholds disqualification of rebel K'taka MLAs, allows them to contest polls

The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the disqualification of the 17 Congress-Janata Dal(Secular) MLAs in Karnataka whose rebellion led to the fall of the Kumaraswamy government and the return of......

14 K'taka rebel MLAs disqualified by speaker ahead of trust vote

With the disqualification of 17 rebel MLAs -- 14 from the Congress and three from JDS -- on Sunday, the effective strength of the 224-member Karnataka assembly excluding the speaker, who has a......

E-courts to hear tax cases via webcast

The unending wait for justice due to the huge backlog of cases may continue. But if the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal has its way, there could be some relief, finally.The ITAT is mulling e-courts,......

Plan to buy a home? Things look brighter

While interest rates and property prices are down quite a bit, things could be better in another six months. In the last six months, things have changed for the better for the home buyer. Most of......

Buy house, get car free!

The Bengaluru property market has entered the wooing phase with plot and home buyers being offered gratis cars, lifestyle accessories and clubhouse memberships as inducement. People familiar with......

Dream job? Knowing English is not enough

What's the big advantage that India has over China? That's easy: It's India's more than 200 million English-speaking workers. But English-language skills in India only go so far. The world's......

Luxury retail demand boom in Bangalore

Luxury or top-end retailing is arriving in Bangalore and those looking for such space are emerging as a well-defined demand segment. As a result, the commercial space market is getting more and......

30 RD Burman Gems You May Not Have Heard

Rahul Dev Burman made enough music to last a million lifetimes. As it happens in the case of every prolific artist, some of his work received more love than others. When one thinks of RD classics,......

'Let them have a secret police to censor films!'

'That would once and for all teach all the film-makers of this country a fitting lesson!' *IMAGE: 'The idea of censoring films was instituted by the British our colonial masters who never trusted......

Model Preeti Jain gets 3-yr jail for conspiracy to murder Bhandarkar

Model and wannabe actress Preeti Jain was on Friday sentenced to three years’ imprisonment by a court in Mumbai for plotting to murder Bollywood filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar 12 years ago.......

The man who kept Rafi on his toes

Elitist critics dismissed him as a workhorse compared to singing thoroughbred Mohammed Rafi. For all that, Mahendra Kapoor -- who passed away on September 27 -- stayed the course,with a hoi-polloi......

The First Great Indian Cricketer

One cricketer made all the difference when the first All India cricket team toured England in 1911.Baloo Palwankar startled the English with his guile and genius.A fascinating excerpt from Prashant......

Goa Cricket Association president, secretary arrested for fraud

IMAGE: Goa cricket association president Chetan Dessai. Photograph: PTI Goa Cricket Association president Chetan Dessai, secretary Vinod Phadke and treasurer Akbar Mulla were today arrested by......

Balu wins battle of Cedias

Team MRF's Arjun Balu won the battle of the 2000cc Mitsubishi Cedias against teammate and current hotshot rally driver Gaurav Gill, finishing an amazing six seconds faster over the 3 km super......

Ramesh Powar in team for 2nd ODI

ScorecardEngland captain Andrew Flintoff won the toss and elected to bat against India in the second one-day international at the Nahar Singh stadium in Faridabad on Friday.Flintoff, playing in his......

Was Dhoni out?

Indians continued to be generous hosts in the crucial third Test against England in Mumbai on Monday. Skipper Rahul Dravid allowed the visitors to seize the initiative by inviting them to bat first......

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