Nitish, Naidu hold key to Modi 3.0 as BJP falls short of majority

With the Bharatiya Janata Party falling short of a majority in the Lok Sabha and needing the National Democratic Alliance partners to form the government at the Centre, Bihar Chief Minister and......

Defeated, jailed: Chandrababu Naidu rises from the ashes

Five years after suffering a humiliating defeat at the hands of a much younger Jagan Mohan Reddy, Telugu Desam Party supremo N Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday was on course to lead his party towards a......

BJP's 5th list: Kangana Ranaut fielded, Varun Gandhi dropped

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday named 111 more Lok Sabha poll candidates, dropping Union ministers Ashwini Kumar Choubey and V K Singh, and MP Varun Gandhi, while fielding actors Kangana......

Former IAF chief Bhadauria joins BJP, praises Modi

Former Indian Air Force chief Air Chief Marshal R K S Bhadauria (retired) joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday and praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership and the steps taken by......

Modiji: Privatise Banks Now!

'Modi wants to reverse everything Nehru did, but is shy of touching his daughter's most unwise policies.''There is no example of this more stark than bank nationalisation,' says Shekhar Gupta.......

How 'sonrise' landed TN chief secy in trouble

Rama Mohana Rao's son became director of 7 companies after he became chief secretary.N Sundaresha Subramanian reports. On May 16, the day J Jayalalithaa assumed office in Tamil Nadu's capital after......

A family so rich they didn't know they were being robbed!

'The D K Adikesavulu clan is so wealthy, owns so many houses, and has so much jewellery,' notes T V R Shenoy, 'that it did not notice a servant stealing at the rate of Rs 66 lakh every year!'......

Tirupati temple deposits 1,311 kg gold with PNB

Siddhivinayak to deposit 44 kg gold ornaments with State Bank of India The Tirumala, or Balaji, temple in Tirupati, one of the richest in the world, has deposited 1,311 kg pure gold bars (0.995......

The Best Bollywood Songs Of 2022

The business of melodies is yet to fully snap out of its creative coma but 2022's spirited, sonorous offerings gave us hope. Where Arijit Singh continued his single man mission of saving Hindi film......

A NOT-SO-SENSITIVE Guide to Badhaai Do

Badhaai Do carries its audience on the wave of those little farces that come with being queer in India, a land where masculinity still has some say, observes Sreehari Nair. By the end of Badhaai......

Sridevi, Vinod Khanna honoured at National Awards

Bollywood makes way for regional cinema at the National Awards. IMAGE: Sridevi in Mom. Doffing its hat to mainstream stars Vinod Khanna and Sridevi, the 65th National Film Awards recognised their......

'RK Studio lost the connect with the audience'

'The industry was going through a change. The leading men were changing. The thinking process was changing. I know I can't give these excuses but I should have hired other people to......