Pralhad Joshi needs to up his game as parliamentary affairs minister

Among all Joshi's other portfolios  -- he is also minister for coal and mines -- it is parliamentary affairs that is politically the most crucial. But to make a success of his job, he may have......

'Mamata is a very good actor'

'Mamata has used minorities only as her vote bank.''In her entire election campaign Mamata did not utter a single sentence against the RSS.' IMAGE: A Trinamool Congress leader seeks West Bengal......

This is how BJP plans to win Bengal

BJP chief Amit Shah had set a target of winning 22 Lok Sabha seats out of 42 seats in West Bengal. IMAGE: BJP president Amit Shah during a public meeting in Rajasthan. Photograph: PTI Photo With......

'Manida has left us a lot to celebrate with'

'He was an amazing combination of a fantastic artist and a great scholar and teacher.' 'A good way of paying homage to this thinker, and for us and the future generations to benefit from his......

After IOC, govt to sack directors of other oil cos

After sacking four independent directors of IOC, the Narendra Modi-government is now seeking to remove nine similar Congress-appointees from the board of ONGC, HPCL and MRPL. The National......

UPA appointed independent directors at PSUs forced to quit

The National Democratic Alliance government is weeding out independent directors on the boards of public-sector undertakings (PSUs). At least nine independent directors of PSUs, including Indian......

No income tax up to Rs 111,250

In a marginal relief to middle class, Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Thursday exempted income up to Rs 111,250 from tax, sacrificing Rs 300 crore, and deferred till April one next year the......

IIT alumni meet: Biggest and the best

Over the past 18 months, the Global IIT Alumni Conference chair Suresh Shenoy and his core group of lieutenants, comprising the likes of Hiten Ghosh, Ashok Siddhanti, Sushma Shenoy, Santanu......

Unpaused review

Unpaused, with some fine performances and meaningful stories, will definitely warm your hearts, notes Namrata Thakker. Ever since India went into lockdown in March, Web shows have been made around......

Remembering Pather Panchali with Satyajit Ray

Satyajit Ray would have been 97 today, May 2.Soumendu Roy, who worked with the legendary director for many years, looks back on the Genius that was Manikda, as the Master was known to family,......

365 days. 319 films

How many of the 319 films Aseem Chhabra watched in 2018 have you seen? IMAGE: Deepika Padukone in Padmaavat. I watch many films in a year -- for work and pleasure, and I keep a record of them. In......

My father, Satyajit Ray

One of India's top filmmakers Satyajit Raj would have been 95 on May 2.  We celebrate him by re-publishing a special series of articles through the week. On May 12, Satyajit Ray's first film,......