Pawar, Gehlot, Smriti... biggies cast their votes

Seventy-two seats across nine states are voting in the fourth phase of 2019 general elections on Monday. This phase will see the end of polling in Maharashtra and Odisha, while the process will......

Narayanan is WB governor, Patil gets Punjab

The much-awaited list of newly-appointed governors was formally released by the Rahstrapati Bhavan late on Saturday night. Former Union home minister Shivraj Patil has been appointed the Governor......

BJP leaders seek RSS help to resolve crisis

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat met top leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday and Sunday to resolve the ongoing factional feud in the party. BJP leaders......

Blast in cracker unit kills boy; 10 kids injured

A 12-year-old boy succumbed to injuries on Friday morning even as the condition of 11 other children and three adults injured in an accidental blast in an illegal cracker-making unit in the city on......

India raises fuel prices for the first time in 2009

India unexpectedly raised gasoline and diesel prices by as much as 10 per cent on Wednesday, its first increase this year, passing some of oil rally into an economy just beginning to......

Lift ban on Satyam, Tech M to World Bank

Tech Mahindra, the new owner of the troubled Indian IT services firm Satyam, has officially written to the World Bank seeking an end to the eight-year ban against Satyam Computer Services for......

What kind of hike will I get this year?

Over the last four years or so, like the stockmar­ket, real estate, too, was climbing. "In certain markets, the capital appreciated too fast, in some cases by 300 per cent, signalling a lot of......

It's in to flaunt a private label

Do names like Mario Zignoti, Wongs, Tatva and Vitra ring a bell? Not really? Well, very soon they may replace your favourite brands. Popularly known as private labels, these are brands owned,......

Bollywood's Famous Lost And Found Tales

Dramas woven around the theme of lost and found is a iconic trope in Hindi cinema. From melodrama to mockery (remember Amar and Prem's phony separated-at-Kumbh Mela reunion in a gag of Andaz Apna......

Why Janhvi's Film With NTR Jr Is Special

It's raining birthdays and anniversaries this weekend! Photograph: Kind courtesy Janhvi Kapoor/Instagram Janhvi Kapoor unravels the poster of her next film with NTR Jr on a very special day: Her......

How Katrina Celebrated Christmas!

Like everyone else, Bollywood celebrated Christmas over the weekend and made beautiful, festive pictures. Photograph: Kind courtesy Katrina Kaif/Instagram Katrina Kaif and her sister Isabelle......

Urmila Has An Early Birthday

Richa puts her feet up... Vivek makes a doll house...Preity's birthday celebrations... Please click on the images for a look at the stars.   IMAGE: While Janhvi Kapoor checks herself out,......

Spotted: Shane Warne in Johannesburg

Reader Aravinda Ram sent us this photograph from Johannesburg. 'Me and my husband Ananth came across a large number of cricketers in Johanesburg during the Indian Premier League. We meet......

Cielo Filho breaks 47 seconds in record flood

Brazil's Cesar Cielo Filho sliced through the 47-second barrier to triumph in the men's 100 metres freestyle final amid another torrent of swimsuit-aided records at the world championships in Rome......

Australia's bowling woes ahead of Ashes

Australia start their Ashes defence on Wednesday without a single frontline bowler who has previous Test experience in England. On Monday their most experienced bowler Brett Lee pulled out of......