Jagan orders demolition of govt building built by Naidu

Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jaganmohan Reddy on Monday ordered demolition of a government building on a riverbed in Amaravati, constructed during the tenure of his predecessor N Chandrababu......

Finding fault in the 'anti-rape' law

Women of India need freedom, not halfhearted attempts at reform, says Vedika Kumar On April 2, when President Pranab Mukherjee signed the Criminal Law Amendment Bill of 2013 into law, I deemed it a......

Andhra police arrest woman Naxal behind Chhattisgarh attack

The Andhra Pradesh police have arrested a suspected Naxal leader identified as Savita alias Madhvi in Khammam district of the state. According to a CNN-IBN television channel report, police suspect......

Activists nationwide unite to battle UPA's nuclear dreams

Activists, experts and scientists across the country have come together to challenge Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's dream project to double the nuclear energy-based power generation in the......

Bank board picks Dinesh Khara as new SBI chairman

The Banks Board Bureau on Friday recommended Dinesh Kumar Khara, State Bank of India's senior-most managing director, as the next chairman of the country's largest lender. Khara will replace SBI......

Bhanu Pratap Sharma is new Banks Board Bureau chief

Govt reconstitutes body, says will not interfere in senior PSB appointments Former senior bureaucrat Bhanu Pratap Sharma is the new Banks Board Bureau (BBB) chairman. The government took 12 days to......

After Sebi barb, listed cos begin appointing women directors

Within days of regulator Sebi's barb, listed companies have begun running from pillar to post to appoint women directors on their respective boards with at least 50 such appointments being made......

FDI jumps 77% on M&A spree

Even as moves are afoot to broaden its scope in the retail sector, foreign direct investments (FDI) are adding shine to the India growth story.The latest available data from the Reserve Bank of......

'Everybody would say I should act like my sister'

'Padmini and I are very different people.''Our acting styles are very different. She's from a different era.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Tejaswini Kolhapure/Instagram Despite her film outings with......

OMG 2 Review: Goes Round In Circles

Akshay Kumar looks cool in that trippy get-up and adds his charisma to the film that is otherwise a lot of verbiage, observes Deepa Gahlot. The play Kanji Viruddh Kanji by Bhavesh Mandalia,......

Why Are Bollywood Marriages In Trouble These Days?

For many years, in Bollywood cinema that loved families, divorce was a dirty word. Of course, that did not mean marriages could not be strained and couples had to obey the happily-ever-after rule......

Review: Gumraah Fails To Impress

Detective shows like CID did a better job than Gumraah of creating thrilling cases, observes Deepa Gahlot. This film claims to have been inspired by true events, a slew of believe-it-or-not cases......

'I miss my daughter but it is about winning Olympic medal': Deepika

IMAGE: Archer Deepika Kumari will be participating in her fourth Olympic Games. Photograph: Deepika Kumari/Instagram Deepika Kumari is torn between two worlds. One where the doting mother longs to......

Year Ender 2022: Indian archers fail to deliver

IMAGE: Deepika Kumari and Atanu Das were out of the team. Photograph: Kind courtesy World Archery/Instagram India's recurve archers hit a nadir within a year after their debacle at the Tokyo......

India finish second in shooting at Deaflympics

IMAGE: India's gold medallist Dhanush Srikanth, right, with bronze medal winner Shourya Saini in the men's 10m air rifle event at the 24th Deaflympics in Caxais do Sul, Brazil. Photograph: SAI......

Deshwal wins gold in men's 10m air pistol at Deaflympics

IMAGE: Abhinav Deshwal celebrates winning the gold medal in the men's 10m air pistol title at the 24th Deaflympics in Caxias do Sul, Brazil. Photograph: NRAI/Twitter India won its second gold......