After 3 false starts, can Pune transform itself into a smart city?

In the fourth of a five-part series, Shivani Shinde Nadhe analyses the plans and preparations in the city.   Part 1: How Surat will get a grand makeover Part 2: How Bhubaneswar will......

New job offer? Some dos and don'ts

The phone rings. The voice on the other end says: "We would like to make you an offer to join our company." Most of India's corporate workforce has been through this routine -- many times. It is a......

No cable TV for 24 hrs in Mumbai

Joining the issue of raging controversy over hike in subscription rates of cable channels, the cable operators across the metropolis have decided not to air pay channels for a day from midnight.A......

'Ardh Satya wasn't conceived to showcase Om's talent'

'The ending Vijay Tendulkar had written was different.'According to him, the film ended with Anant Welankar's suicide.''I felt such an ending would be too nihilistic.''Bahut zyada defeatist ho......

Om Puri: The Chronicler Of Cities On The Boil

'If it weren't for Om Puri, a whole range of our big city experiences wouldn't have found their honest representations on the screen,' notes Sreehari Nair on the legendary actor's birthday. IMAGE:......

Spotted: Nana Patekar in Pune

Reader Sanajay S Velankar met Nana Patekar atthe Krishna dining hall in Pune....

Spotted: Suresh Raina

Reader Sanjay S Velankar sent us this photograph. 'I met Suresh Raina on a Kingfisher flight from Lucknow to Mumbai before the second IPL IIIsemi-final' writes Sanjay. Thank-you, Sanjay, for......