Bengal junior doctors resume 'total cease work'

Junior doctors in West Bengal resumed an indefinite 'total cease work' on Tuesday, escalating protests over the state government's "failure" to address key demands including enhanced hospital......

What Margin Will Modi Win Varanasi By?

Few in Varanasi expect the result to be different from 2014 and 2019.The only point of interest is whether Narendra Modi will increase his winning margin against his rivals. IMAGE: Senior......

SC agrees to hear PIL against parties promising freebies

The Supreme Court agreed to list for hearing on Thursday a public interest litigation (PIL) against the practice of political parties promising freebies during elections, a significant development......

Will SC's Constitution bench bat for transparency in electoral bonds scheme?

A five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court is scheduled to commence a crucial hearing from Tuesday on a batch of pleas challenging the validity of the electoral bonds scheme for funding......

Pay up Rs 1500 cr by June 15 or go to jail, SC tells Subrata Roy

The Supreme Court on Thursday extended till June 19 the parole of Sahara chief Subrata Roy with a warning that failure to meet the deadline of June 15 for the payment of Rs 1,500 crore would......

Ethics Committee takes up Mallya issue

Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday said Vijay Mallya was a 'Congress' baby' and accused the previous UPA govt of forcing a bank to provide a loan of Rs 3,100 crore despite his company's poor......

Tough financial math ahead for Chidambaram

Chidambaram recently asked 13th Finance Commission chairman Vijay Kelkar and members Indira Rajaraman and Sanjiv Misra to suggest a path for fiscal consolidation. Even as Finance Minister P......

RBI's recipe to avert rating downgrade

Reserve Bank on Thursday said the possibility of India's sovereign rating downgrade by global agencies like Moody's and Fitch can be averted by improvement in government finances. Fiscal......

What is Jacqueline Doing With Sonu Sood?

Jacqueline Fernandez is currently in Amritsar for a very special reason. She's all set to show a different part of her in her new film, Fateh, which also stars Sonu Sood.   Jacqueline plays a......

Did Saif Like Vikram Vedha Trailer?

The film folk Photographer Pradeep Bandekar spotted on Wednesday. Saif Ali Khan attends the trailer preview of his new film, Vikram Vedha. He plays Vikram, a righteous cop,......

Are you ready for these NEW RELEASES?

Even as theatres get ready to open their doors, the OTT platform is as busy as ever, churning out new content for its viewers. Joginder Tuteja lists the films and Web shows coming up.   Poison......

The Man behind Mumbai Diaries 26/11

'It was only after D-Day that people believed that I had actually directed Kal Ho Naa Ho.' IMAGE: Director Nikkhil Advani with Arjun Rampal and Irrfan Khan on the sets of D-Day, arguably one of......

We had a better chance on faster court: SP Misra

The slow courts were best suited to the players who chose to skip the tie and had V M Ranjeet and Vijayant Malik competed on a fast surface, the hosts would have a better chance of winning the......

Sania to captain India Fed Cup Team

World No 1 Sania Mirza was, on Monday, named captain of the Indian team for next year's Fed Cup while two six-member squads were announced by the AITA selection panel for the South Asian Games. The......

Somdev, Yuki may return; Bhupathi, Bopanna unlikely

Top singles players Somdev Devvarman and Yuki Bhambri are likely to return to the Indian Davis Cup team as the national selectors meet to pick the squad for the tie against Indonesia, in New Delhi......

Davis Cup: Ranjeet faces Cho in tie opener against Korea

V M Ranjeet will open India’s Davis Cup campaign against an unranked but talented Min Hyeok Cho of Korea in the Asia/Oceania Group I tie, beginning in New Delhi on Friday. India No 2 Vijayant......

Rebels snubbed; depleted India squad for S Korea Davis tie

The All India Tennis Association was, on Friday, forced to name a depleted squad for the Davis Cup tie against South Korea, snubbing the eight revolting players who refused to make themselves......