'Review 5 guarantees': Karnataka minister sparks row

Karnataka minister Satish Jarkiholi on Wednesday said the guarantee schemes need to be reviewed so that only the economically weaker sections, and not the rich, benefit from them, sparking a debate......

Opportunistic 'INDI alliance' failed: Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday exuded confidence that people have voted in record numbers to re-elect the National Democratic Alliance government and said the 'opportunistic INDI......

Cong sees 'silent undercurrent' against BJP in west UP

The Congress on Friday claimed that a 'silent undercurrent' is brewing across western Uttar Pradesh against the 'failures' of the Modi government, as it flagged issues such as 'neglect' of......

Karnataka: 6 children of Cong ministers in fray

With six children of Karnataka ministers in the Lok Sabha poll arena, the campaign scene is getting spiced up in the high-stakes elections for the ruling Congress in the state. IMAGE: Karnataka......

Power Minister may visit Gujarat to study biz model

Newly appointed Minister of State for Power, Coal and New & Renewable Energy Piyush Goyal on Tuesday said he will study the best practices of the Gujarat Model so as to turnaround the energy......

She became an entrepreneur by accident

Ten years ago, Srividya Rabindranath was just another woman working for a private company. But today she is a successful entrepreneur and a member of the Bharatiya Yuva Shakti Trust that......

Much-maligned Bihar does better than Kerala

By now most readers should have seen the news that much-maligned Bihar recorded a growth rate of 11.03 per cent. This is well ahead of the all-India average of 8.49 per cent and within a nose of......

Turning the underprivileged into successful entrepreneurs!

Lakshmi Venktaraman Venkatesan, founding trustee and executive vice president of Bharatiya Yuva Shakti Trust, is the daughter of former President of India, the late R Venkataraman. The idea......

Bollywood's FABULOUS train journeys!

On the silver screen, the significance of trains can be traced all the way back through its use in innumerable movies. As means of transport or metaphor, the romance of trains is unmistakable in......

How the Howrah Bridge played out in Bollywood

'To this day, not a year passes when Bollywood does not head to Kolkata to train its cameras on the magnificence of the bridge and the flow of life that pulses along the river across which it......

'What's wrong if actors take money to campaign?'

Do actors take money to campaign for political parties? "What is the harm if they take money?" asks Aman Verma, a popular television actor and anchor for television shows like Khul Jaa Sim Sim and......

Our Yuva Shakti is creating history: Modi reacts after Jeremy wins CWG gold

IMAGE: Indian weightlifter Jeremy Lalrinnunga created history by capturing a gold medal with a record-breaking combined lift of 300 kg in men's 67 kg final. Photograph: Eddie Keogh/Getty......