Javed Akhtar asked to appear before court next week on Kangana Ranaut's criminal intimidation complaintA Mumbai court has issued summons to lyricist Javed Akhtar for criminal intimidation in a case filed by actor Kangana Ranaut, but held that...
27 Jul, 2023, 09.41 AM IST
Several Congress leaders in J&K quit party in support of Ghulam Nabi AzadThe former Congress leaders said several top politicians from other parties in J&K and some leaders from the ruling BJP, have approached th...
31 Aug, 2022, 08.04 PM IST
Work may be in Progress to form a Breakaway partyCongress circles are alert over the timing of his resignation - just when the CWC was about to announce the schedule for the Congress presi...
27 Aug, 2022, 12.05 AM IST
View: Uddhav Thackeray came with a sense of entitlement yet left Balasaheb’s ideology behindLacking any administrative experience or even a mass following of his own, Uddhav was almost a babe in the woods during his chief ministers...
30 Jun, 2022, 04.07 PM IST
24 years since forming TMC, Mamata Banerjee only grew stronger amid rebellionsIn TMC's 24-year journey, Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, who has earned herself the image of a gutsy leader, always made swift come...
16 Feb, 2022, 02.25 PM IST
Sushant S Rajput’s demise sparks ‘privilege club’ conversation; Vivek Oberoi, Anubhav Sinha, Kangana tweet about B-town’s insensitivitySonam Kapoor and Swara Bhasker were quick to oppose the narrative.
16 Jun, 2020, 03.59 PM IST
View: Nirmala Sitharaman should be known for her skills and experience rather than her genderFor too many, Sitharaman’s X-chromosome is her X-factor. But the Little Women in the Old Boys Club storyline is patronising at best.
06 Sep, 2017, 01.46 AM IST
The iconic 'house of good times': All that went inside Vijay Mallya's Goa villaMallya’s sprawling Goa estate, has been in the news recently over its sale. Here are some accounts of life in the villa.
18 Apr, 2017, 04.01 PM IST
Backed by Google, Chinese watch takes on Apple in the US with Mobvoi's TicwatchThe $200 gadget will go for a fraction of the standard-issue Apple Watch & is $100 cheaper than Motorola’s latest Moto 360.
29 Jul, 2016, 09.45 AM IST
Crumpled kurta vs the suit: The scale of Nitish Kumar’s win has redefined political charismaNitish Kumar, CM elect of Bihar, is perhaps closer to Weber’s definition of charisma. He is outwardly unassuming and nondescript, someone y...
11 Nov, 2015, 12.22 PM IST
IPL’s brand value may drop 15%, new teams will find it tough to attract sponsors: Global valuations firmEven if the Indian cricket board manages to find a way to have eight teams in next year’s IPL, the brand value of the twenty20 league will ...
23 Jul, 2015, 02.11 AM IST
CSK, Rajasthan Royals ban may see IPL's brand value dip by 15% : American AppraisalThe drop in valuation will be due to the fact that the 2 new teams will have to start from scratch and will find it difficult to attract sp...
22 Jul, 2015, 10.23 AM IST
A truly important leader should pay his own billsThat he thought there could be another Barack Obama who may have brazenly cloned the President’s credit card underlines his audacity of hop...
20 Nov, 2014, 04.26 PM IST
Award winning India author Tabish Khair writing family epicTabish Khair, the award-winning Indian author of well-known books such as How to Fight Islamist Terror from the Missionary Position and The...
14 Nov, 2014, 04.08 PM IST
Adam Smith vs Manu: Capitalism is smashing casteism in IndiaThe rise of dalit millionaires suggests that capitalism can be more revolutionary in transforming dalit fortunes than socialist sops.
24 Aug, 2014, 05.33 PM IST
- Pitting leader against leader is Congress democracy
Appointment of co-ordinators to share work of AICC functionaries during elections in states weakens the position of AICC general secretarie...
28 Apr, 2008, 05.04 AM IST
- Top brass in damage-control mode
BJP’s state and central units launched a massive damage-control drive on Monday with the twin objectives of persuading Gopinath Munde to wi...
22 Apr, 2008, 05.36 AM IST