Besieged by the BJP, Left struggles to stay alive

As the BJP snaps at its heels, can the Communists stay relevant in the electoral game?Ishita Ayan Dutt, Shine Jacob and Archis Mohan report. Taking on the plausible When someone says Indians......

Coming soon, a web portal for cancer care

At the Indian Cancer Congress held in New Delhi on November 20-24, health-care professionals from the United States launched the Open Educational Resources in Cancer for Doctors and Nurses in......

Box Office: Aishwarya's Sarbjit fails to draw audience

The hits and misses of the week. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Randeep Hooda starrer Sarbjit opens weak, improves only marginally over the weekend and drops on Monday. It will be a loser. Trade......

Box Office: Azhar gets average opening

The hits and misses of the week. Mohammad Azharuddin may have lots of fans but they certainly did not throng the theatres to watch a film on him. Azhar got mostly poor reviews, despite Emraan......

One Night Stand, Traffic fail at the box office

The hits and misses of the week. It has not been a very good weekend for Bollywood at the box office. Sunny Leone's One Night Stand did not seduce the audience. Manoj......

Get ready for Mammootty's Puthiya Niyamam

The latest updates from the Malayalam film industry. Mammootty plays a socially-committed lawyer named Louis Pothen in writer-director A K Saajan’s Puthiya Niyamam, which hits the screens on......

Sports Shorts: Khade wins gold at Singapore Swimming C'ships

A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Monday IMAGE: Virdhawal Khade is gearing up for CWG. Photograph: Virdhawal Khade/Twitter Young swimmer Virdhawal Khade, continued......

The 19 year old who may be Dhoni's successor

Much like Dhoni, Pant is an aggressive ball-belter who keeps wickets.But he will require enormous work on his keeping if he is to reach anywhere close to Dhoni's absurdly high standards, notes......

Gambhir gets suspended for four matches, says will abide by it

Veteran Indian opener Gautam Gambhir was on Saturday handed a suspended four-match ban from first-class cricket for his ugly confrontation with Delhi Ranji coach KP Bhaskar earlier this year, a......

Two-way race for Delhi Ranji coach's post

IMAGE: Delhi's Gautam Gambhir plays a shot during the Ranji Trophy match against Karnataka in Hubli. Photograph: PTI. Former Delhi stalwart K Bhaskar Pillai is being considered as a front-runner......

BCCI award cheques to former cricketers ahead of IPL final

The BCCI on Sunday distributed the remaining installment of its one-time benefit payments to the country's 20 former international and domestic players ahead of the IPL final between Kolkata Knight......