Rajasthan: 4 of 7 MPs BJP fielded win

Four of seven Bharatiya Janata Party MPs who fought the Rajasthan assembly elections won their respective seats while three others lost the polls. IMAGE: BJP Jhotwara candidate Rajyavardhan Singh......

BJP sacks Rajasthan leader for hate remark on gurdwaras, mosques

The Bharatiya Janata Party in Rajasthan on Sunday expelled a party leader in Alwar, Sandeep Dayma, over his derogatory remark on gurdwaras and mosques at a recent rally in the Tijara assembly......

Denied party ticket, Rajasthan BJP leaders protest

A day after the Bharatiya Janata Party announced its first list of 41 candidates for the Rajasthan assembly polls, at least seven disappointed ticket aspirants -- or their supporters -- on Tuesday......

BJP names four Union ministers, 14 MPs in three state polls

The BJP has fielded 18 MPs, including four Union ministers, for the latest round of assembly polls so far -- seven each in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan and four in Chhattisgarh. IMAGE: Prime......

Trying times at Patel Stores

At the southern tip of Bombay, where Colaba Causeway meets Wodehouse Road, wedged between Flashman Cleaners ("Curtains, Carpets, our Specialty") and Teenage Library, is Patel General Stores.......

The mystery shopper strikes

Hotels have mystery guests who check in to time room service, look for dust beneath mattresses and set off crises to see how the management deals with them. Restaurants have mystery diners to find......

PIX: Telugu actor Mohanbabu visits Sai Baba temple

Telugu actor, producer and politician Mohanbabu and his family visited the Sai Baba Temple in Film Nagar, Hyderabad, on the occasion of Guru Purnima. Here's a look at his visit, in...

The real Slumdog Millionaires

In Akola's Bapu Nagar, in Maharashtra,Ghanshyam Baman's Diwali celebrations were special, albeit unusual. The sweeper with the Brihan Mumbai Mahanagarpalika kept images of Lakshmi, Ganesh, as well......

Kamini Kaushal, legend

Dinesh RahejaKamini Kaushal's plummy, little girl voice is famous. Years ago, Trilok Jetley, who adopted Premchand's famous story Godaan on screen,put his film on hold while Kamini was pregnant......

Ranji: Ignored for Aus Tests, Sarfaraz hits another ton

IMAGE: Mumbai's Sarfaraz Khan reacts after scoring a hundred on Day 1 of the Ranji Trophy Group B match against Delhi, at the Ferozshah Kotla ground in New Delhi, on Tuesday. Photograph: Manvender......

Ranji: Batsmen help MP snatch three points from Bengal

A pedestrian bowling effort by hosts Bengal enabled Madhya Pradesh to log home three points by virtue of first innings lead in a Ranji Trophy Elite Group B match in Kolkata on Sunday. In reply to......

Ranji: Delhi take 139 runs lead against Tamil Nadu

Delhi batsmen Yogesh Nagar and Milind Kumar hit half centuries as home team now has a lead of 139 runs with five wickets in hand against Tamil Nadu in a Ranji Trophy Elite Group encounter at Feroz......