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CPM member introduces bill to regulate appointment of judges, AAP opposes

A private member bill to regulate the appointment of judges through the National Judicial Commission was on Friday introduced in Rajya Sabha by Communist Party of India-Marxist's Bikash Ranjan......

TMC releases 'Amit Shah Biggest Pappu' t-shirts

Taking a leaf out of a global playbook, where fashion has long been used as a political statement, Trinamool Congress has designed a T-shirt for its workers to flaunt and attack its opponent --......

Oppn parties meet Prez, seek revocation of CAA

Opposition leaders on Tuesday knocked on the doors of President Ram Nath Kovind, seeking his intervention in repealing the 'unconstitutional and divisive' citizenship amendment law and forming a......

After Red Fort, govt plans to put more monuments under 'private care': Alphons

However, many historians, conservationists and artists have slam move to 'entrust' Red Fort to cement company. Notwithstanding criticism over the government's decision to give Red Fort to a......

Mamata's run-ins with the media

The West Bengal CM’s media equation wasn’t always this bad. In the run-up to the assembly elections of 2011, she was a clear favourite, reports Ishita Ayan Dutt. “I hope there is......

Sylvester daCunha, creator of iconic 'Amul girl' campaign, passes away

Advertising industry veteran Sylvester daCunha, the creator of the iconic 'Amul Girl' campaign that started in the 1960s, has died, the Gujarat-based milk cooperative that owns the dairy brand said......

Nirav Modi to be held in one of England's most overcrowded jails

While in custody and until the first hearing in his extradition case next week, Modi is likely to be held in a separate cell but may also have to share a cell with other prisoners given the......

Slowdown? Not a hurdle for Indian travellers!

With the slowdown blues hitting the travel appetite of people world over, India has emerged to be the go-to market for countries like Canada, Germany, New Zealand, Australia, the United Kingdom,......

Here's what is missing from India's FDI in retail debate

Derek Scissors makes a strong case for FDI in India's retail sector emphasising that farmers and urban consumers will benefit the most from this move. A beleaguered Indian government tried last......

Al Gore's amazing $100 million makeover!

Al Gore is a funny guy. And, for his $175,000 speaking fee, he tells this story: after leaving the White House and heading back to Tennessee sans motorcade -- "in a rented Ford Taurus," he sniffs......

The Chhichhore Review

Chhichhore offers too good a time to pay attention to its faults, feels Sukanya Verma. There’s Anupam Kher’s daddy in Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, who celebrates his son's failure by......

Monsters vs. Aliens' world premiere

California girl Susan Murphy [Reese Witherspoon] who is understandably excited over her impending wedding is blind to the central flaw in her fiance, the newscaster Derek Dietl [Paul Rudd]. He is......

World's Top 40 directors

Filmmaking is primarily a director's medium. And Guardian Unlimited's panel of judges recognise that. Peter Bradshaw, Xan Brooks, Molly Haskell, Derek Malcolm, Andrew Pulver, B Ruby Rich and Steve......

'I was in the best team that never played for India'

Michael Dalvi, who played first class cricket for Delhi, Tamil Nadu and Bengal, once hit a century against a fiery Malcolm Marshall and the West Indies.At 77, he has a razor sharp memory, a ready......

Michael Jordan pledges $100 million to fight for racial equality

Basketball legend Michael Jordan and the Jordan brand on Friday pledged US$100 million over the next 10 years to organisations dedicated to ensuring racial equality, social justice and greater......

Not Federer, not Ronaldo. Who is the highest-paid athlete of all time?

IMAGE: Former Chicago Bulls' Guard Michael Jordan. Photograph: Jonathan Daniel/Allsport/via Getty Images A former basketball legend, a Chicago Bulls icon, Michael Jordan is the highest-paid......

What will happen to brand Sharapova now?

Sharapova fallout shows sponsors have no tolerance for banned drugs IMAGE: Maria Sharapova. Photograph: Scott Barbour/Getty Images. In the day following Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova's......

Sehwag batsman of the decade, says Pringle

Highly impressed with Virender Sehwag's pyrotechnics, former England cricketer Derek Pringle has rated the dashing Indian opener as the greatest batsman of the decade. "Dashing openers have always......

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