Protests rock Kolkata as truck crushes schoolboy; cops hurt, vehicles torched

Several vehicles were torched and a few policemen were injured, as violent protests rocked Kolkata's Behala area on Friday after a speeding truck crushed a six-year-old boy and left his father......

144 Lok Sabha Seats Which BJP Wants To Win In 2024

According to BJP insiders, every Union minister has been given 3-4 seats to mentor and has been told to work hard on these constituencies in the next 20 months to ensure the party's victory.......

ED grills Mamata's nephew for 9 hrs in PMLA case

Abhishek Banerjee, Trinamool Congress MP and nephew of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, was questioned for about nine hours by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in New Delhi on Monday in......

Navy's 1st batch of 3 women pilots ready for take-off

Scripting a new chapter, the Indian Navy has got ready its first batch of three women pilots for Maritime Reconnaissance missions on Dornier aircraft. Lieutenant Divya Sharma, Lt Shubhangi Swaroop......

The Strange Death Of India's Pen King

If there is a morality tale here, it is that debt and death spare no king. IMAGE: Vikram Kothari. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Vikram Kothari had two coronations, first as the Gutkha......

Nirav Modi's Taiwan, Surat, Hong Kong and Dubai connections

Documents accessed by Business Standard show owners of suspected Hong Kong-based shell companies are spread across the globe.  Documents accessed by Business Standard show some of the Hong......

A day in the lives of a biz tycoon, a startup CEO and a jewellery magnate

A busy businessman Sanjiv Goenka understands the importance of unwinding. Hindi serials like Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai, Swaragini or Savdhan are his antidote.   Image: Sanjiv......

Finance Minister P Chidambaram's speech

Mr. Speaker, Sir It is my privilege to present the Budget for 2007-08. I. A MID-TERM REPORT CARD ON THE ECONOMY 2. In November 2006, the UPA Government crossed the midpoint of its term of office. A......

Review: 3 Storeys has endless surprises

'This colliding of worlds is a feature of chawl life in Mumbai, where the clashes in one household often become prime-time television for the neighbours; where the boundaries of good sex, lechery,......

Old theatres make way to grand multiplexes

It's probably a little late to be talking about the death of single-screen theatres. Multiplexes have become so ubiquitous these days that we forget that it was only a decade ago that standalone......

Manjot Kalra: The Kid Who Scored A Ton

Manjot Kalra's journey has just begun and in Delhi it can get more intriguing if not interesting. IMAGE: Manjot Kalra hoists one on the way to his hundred in the Under-19 World Cup final.......

Sania gets engaged today

Tennis sensation Sania Mirza, surrounded by tight security after two lovelorn youth attempted to barge in to her house to 'marry her', will exchange engagement rings with family friend Sohrab Mirza......