BJD-BJP Alliance: Wishful Thinking

Although the BJP has never been ballistic about the BJD and Narendra Modi has avoided being critical of Naveen Patnaik, the BJP is optimistic that the party can improve its electoral fortunes in......

Restoring India's Botanic Heritage

With over 3,000 species of plants, 26 interconnected lakes and the 250-year-old Great Banyan Tree -- the largest in the world -- the Indian Botanic Garden is a veritable treasure, discovers Payal......

9 dead, several injured as under-construction building collapses in Kolkata

The collapse of an illegal under-construction building in Kolkata's western fringes claiming at least nine lives and injuring 17 more early on Monday provoked a fierce political debate over whether......

Rat miner rejects another house offered in Delhi

Rat-hole miner Wakeel Hassan, who had lost his house in a demolition drive, has rejected another offer of a house in Dilshad Garden in New Delhi by the authorities, he told PTI on Saturday. IMAGE:......

Vax king Poonawalla shells out Rs 1,400 crore to snap up London villa

Serum Institute of India chief Adar Poonawalla will pay £138 million (about Rs 1,444 crore) for a Mayfair mansion in London in one of the city’s most expensive home sales of the year,......

How Vicks Vaporub Become A Blockbuster

Within six months, outlets carrying Vicks jumped from 60,000 pharmacies to 750,000 general stores.The trade boycott collapsed. Consumers were happy, finding Vicks now at every street corner. A......

Crisis Brews In Darjeeling's Tea Gardens

In the last three years, 20 gardens have changed hands, and 90 per cent of the buyers are from non-tea background. IMAGE: A worker gathers tea leaves at the Happy Valley tea garden estate in......

Is The Rally In Small And Microcap Stocks Sustainable?

While the corporate sector has benefited from massive capital expenditure, leading to sky-rocketing stock prices, investors would do well to keep an eye on the macroeconomic picture and government......

The Zone of Interest Review: Potent Yet Distant

The Zone Of Interest is technically flawless but lacks emotional pull, observes Mayur Sanap. With the number of films based on the Holocaust, it's hard to find something unique dealing with this......

The Indrani Mukerjea Story: Buried Truth Review: Very Watchable!

If Indrani Mukerjea wanted to whitewash her image, this docu series was not the right platform, asserts Deepa Gahlot.   The Sheena Bora murder case had all the ingredients that makes the media......

The People Mumbai Forgot

'When the mill strike started, there was crisis in every mill worker household.''One entire generation went without education.''Hunger forced them to take to crime.' IMAGE: Scenes from Todi Mill......

371 Films And Shows To Watch!

Aseem Chhabra rates the movies he's watched in 2023, and tells you where you can watch them! With the pandemic done and dusted, people are back to watching films in their neighborhood theaters and......

Is IPL using up Bengaluru's water supply?

Photograph: Kind courtesy BCCI Amidst the worsening water crisis in the city, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked the Karnataka State Cricket Association and other state authorities......

Water scarcity threatens IPL kickoff in Bengaluru?

Water crisis in Bengaluru might not affect three first-leg IPL matches: KSCA The acute water shortage in the city might not pose any immediate threat to the three IPL first-leg matches to be......

PIX: Shami's seven powers India into World Cup final

IMAGES from the first semi-final of the ICC World Cup played between India and New Zealand at the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai on Wednesday. SCORECARD IMAGE: Mohammed Shami picked up a sizzling......

Cummins hoping to savour World Cup-winning moment

'Australia not really weighed down by history. You get more excited about the challenge and just get stuck into what needs to be done.' IMAGE: Since losing their first two matches in World Cup......

Maxwell cleared: Ready for semis showdown vs SA

IMAGE: Australia play the Proteas at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Thursday. Photograph: ICC/X Australia skipper Pat Cummins on Wednesday said Glenn Maxwell is available for the World Cup......