'Wish prices were kept low for the common man'

For Ashok Upadhyay, a taxi driver from Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, who makes his living in Mumbai, there are concerns more pressing than the Budget. Namely, he says, prices for even basic......

Despite slowdown, auto firms raise salaries

While sales of automobiles for the financial year 2008 2009 grew by less than 1 per cent, two-wheeler and passenger vehicle manufacturers have effected salary hikes across all levels of employees......

'A film is like a one-night stand'

'I'm a rascal, I'm going to play a paramahansa?!' IMAGE: Victor Banerjee was in Mumbai to promote the film, The Answer. On the second half of a day of back-to-back interviews, the actor changed......

Aishwarya, Karisma, Raveena cheer their kids

When the kids performed, their star parents cheered... At the Dhirubhai Ambani International School's annual day, it was time for the parents to sit back and watch their kids perform. From the......

PIX: Karisma Kapoor, Pooja Bedi and a party

There's a new restaurant in town, folks! Everyone knows how much the Kapoors love food. So it hardly comes as a surprise when they are invited to the launch of a new restaurant in south Mumbai,......

PIX: At Aaradhya's birthday bash

Beti B's birthday was a grand affair! There was no way the Bachchans were going to miss celebrating Aaradhya's birthday. We saw the Bachchans go on a family dinner on Beti B's birthday. It was then......