It's final: Baramati to see Pawar vs Pawar contest

The Nationalist Congress Party on Saturday declared the candidature of Sunetra Pawar, wife of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, from Baramati Lok Sabha seat, pitting her against......

'Baramati is not the Pawars' property'

'If the Pawars are so powerful, then why are they scared of me?' IMAGE: NCP-Sharad Pawar Working President Supriya Sule, right, with her sister-in-law and Ajit Pawar's wife Sunetra Pawar before......

Shivaji's Historic Escape From Agra

In 1666, Shivaji Maharaj and his son Sambhaji escaped from the Agra Fort, one of the most miraculous escapes in India's history. A fascinating excerpt from Colonel Anil A Athale's book, The Legacy......

Pawar expresses concerns over unity, Raut says MVA intact

Soon after Sharad Pawar expressed concerns over the unity of the Maha Vikas Aghadi in Maharashtra in the run-up to the state assembly elections, Shiv Sena-Uddhav Bal Thackeray leader Sanjay Raut on......

Patanjali moves high court against ad regulatory body

While members are bound to listen to ASCI, the self-regulator has frequently faced resistance from non-members, who’ve challenged its authority to redress grievances of complainants After......

Maggi effect? Regulator to take up erring food, drinks ads

The Advertising Standards Council of India will sign a deal with the Food Safety & Standards Authority of India to work on complaints on misleading food and beverage ads. While the two bodies work......

Ad regulator takes a big leap

In what will be a significant jump for the Advertising Standards Council of India, the ad regulator will now work closely with the Department of Consumer Affairs, Government of India, to clamp down......

Fairness cream ads can't show dark skin as unattractive: ASCI

Fairness cream makers have welcomed the new rules by the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) on not projecting dark skin as unattractive. The advertising regulator released final......

PIX: Anil Kapoor, Dilip Prabhavalkar receive Dinanath Mangeshkar award

The 73th edition of the annual awards were recently held in Mumbai.Anil Kapoor, who has created quite the buzz with his silver fox-y turn in Zoya Akhtar's soon to be released comedy-drama Dil......

RGV's Contract disappoints

I had high expectations of Ram Gopal Varma's Contract because it was directed by the man, who gave us some great movies based on the underworld like Satya and Company. Unfortunately, Contract is a......

A Nana special!

Aaj tere haath pe mehndi lag gayi," is how Inspector Sadhu Agashe (Nana Patekar) welcomes his new recruit Jatin (Nakul Vaid) after Jatin's first 'encounter' victim.Yet another take on the life of......

'The day I saw Sachin bat, I knew he was special'

'He was not only middling every ball, but also timing it perfectly.''He hit quite a few balls in the air, but that did not bother me because he had a lot of power.'Kunal Purandare recounts the......

RIP Phil Hughes but bouncers here to stay

Despite the death of Mitchell Johnson’s former team mate Phillip Hughes, the likelihood is he will unleash a similar barrage on India should the first Test go ahead at the same ground next......

Kambli still bitter about Test snub

Former India batsman Vinod Kambli has questioned the logic behind keeping him away from Test matches during his playing days, stating that he scored back-to-back double hundreds and averaged nearly......

Tendulkar dons poet's hat

'All-rounder' Sachin Tendulkar took over a new role on Tuesday when he recited his late father and renowned Marathi poet Ramesh Tendulkar's poem at a function in Mumbai. The Mumbai batsman recited......

Gavaskar wants Tendulkar to write his autobiograph

Cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar expressed hope that Sachin Tendulkar would one day come out with his autobiography detailing little known matters about his life and career. "One day, hopefully,......