6 dead, 15 hurt as Tripura Rath Yatra turns into tragedy

Six people, including two children, died of electrocution and 15 others were injured as a Rath came in contact with a high-tension wire in Tripura's Unakoti district on Wednesday, the police said.......

Tripura CM allots portfolios; keeps home, health

Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Friday distributed portfolios to new ministers, keeping the important home department with himself. IMAGE: Manik Saha takes oath as the chief minister of......

Modi on stage, Manik Saha sworn-in as Tripura CM for 2nd term

Seventy-year-old Bharatiya Janata Party leader Manik Saha on Wednesday took oath as chief minister of the sensitive border state of Tripura. IMAGE: BJP leader Manik Saha takes oath as Tripura......

Tripura: Poll official suspended for 'defacing' Modi's photo

A sector officer of Sabroom assembly constituency in poll-bound Tripura has been suspended for allegedly "defacing" a poster of Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a drive to remove hoardings and......

18 in finals of E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year Award

Eighteen industrialists have made it to the final round of the coveted Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award. An eight-member jury, chaired by M Damodaran, the former chairman of Sebi, IDBI......

Family feud: Gujarat NRE, Austral trade charges

India Inc is seeing yet another family feud - this time between Gujarat NRE Coke founder Girdhari Lal Jagatramka and his son-law, Ratan Lal Tamakhuwala, who owns Austral Coke. Gujarat NRE, India's......

Bisleri may be ICL's first big sponsor

Subash Chandra's Indian Cricket League is poised to win its first major advertiser, bottle water maker Bisleri International, as one of the key sponsors of the league. There will be three other......

Is RBI being fair to all?

It is difficult not to sympathise with P J Nayak, who heads the UTI Bank as its chairman and managing director. The Reserve Bank of India insists that Dr Nayak cannot continue to function as......

Review: PM Narendra Modi is a work of fiction

The movie presents a version of Modi that the bhakts want the rest of us to see, feels Utkarsh Mishra. When the trailer of Omung Kumar’s PM Narendra Modi was released, a......

Super Filmi Week: Judwaa 2, Padmavati and Spyder!

Prepping for Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Padmavati, remembering Rajesh Khanna and Raaj Kumar's exclusive tramp club and picking Ranbir Kapoor's best performance in my Super Filmi Week.   Monday......

'The world of music dims without Kishori Amonkar's light'

'She was a modern-day Tansen among the female classical vocalists of the country.' Musicians and film folk pay rich tribute to Kishori Amonkar. Legendary Hindustani......

'Aamir can never be an actor'

When Aamir was in his teens, someone suggested that his uncle Nasir Husain should cast his nephew sometime in the future.'No,' Husain said, 'he can never be an actor.''I am a director. I have a......

Who will be the new Chief Selector of Team India?

Mongia, Maninder, Das among notable names in contention for senior selectors' posts IMAGE: As the date of application for the new panel closed at 6 pm on Monday, it is understood that more than 50......

Ranji round-up: Karthik's unbeaten ton to TN's rescue

Tamil Nadu batsman Dinesh Karthik celebrates after completing a hundred during the Ranji Trophy match against Bengal at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Thursday. Photograph: Swapan Mahapatra/PTI......

Ranji round-up: Mumbai avoid follow-on embarrassment vs Railways

Tail-ender Javed Khan, batting with a finger injury, saved Mumbai from following-on while chasing Railways' first innings score of 242 in the rain-truncated Ranji Trophy match, in Delhi, on......

Duleep Trophy: South storm into final after East Zone's dismal batting

South Zone took just 40 minutes into the third morning to crush East Zone by an innings and 118 runs en route their entry into Duleep Trophy final, in Lahli on Friday. East's second innings was......

Ranji Trophy: Mumbai settle for a draw with Jharkhand

Having conceded the vital first innings lead to minnows Jharkhand, champions Mumbai had no other option but fight for a draw, which they successfully did after surviving anxious moments in their......