'Politically, BJP is ruthless'

'The BJP think they are running an ideology machine in this country, and they have to convert everyone, from people to parties to party leaders.' IMAGE: Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi, right, with......

Opposition's southern push to take on BJP in 2024

In a span of two months, leaders of various political parties descended south to join two anti-Bharatiya Janata Party gatherings with an eye on the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, although the central......

Hathras victim's family says fight for justice will continue

A day after a special court Hathras convicted the main accused in the 2020 Hathras rape-murder case while acquitting the three other accused, family members of the victim on Friday said their......

Hathras rape-murder: Prime accused gets life imprisonment, 3 acquitted

A special court in Hathras on Thursday sentenced the main accused in the 2020 Hathras rape-murder case to life imprisonment while acquitting the three other accused. IMAGE: Relatives of the......

'India can cut emission intensity by 20-25%'

Clarifying India's stance on climate change ahead of the Copenhagen summit, environment and forests minister Jairam Ramesh on Thursday laid out in Parliament a five-point action plan to help the......

Realtors rebuild hopes on rising home sales

After a long hiatus, home sales are finally back on track. Sales of major real estate developers have more than trebled in the June quarter compared to the preceding three months, amid growing......

More sub-Rs 20 lakh homes soon

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee had said there would be an interest subsidy of 1 per cent for one year on loans up to Rs 10 lakh for properties worth less than Rs 20 lakh. This is expected to......

Home prices to fall 10%: Study

Home prices are likely to fall another 10 per cent in the second half of 2009, as demand remains subdued, says a research report from Crisil Research. Faridabad in the NCR, Zirakpur and Derabassi......

'Comedy helped me survive in this industry'

It's not easy being in an Akshay Kumar film. And it not because, as rumours allege, Kumar is adept at snipping his co-star's screen time. "Akshay," says Riteish Deshmukh of his co-star in Housefull......

Ram Gopal Varma to go SILENT

'Silence,' says RGV, 'is as effective as sound in film.' Strange, but true! Ram Gopal Varma, the most vocal filmmaker we have, has decided to go shhhhhh! Alas! not in real life. RGV plans to......

Triple treat for Kannada movie goers this Diwali

Three Kannada films of different genres are releasing this Friday, November 9. The films are small- to medium-budget films. One is the much-delayed film Super Shastri that stars Prajwal Devaraj......

Review: Mayakkam Enna is worth a watch

Pavithra Srinivasan feels Mayakkam Enna has a brilliant first half but the film loosesthe steam in the second half Some of the best parts of director Selvaraghavan's Mayakkam Enna, are vivid......

Kidambi stuns Sasikiran

International Master S Kidambi stunned top seed Krishnan Sasikiran while Grandmaster Koneru Humpy and IM Master Neelotpal Das moved up to joint second position with wins in the fifth round of the......

Humpy roars back to form

Grandmaster and top seed Koneru Humpy is all set to challenge the male domain of Indian chess after roaring back to winning form with a crushing victory over P Konguvel in the 41st National 'B'......

Readers wishes to John Wright

Name:Debashis Mitra (HPCL) Message:All Indians will remember you. Happy Birthday. Name:vishal Message:Mr. Wright, thanx 4 setting Indian Cricket right. Happy Birthday. Name:Hari Message:Many Happy......