For lower electricity bills, Rahul sweats it out in Mumbai's streets

On the final day of his two-day visit to India's financial capital, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi tried to connect with Mumbaikars by raising the issue of high electricity bills during his......

Caste no bar in Bihar's politics

Association of caste with the way people have tended to vote in Bihar has somewhat weakened, says Mayank Mishra. Sahdev Rai, popularly known as Mukhiyaji in his Musepur village, used to be an......

Centre, states to HUNT top Naxal leaders together

Alarmed over unabated Naxal violence, the Centre and the state governments have decided to go after the top leadership of the Communist Party of India - Maoist through intelligence based......

HC turns down slain Naxal leader's mother's plea

The Andhra Pradesh high court has directed the state government to conduct a post-mortem on slain Maoist leader Cherukuri Rajkumar alias Azad on Saturday only after his mother Karuna sees his body.......

Which stocks to buy now?

The Indian stock markets are soaring like there is no tomorrow. Starting at 13,000 in the beginning of this year, the Sensex crossed 20,000 by October.Will the Sensex sustain the gains or will it......

Sensex @ 20k: Listen to the expert

BSE Sensexhit 20,000-point mark on Monday for the first time ever with a massive gain of more than 750 points on frantic buying by foreign and local investors in blue-chip stocks.The major drivers......

Candy review

Candy is worth binge-watching because it offers a good mix of drama, mystery and intrigue, observes Namrata Thakker. When a student of the Rudra Valley School is found dead in a forest, his mentor......

Gully Boy Review: Ranveer rocks!

'Gully Boy is a pulsating salute to the new angry India and its youth,' says Aseem Chhabra who watched Zoya Akhtar's movie at the Berlin film festival. In Zoya Akhtar's Gully Boy, Ranveer Singh's......

'We are not attempting a remake of Mughal-e-Azam'

'I have told my parents that whenever I decide to get married, even if you like the boy, I will elope.''Just for the fun of it, for that feeling of excitement.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Sonarika......

Govt won't reconstitute committee to probe WFI chief Singh

IMAGE: A five-member oversight committee, headed by legendary boxer M C Mary Kom, will investigate the charges against the Wrestling Federation of India president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, MP.......

Sports Ministry suspends WFI assistant secretary Tomar

IMAGE: The aggrieved wrestlers had alleged that Wrestling Federation of India assistant secretary Vinod Tomar took bribes from athletes and was involved in financial corruption, helping him to......

Mary Kom-led IOA committee to probe wrestlers' claims

IMAGE: The Indian Olympic Association formed a seven-member committee, headed by M C Mary Kom, to probe the allegations of sexual harassment against Wrestling Federation of India president Brij......

WFI chief Singh to step aside, wrestlers call off protest

'Till the investigation is over, he (Singh) will step aside and co-operate with the investigation and the oversight committee will run the day-to-day affairs of WFI.' IMAGE: The wrestlers,......

P T Usha to take over as first woman IOA president

IMAGE: P T Usha will be declared elected unopposed as the first woman president of Indian Olympic Association (IOA) during the governing body's polls on Saturday. Photograph: P T Usha/Instagram......