'How are Hindu students allowed to use bindi, bangles?'

The hijab row persists only in eight high schools and pre-university colleges of the total 75,000, the Karnataka government said on Thursday, expressing confidence of resolving the issue. IMAGE:......

Bengal BJP to crack a whip on TMC turncoats, dissidents

Smarting under the assembly election defeat, the West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party is likely to bring about a sweeping organisational reshuffle to crack the whip on recalcitrant leaders and a......

After Sonali Guha, another turncoat wants to rejoin TMC

With the Trinamool Congress having emerged victorious with a thumping majority in the recently concluded assembly elections, turncoats who had quit the party to join the Bharatiya Janata Party seem......

Why Sarala Murmu went to BJP after getting a TMC ticket

'I did get a ticket, but getting nominated isn't enough.''The people in Habibpur, my own party workers, are my opponents.''Is it possible to win?' IMAGE: Sarala Murmu being felicitated after being......

B K Birla, a doyen of Indian industry is no more

B K Birla, grandfather of industrialist Kumarmangalam Birla, was the chairman of Century Textiles and Industries and had been active in business since the age of 15.He was instrumental in a slew of......

India Inc turns to family in its hunt for lady directors

When Nita Ambani joins the board of Reliance Industries on June 18, she will be among a dozen members of promoter families taking up board positions in recent months. Women from promoter families......

Kumarmangalam to handle key Birla biz

Having drawn the blueprint to pass on his over Rs 7,000 crore (Rs 70 billion) business empire to his daughters and grandchildren, India's grand old industrialist B K Birla has set about......

After Rajinikanth, Pa Ranjith will direct Suriya

The latest updates from the Tamil industry. Director Pa Ranjith, whose popularity has grown exponentially after working with superstar Rajinikanth in Kabali will soon move on to his next project.......

Rajinikanth's Kabali to be dubbed in Malay

The latest updates from the Tamil film industry. Superstar Rajinikanth’s Kabali teaser, which broke several records for maximum views and likes, was recently dubbed and released for his......

PIX: Prabhudheva, Kamal Haasan attend K S Ravikumar's daughter's wedding reception

Director K S Ravikumar's daughter Mallika and Arjun Krishnan's wedding was preceded by their reception at the Sri Vaaru Venkatachalapathy Palace Marriage Hall in Chennai on May 1. A look at......

Motta Siva Ketta Siva poster goes viral

The latest updates from the Tamil film industry. Raghava Lawrence has been trending on social media. The first look poster of his upcoming venture Motta Siva Ketta Siva, which was released a......

Athlete Sudha tested positive for Swine Flu, not for Zika virus

IMAGE: India's 3000m steeplechase runner Sudha Singh. Photograph: Sudha Singh/Facebook. Rio Olympian and Indian long distance runner Sudha Singh, who was undergoing treatment at a private......