Nitish to expand cabinet soon, hectic lobbying for Speaker's post

A day after Chief Minister Nitish Kumar formed the government in Bihar in alliance with the National Democratic Alliance, hectic lobbying started for the post of assembly speaker, and other......

'Had he been insane, he would have shot everyone'

'How was it possible for Singh to have got a government job, and that too one involving the handling of guns, had he been insane?' IMAGE: Chetan Singh accused for killing four people including his......

Rathore among 7 BJP MPs to contest Rajasthan assembly polls

Rajsamand MP Diya Kumari and Jaipur Rural MP Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore are among the seven BJP parliamentarians who will contest the Rajasthan Assembly polls, according to the first list of 41......

After MP, BJP may field Union ministers in Rajasthan poll

Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Bharatiya Janata Party president J P Nadda started discussions with the party's Rajasthan leadership on Wednesday on the upcoming state Assembly polls, amid a buzz......

3 positive developments India can look forward to

The economic slowdown has bought with it numerous questions but very few answers. For example: Where is the Indian economy heading? Are we out of the woods yet? What is the way ahead for the Indian......

Why making movies makes sense

With audiences flocking to cinema houses, film production has once again come under the arclights. From broadcasters, music companies, television software houses to film distributors and......

'I am very angry with the stars'

'When I watched KGF, I was like, 'What kind of world are we living in? Who are these people'?' IMAGE: Sunny Deol in Ghayal. Rajkumar Santoshi is an angry man. And it's largely to do with the films......

25 Years Of Bollywood-Style PYAAR-FYAAR!

1997: A fast and furious year for Bollywood. Superstar Sridevi married producer Boney Kapoor and gave birth to her firstborn Janhvi. Shah Rukh Khan turned daddy when wife Gauri delivered Aryan.......

Bollywood 2021: A to Z RECAP

Even with an ongoing pandemic, theatres in many states functioning at 50 per cent occupancy, a quieter social life and fewer movies, Bollywood still managed to pack in plenty of drama and trauma,......

'Before RD died, he called me and said, "I desperately need work"'

R D Burman's music played a huge hand in shaping Rishi Kapoor's career. Rishi once spoke to Subhash K Jha about his close association with the master composer: "R D Burman was like family to me.......

SAG: India pulls ahead of rivals with rich medal haul

IMAGE: In wrestling, Indians continued their complete domination by clinching four gold medals with Olympic bronze medallist Sakshi Malik leading the charge. Photograph: Lars Baron/Getty Images......

Sports Shorts: Rahi, Anjum, Saurabh shoot golds at Nationals

Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday. FILE IMAGE: Saurabh Chaudhary dished out another world-class performance with a 245.4 to win the T6 men's 10m Air Pistol final.......

Cricket and religion: Why we are losing in England

This is the holy month of Shravan. It's a month where doing 'tapasya' by fasting results in a lot of benefits. So our cricketers are all fasting. To be a good sportsman, a perfect diet is......

Snooker: Shabaz trounces Shravan

Shabaz, representing Petroleum Sports Promotion Board, trounced Shravan of Maharashtra 82-38 54-67 54-20 65-26 while Andhra Pradesh's K Someswara Rao thrashed Druv Sitwala of PSPB 58-1 49-27 61-73......

'I want to do well in Aus and justify my selection

Fitness and injury problems to the more experienced new-ball bowlers may have paved the way for Ishant Sharma to get into Team India for the tour Down Under, but very few will actually question his......