What price privileges for lawmakers?

A legislator can invoke privileges only if prevented from performing his obligations as an elected representative. Breaking speed limits on a sea link or brandishing a weapon against a business......

Padma Awards 2013: The Winners

The 2013 Padma Awards were announced on the eve of the 64th Republic DayHere’s the complete list of the winnersPadma Vibhushan Sl No. Name Discipline State/ Domicile 1. Shri Raghunath......

View: The Ayatollah in waiting

Like the Iranian religious supremo, Anna Hazare demands supreme power and he dreams that with the present dysfunctional government, he could wield power from Kashmir to Kanyakumari and everybody......

Friends of murdered NRI on fast unto death

Three friends of a US based NRI, Pankaj Trivedi, who was killed in June, on Thursday sat on a fast-unto-death in Ahmedabad to protest the police "failure" to arrest the head of a socio-religious......

With deal value at record high of $56.2 billion, M&As made it big in 2016

The surge in deal value is largely due to the $12.9 bn Essar-Rosneft deal Merger and acquisition (M&A) activity scaled a six-year high in 2016, with deal value at a record high of $56.2 billion,......

Markets in the red ahead of July F&O expiry

Markets succumbed to selling pressure in late trades, amid huge volumes, with financial shares leading the decline following the expiry of July derivative contracts. Further, sales by foreign funds......

2011 to see a deluge of public issues

India Inc is set to mobilise over Rs 1,40,000 crore through public issues in the new year. The collections were Rs 1,05,647 crore in calendar year 2010.Based on the 100-odd applications filed with......

Dice loaded against investors in most IPOs

While the recent PSU IPOs have had an overwhelming response from investors and performed well after listing, over 60 per cent of the IPOs which have hit the market this financial year have dropped......

Arpita-Ayush, Rani-Aditya: Grand Bollywood weddings of 2014

Showbiz shaadis that made headlines in 2014. Even as Bollywood’s best-known bachelor Salman Khan held on to his singledom and Ranbir Kapoor-Katrina Kaif remain shy of walking the altar, there......

PIX: Akshay-Twinkle, KJo at Manish Malhotra's niece's reception

Check out the star arrivals.Several Bollywood stars turned up at Manish Malhotra's niece's wedding reception, held in Mumbai recently. The ladies looked gorgeous in their rich lehengas and saris.......

PIX: Sridevi, Priyanka, Vidya at their ethnic best!

Fashionable highlights from a celebrity shaadi in town.The wedding reception of Manish Malhotra's niece Riddhi Malhotra and Tejas Talwalkar was as grand and star-studded as their sangeet.Check out......

PIX: Imran, Gauri Khan, Zoya at Manish Malhotra's niece's sangeet

Arguably one of the most designer sangeet ceremonies in Bollywood...Held over the weekend in Mumbai, Bollywood's most loved fashion designer Manish Malhotra's niece Riddhi's sangeet was decidedly a......