'Nitish Kumar acts like a dictator'

'Nitish Kumar is fooling the people of Bihar.''He will not probe anything because if he does so, he will be trapped himself.' IMAGE: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar offers flowers to Goddess......

Nitish Kumar: Longest-serving Bihar CM despite JD-U's majority challenges

Janata Dal-United president Nitish Kumar has distinguished himself as a leader who ruled Bihar for the longest time, without his party having ever won a majority on its own. IMAGE: Bihar acting CM......

Truckers' stir: Relief as fuel tanker refilling begins in Maha

Amid protests in parts of Maharashtra by some truckers' associations against stricter punishments in the new law on hit-and-run cases, the refilling of tankers carrying petrol and diesel started at......

Pak firing hits weddings, paddy harvest in Jammu villages along IB

Unprovoked firing by Pakistan Rangers has marred dozens of weddings in villages along the International Border in Jammu with many forced to make last-minute changes to some rituals as well. IMAGE:......

Has Paytm Woken Up Too Late?

Has Vijay Shekhar Sharma given up on the bank?For now, he seems to be on a save-OCL mission. The bank will face its logical end, observes Tamal Bandopadhyay. IMAGE: A cobbler uses Paytm as a mode......

From Lambretta to Aamby Valley Project: Rise and fall of Subrata Roy

The story of Sahara India Pariwar founder Subrata Roy, who died in Mumbai on Nov­ember 14 aged 75, is the stuff of movies - of a spectacular rise and an equally spectacular fall. Photograph:......

New SC plea says Adani probe panel members have conflict of interest

An expert committee, set up by the Supreme Court to probe allegations against the Adani group following a bombshell report from a US short seller, has members with potential conflict of interest, a......

G20 Summit: Startups hope Delhi Declaration to help ease capital access

The Indian startup ecosystem has lauded the inclusion of startups in the New Delhi Leaders' Declaration for the first time ever in the history of G20. Photograph: Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters......

10 Lovely Stories From Across The World

After an interruption of two years, the Berlin Film Festival returned in full force. A range of remarkable films were show, from new discoveries, return of old masters and a celebration of classic......

Magic Magic Moments. Amitabh Style

Sukanya Verma applauds the man, the movies and the many, many, MANY memories he's created on the big screen through 80 Amitabh Bachchan moments. Amitabh Magic: Adventures of Mr Natwarlal More......

Why Gehraiyaan Is Not Deep At All

Gehraiyaan seems to be aurally thin, which serves as a clue to the larger issues plaguing the movie, observes Rohit Sathish Nair. Early on in the Shakun Batra directorial Gehraiyaan comes a scene......

Bollywood's BEST ACTORS of 2019

Hindi cinema is slowly but surely breaking away from its age-old preoccupation with the leading man, the hero, the centre of the storytelling universe to focus on characters. In 2019, its upshot......

Watch out for Yashasvi Jaiswal in world cricket!

'I will get an opportunity to talk about my game with big stars like Ben Stokes, Steve Smith, Jos Buttler.''I hope to learn a few things from them and I am confident of doing well,' says the......

How a bus conductor is driving her son's cricket dreams

Until September 14, Vaidehi Ankolekar was a bus conductor on Mumbai's famed BEST buses.Now, she is known nationwide as the mother of India's latest cricketing hero.That Saturday, her son Atharva......

All eyes on Dhoni as India take on West Indies

IMAGE: Dhoni's painfully slow approach against the Afghanistan was criticised. Photograph: Virat Kohli/Twitter Mahendra Singh Dhoni's batting approach and position in the middle order will be the......

Don't think there is a better player than Messi ever: Dravid

'One thing with Messi is he is fantastic with the ball but it's incredible to see how good he is without the ball - how he is able to find spaces.' IMAGE: Rahul Dravid, centre, is presented with......