From Bachchan to Ambani, who's who at Ram temple event

Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan, business tycoons Mukesh Ambani and Lakshmi N Mittal, and cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar were among India's crème de la crème who attended the......

ISRO likely to launch mission to study Sun by July

Indian Institute of Astrophysics on Thursday handed over to Indian Space Research Organisation, the Visible Line Emission Coronagraph, the primary payload on board Aditya-L1, which is India's first......

Chidambaram, Sibal among 41 elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha

P Chidambaram and Rajeev Shukla of the Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party's Sumitra Valmiki and Kavita Patidar, former Congress leader Kapil Sibal, Rashtriya Janata Dal's Misa Bharti and Jayant......

Will Shivpal Yadav ditch Akhilesh for BJP?

Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party-Lohia chief Shivpal Singh Yadav's recent meeting with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has triggered speculation he may quit the Samajwadi Party-led......

Carlyle Group to acquire controlling stake in PNB Housing Finance

Aditya Puri, former managing director of HDFC Bank, will also infuse capital into PNB Housing Finance through family investment firm Salisbury Investments. Private equity firm Carlyle Group and......

Why did Mukesh Ambani's aide pledge 94% of RIL shares?

Typically, professional corporate executives pledge shares when they need to raise cash to exercise stock options in the company’s shares or invest the money elsewhere.  IMAGE: RIL......

One week, Rs 1.47 lakh cr dues: What will telcos do?

With just one week left for them to pay over Rs 88,600 crore in past dues, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea are left with the last legal remedy of filing a curative petition but such petitions are......

Odisha: Of unkept promises and chasing big-ticket investments

A large chunk of the Rs 8.8 lakh crore  of investments the Patnaik government had attracted is in uncertain territory, says Dillip Satapathy. The ninth of a 10-part series looks at the......

Ready FOR Mani Ratnam's PS-1 Epic?

Hopefully, Hindi and non-Tamil audiences that have been patronising gangster movies from the South will give this fabulous looking historical a chance, says Deepa Gahlot. After Raavan, no Mani......

The MOST WATCHED FILMS of 2020

As many as 30 movies released on the digital medium in 2020. While a few did well, many went unnoticed. And as has been the case when it comes to the Hindi film industry, they were the star-led......

'I don't think Bollywood is bad at all'

'Each person has their own story. You can't make a general statement about an entire industry.' Shernaz Patel has not done a mainstream Bollywood film since 2016 -- she was last seen as Emraan......

Sushant death: CBI registers case against Rhea, 5 others

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday took over investigation into the actor Sushant Singh Rajput death case and re-registered the Patna police FIR related to alleged criminal conspiracy......

Mumbai eye 42nd Ranji title! Can Vidarbha stop them?

IMAGE: All-rounder Shardul Thakur will be one of Mumbai's key players in the Ranji Trophy final against Vidarbha. Photograph: BCCI Domestic/X Led by an astute captain in Ajinkya Rahane, Mumbai......

Shreyas Iyer returns to Ranji Trophy squad

IMAGE: Shreyas Iyer was not named in India's squad for the last three Tests against England. Photograph: BCCI Middle-order batter Shreyas Iyer was on Tuesday named in Mumbai's 16-member squad......

Prithvi set to comeback to competitive cricket

IMAGE: Prithvi Shaw is set to return to the field after an injury lay-off. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters India batter Prithvi Shaw to make his comeback to competitive cricket after being......

Ranji: Pujara reaches memorable milestone as Saurashtra, Rajasthan register wins

Photograph: BCCI Domestic/X Spurred by Chirag Jani's a five-wicket haul, defending champions Saurashtra scripted their first knockout win of the season with a 238-run thrashing of Vidarbha on the......

Ranji Trophy: Mayank's century gives Karnataka lead over Gujarat

IMAGE: Mayank Agarwal played a captain's knock. Photograph: BCCI Karnataka skipper Mayank Agarwal played a captain's knock of 109, as his side took a 64-run lead on Day 2 of their Group C......