'Ameen Sayani was the Shahenshah of Melody'

For four decades, his voice united millions of Indians for an hour every Wednesday as he brought Hindi cinema's greatest songs in an unparalleled radio broadcast. Illustration: Dominic......

SC 7-judge bench grappled with AMU minority status for 8 days

Grappling with the intractable issue of Aligarh Muslim University's minority status, the Supreme Court said on Thursday the 1981 amendment to the AMU Act, which effectively accorded it a minority......

Institute of national importance can also be a minority one: SC on AMU

There is nothing "fundamentally inconsistent" with a minority institution being an institution of national importance (INI), the Supreme Court said on Wednesday while hearing arguments on the vexed......

Minority or not has to be decided by today's standards, says SC in AMU case

An institution of national importance must reflect the "national structure", the Centre told the Supreme Court on Tuesday while pointing out that around 70 to 80 per cent students studying at......

Where have all the women bankers gone?

Women dominate Indian banks's clerical and officer rolls, but few make it to the executive office these days, notes Tamal Bandyopadhyay.   In the run-up to Business Standard's annual banking......

'I didn't get work because I was Paresh Rawal's son'

'There are so many advantages when you have somebody like a Paresh Rawal or a Swaroop Sampat as your parents.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Aditya Rawal/Instagram Aditya Rawal switches effortlessly......

Indian Idol: 'I want to be famous like Neha Kakkar'

A graduate from Allahabad University, Ankita Singh has always dreamt of a career in singing, but her family was against it. The 23 year old tried to convince her mother to allow her to come to......

Hardik and father come to Yash Dayal's rescue after Rinku's nightmare

It was nightmare yesterday, his mother had stopped eating but Hardik helped my son: Yash Dayal's father IMAGE: KKR also had tweeted to motivate Yash Dayal to bounce back strongly in the next......