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'Dharavi Will Be An Important Address In Mumbai'

'A slum free Mumbai cannot happen with Dharavi at the centre of the city.' IMAGE: A scene from Dharavi. Photograph: Arko Datta/Reuters "I don't think we need to romanticise life in Dharavi... I......

'We Want To Develop Dharavi Like Hong Kong'

'Dharavi will be completely slum free by 2040.' IMAGE: Tourists walk through Dharavi, one of Asia's largest slums. Photograph: Arko Datta/Reuters If you travel on Mumbai's metro line 2A or line 7,......

A Messiah For Humanity Passes Into The Ages

Where does one find a man who shows no bitterness or animosity towards Hindus, even after a frenzied Hindu mob burnt his house down?, Jyoti Punwani asks in this tribute to a truly extraordinary......

Scheduled international flights to resume from Dec 15

Scheduled international flights to and from India will be resumed from December 15, the Civil Aviation Ministry said on Friday. Photograph: Arko Datta/Reuters Scheduled international......

'The terrorists were lobbing grenades, firing indiscriminately'

'I could see the silhouettes of three men on the sixth floor.''I pointed them out to the NSG personnel standing beside me and suggested they take them out.''They did not have the clearance to......

Nifty slides below 17K; Sensex sheds 344 points

Benchmark BSE Sensex trimmed all its early gains to close down by 344 points at a five-month low on Wednesday due to heavy selling in banking, financial and telecom stocks as lingering concerns......

Investors' wealth plunges Rs 8.30 lakh crore in 6 trading sessions

Stock market investors became poorer by Rs 8.30 lakh crore as equities continued their slide for the sixth consecutive day on Friday. Photograph: Arko Datta/Reuters The BSE Sensex has tumbled......

Markets end in red; RIL, HDFC twins top drags

Equity indices chalked up losses for the second straight session on Monday, in tandem with a bearish trend overseas as ratcheting up of hostilities in Ukraine and prospects of further rate hikes by......

Investors poorer by over Rs 6.18 lakh crore

Investors have become poorer by over Rs 6.18 lakh crore as markets took a heavy beating on Friday. Photograph: Arko Datta/Reuters The 30-share BSE Sensex tanked 1,093.22 points or 1.82 per cent......

Sensex, Nifty settle lower amid weak global markets

Benchmark BSE Sensex and Nifty ended lower on Wednesday, dragged down by losses in banking stocks amid weak global market trends. Photograph: Arko Datta/Reuters The 30-share Sensex declined by......

'I cried an ocean of tears when I had no work'

'Actors like me heave a sigh of relief if we get work.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Vishal Jethwa/Instagram Vishal Jethwa, who gained notice for his ruthless act in Mardaani 2, will be seen in a......

Akshay, John, Salman spread coronavirus awareness

With everything -- but the amazing work India's medical teams are doing to bring the coronavirus pandemic under control -- at a standstill during the national lockdown, film folk are trying to......

Wasim Akram's Late Swing

Indians will forever remember Akram as the scary phenomenon with the soft smile, the man who rattled through the Indian batting order, but was rarely as hated as Waqar or Shoaib Akhtar, observes......

BCCI is a 'shop', rules Supreme Court

IMAGE: The top court was dealing with the question of whether the BCCI can be said to be a 'shop' as per the notification dated September 18, 1978, and if the provisions of the ESI Act shall be......

BCCI mulling to restart Duleep Trophy, Irani Cup; full Ranji season on cards

IMAGE: The Duleep Trophy and the Irani Cup have not taken place for at least three seasons, while the BCCI had to cancel the Ranji Trophy for the first time in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.......

Former SC judge Saran appointed BCCI ethics officer

IMAGE: Vineet Saran, 65, is a former Chief Justice of Odisha High Court, and also served as a judge in Karnataka and Allahabad High Court. Photograph: Arko Datta/Reuters Former Supreme Court judge......

Pakistan legend Zaheer Abbas in ICU after testing COVID positive

IMAGE: Former Pakistan cricketer Zaheer Abbas (centre) displays a plate carrying portraits of 12 great Pakistan cricketers as India's Sourav Ganguly (right) and Sachin Tendulkar look......

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