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Modi nominates Ganguly, Mumbai's 'Dabbewale' to take up the broom

Taking forward his Swachh Bharat campaign, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday revisited his constituency and lauded people for helping rid the Assi Ghat of mounds of soil and garbage to......

NDTV may challenge blackout order in court

Talk of a blackout by other news channels in solidarity remained inconclusive because of the heavy news agenda on that day.Arnab Dutta reports. This arbitrary dictatorial order must be......

Security Breach: What Can Keep Modi Safe

In this event, it is the IAF that showed true professionalism, telling the boss they weren't going to fly in that weather.You can see what professionalism and moral courage it takes to say no to......

Not Modi but people of India are 'disruptor-in-chief': PM

For its development, India needs a movement akin to the freedom movement, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday. "Similar to the freedom movement, we need a movement for development, where......

'Photography is to capture the times we live in'

'If journalism is the first draft of history, then photojournalism is the first draft of its evidence,' Raghu Rai, arguably India's finest living photojournalist, tells Pavan Lall. IMAGE: Indira......

Aditya Birla Group looks to exit Aroon Purie's Living Media

The Aditya Birla Group is believed to have mandated Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BofA-ML) to find a buyer for its 27.5 per cent equity stake in Aroon Purie-controlled Living Media India. Living......

Aditya Birla Group acquires stake in Living Media India

The Aditya Birla Group on Friday announced it had acquired 27.5 per cent stake in the Aroon Purie-controlled Living Media India, marking an entry into the media business.Living Media acts as a......

Birla may take majority stake in Living Media

The Aditya Birla group may take a majority 51 per cent stake in Aroon Purie's Living Media, which acts as a holding company and also owns 57.46 per cent in TV Today Network, the listed company that......

Big business houses eye stake in Living Media

Big business is eyeing the media space once again.Just four months after Reliance Industries invested in the Network 18 group in a multi-layered deal, leading business houses, including the Aditya......

India Today group plans English daily early '07

The India Today groupsaid on Monday it would launch an English language daily in New Delhi early next year. "The paper is expected to be launched some time early next year," Group Chief Aroon Purie......

Tara Sharma, Koel Purie join The Archies

Photograph: Kind courtesy Tara Sharma/Instagram So far the focus in Zoya Akhtar's The Archies has been on the youngsters. Well, the youngsters have parents too. And Zoya has opted for some unusual......

James Cameron's date with India

Filmmaker James Cameronwill be in India on March 13 for the first time. He will be discussing "The Future of Cinema" withAamir Khanin a conclave ata five star hotel inNew Delhi, watched by few......

The Shyam Benegal I Knew

His cinema of compassion inspired me, gave me tools to develop empathy for others. But it also made me understand that serious, socially committed cinema with deeply engaging narratives and great......

Shabana Azmi-Javed Akhtar's lunch with Robert de Niro

On Tuesday, Hollywood actor Robert de Niro was in Delhi, en route to Goa, for a Tehelka enclave, where he was to share opinions with intellectuals from across the country. In Delhi, a......

'This World Cup will be a lot more competitive and important'

Indian players Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Virat Kohli and Bhuvneshwar Kumar wait for a decision. Photograph: Getty Images Sachin Tendulkar believes the upcoming 50-over World Cup......