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Parties hope to gain from 'lucky 7' in 7-phase UP polls

Some politicians in Uttar Pradesh are making much of the number 7 in the seven-phase assembly elections, saying the 'auspicious' numeral will help them win. IMAGE: Samajwadi Party workers gather in......

'This is a battle of good vs evil, not Hindu vs Muslim'

'There has never been a problem between Hindus and Muslims in Kairana.''We are a people that smoke from the same hookah.'Once the seat of an influential tradition of Indian classical music, Kairana......

Guj by-polls: BJP wins Vadodara LS seat by over 3.29 lakh votes

The BJP on Tuesday retained the prestigious Vadodara Lok Sabha seat in Gujarat vacated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, with a huge margin of more than 3.29 lakh votes. "BJP candidate Ranjanben......

India Inc cabinet wishlist

Montek Singh Ahluwalia, deputy chairman of the Planning commission. is the most-preferred choice of the Indian Industry to become India's next finance minister. Capital market expert Prithvi......

Ankur Garg tops Civil Services exam

Ankur Garg has topped the list of 286 successful candidates in the Civil Services (Main) Examination 2002, according to results declared by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on......

The man who sold Nirav Modi's art

Saffronart managed the auction of Nirav Modi's art collection, raising Rs 593 million for the government.Founder Dinesh Vazirani tells Avantika Bhuyan how he built Saffronart into an institution.......

The Stanford graduate who left Oracle to make wine

It's been 16 years since Rajeev Samant launched the first Sula wine by selling 50,000 cases.Today, Avantika Bhuyan reports, Sula is on track to sell a million cases this year. Rajeev Samant of......

8 ways India can hurt Pakistani economy

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh recently said: "Unless we want to go to war with Pakistan, dialogue is the only way out." The kind-hearted economist must know that the days of conventional warfare......

Mukesh has forgotten Dhirubhai, says Anil Ambani

In a no-holds-barred attack, Anil Ambani has accused his elder brother, Mukesh, of trading their father Dhirubhai's vision for 'corporate greed'. He said Mukesh no longer saw a role for their......

India raises fuel prices for the first time in 2009

India unexpectedly raised gasoline and diesel prices by as much as 10 per cent on Wednesday, its first increase this year, passing some of oil rally into an economy just beginning to......

Alaya's Day Out With Malaika

Store launches are a glamorous event. Ask Ranveer Singh. So when Italian luxury fashion house Valentino launched its store in Mumbai, Bollywood's swish set promptly arrived at its door. Alaya F......

Mrunal Steps Out To Watch A Film

Film folk were invited to an early screening of this week's Netflix release, Amar Singh Chamkila, in Mumbai. Lead stars Diljit Dosanjh and Parineeti Chopra did not attend but received a lot of......

Tamannaah-Vijay Light Up A Diwali Party

It was a couples night out when film folk visited Shilpa Shetty and Raj Kundra's home for a Diwali party. The guest list, of course, is very long, and many more were spotted at the festivities.......

The Top 10 Spy Thrillers On OTT

The West has had an advantage over Indian cinema and OTT when it comes to espionage thrillers -- the two World Wars and the Cold War were grist for the mill, and then the Middle East joined the......

Katrina-Vicky Look Pretty for Karan Johar's Party

All roads led to Yash Raj Studios on May 25, as Bollywood's power couples and their friends celebrated Karan Johar's 50th birthday party. Even though the theme was black and bling -- and everybody......

PHOTOS: India's gold-glut continues at South Asian Games

IMAGE: Indian women's squash team members Joshana Chinappa, Dipika Karthik, Sumyana Kuruvilla hold national flag after winning gold medal by defeating Pakistan in Womens squash team event at......

Netball player's death shadows Day 1 of National Games

(From left to right): Wrestlers Jitendar Singh, Manoj Kumar, Suman Kundu, Ritu Malik, Raveender Singh show their medals at the 35th National Games. Photograph: PTI Commonwealth and Asian Games......

Two Kashmiri footballers to undergo coaching in Spain

Mir Abdul Hanan and Mudasir Mehraj, two budding footballers from Kashmir are all set to fly to Spain to polish their skills in soccer. This was announced by J&K chief Omar......

French Open Day Five Images

Jelena Dokic left the court in floods of tears on Thursday after retiring with a back injury while leading by a set in her French Open second round match against Russian fourth seed Elena......

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