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The Star Gazer Stars At TIME Gala

At this year's TIME ball in New York City on Thursday, April 25, you would have run into a Coimbatore-born American scientist, looking lovely in Sabyasachi Mukherjee designer finery, who would most......

'Electoral Bonds Biggest Scam In India'

'There is no scope for any doubt. This was a scheme designed to enrich the ruling party.' IMAGE: Bharatiya Janata Party leader Narendra D Modi at a roadshow for the Lok Sabha elections in......

41% 'red alert' constituencies in Phase 1 of LS polls

Forty-two of the 102 Lok Sabha seats going to polls in the general election's first phase are constituencies that have three or more candidates facing criminal cases, according to a poll rights......

225 out of 514 LS MPs face criminal cases; 5% are billionaires: Report

Out of the 514 sitting Lok Sabha MPs analysed, 225 (44 percent) have declared criminal cases against themselves, according to the self-sworn affidavits analysed by poll rights body Association of......

Time to speak up: What women want from elections

Ahead of the upcoming elections, political parties have started announcing incentives to benefit women, but what do women truly seek for genuine gender parity, asks Nivedita Mookerji.......

Paytm Crisis: StartUp Founders Take Note

Startup founders need to sit up and think about how not to take stardom for granted and how not to disappoint their fans who have stood in long queues for those precious selfies with popular......

How paint makers plan to tackle slowdown

Berger Paints, the country’s second-largest decorative paint maker, continued to outperform its peers and gain market share in the 2023-24 (FY24) October-December quarter (third quarter, or......

Indians Back To Spending At Pre-Covid Levels, But...

Lower income groups earning less than Rs 100,000 a year are yet to recover as are those earning between Rs 100,000 and Rs 200,000. IMAGE: Women shop for jewellery at the Sarojini Nagar market in......

'Is it usual for a store to be empty at 6 pm?'

'Due to rural stress, volumes continue to remain an issue for the industry, and we are yet to see any revival in demand.' IMAGE: A shop owner arranges snacks inside his store. Kindly note the......

'The agenda is 'insurance for all by 2047''

'If you want it to grow well and serve the true needs of the economy, it needs a lot of freedom and flexibility, which comes in terms of the reform objective set by the regulator.' IMAGE: Shoppers......

'My face is my greatest USP'

'My tool is the way I look. This is the only thing that distinguishes me.' 'Most of us dress similarly. What sets you apart is your face. If you change that also, you're like anybody else.' IMAGE:......

Murder Mubarak Review: Poor Man's Agatha Christie

Despite director Homi Adajania’s ease around quirky ensembles and macabre touches, Murder Mubarak fails to draw the viewer into its shallow world of the vain and wealthy, feels......

Laapataa Ladies Review: Cheerful Ode To Sisterhood

Laapataa Ladies is gentle yet firm in calling out the hypocrisies colouring everyday mindsets and prejudices without acquiring the high-handedness of a crusader, observes Sukanya Verma. What are......

10 Political Dramas To Watch On OTT

There is so much political drama going on in our country that even the most imaginative scriptwriter would not be able to match reality. Still, the shenanigans of our political leaders find their......

When Shah Rukh Was Raw, Uncontrolled!

Bollywood stars took a moment off to revisit their past, and share their thoughts. Photograph: Kind courtesy Shah Rukh Khan/Instagram Shah Rukh Khan looks back at his Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa days,......

Bobat hints at possible 'changes' ahead of RCB's match against SRH

IMAGE: Languishing at the bottom of the table, RCB will be desperate to bag their second win when they take on SRH. Photographs: RCB/X Royal Challengers Bengaluru's Director of Cricket Mo Bobat......

Smith revels: Why players prefer T20 over Tests

Challenge for Test cricket is revenue-sharing model, not scheduling: Graeme Smith Photograph: Kind Courtesy IPL/X As Test engagements shrink amid mushrooming T20 leagues across the world, former......

India's women rewrite history; clinch 1st Test win vs Australia

IMAGE: Playing more than one Test at home for the first time since 1995, there was hardly a moment when the team put a foot wrong.Photograph: ICC/X It was a befitting end to India Women's first......

Bumrah Deserves More Than Starc!

'Who is the IPL's best bowler? His name is Jasprit Bumrah. He gets Rs 12 crore and Starc almost 25. That's wrong.' The IPL 2024 auction created headlines with Sunrisers Hyderabad and......

Virat Kohli's jaw-dropping wicket running range!

IMAGE: The mind-blowing stats that prove Virat Kohli's running between wickets is out of this world. Photograph: Lee Smith/Action Images via Reuters Since his international cricket debut in......

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