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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......

Kejriwal demanded kickbacks from liquor businessmen: ED to SC

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is the "kingpin and key conspirator" of the excise policy scam and the arrest of a person for an offence based on material can never violate the “concept......

'Rahul Seems A Combination Of Nehru, Gandhi, Ambedkar'

'The Congress is trying to reinvent itself -- the caste census demand, OBC emphasis, the anti-corporate thrust, especially on Adani etc -- all this is not standard Congress strategy.' IMAGE:......

Kejriwal's custody extended till April 23; no relief from SC too

A Delhi court on Monday extended till April 23 the judicial custody of Chief Minster Arvind Kejriwal in a money laundering case linked to the alleged excise scam. IMAGE: Delhi Chief Minister......

Will launch 55-day hunger strike outside EC office if..., warns Mamata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday criticised the Election Commission for "favouring" the Bharatiya Janata Party and threatened to go on a hunger strike outside the poll panel's......

View Consumption Survey Numbers With Caution

Could the MPCE survey results be used as a basis of reconstructing the Consumer Price Index with new weights, asks Madan Sabnavis. Photograph: Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters The Survey on household......

Packaged food sector leaving consumers spoilt for choice with new launches

Over the past year, Amul has undergone a transformative journey, evolving from a dairy-centric entity to a comprehensive foods company. Photograph: Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters Since 2022, PepsiCo......

'Rs 1.7 trillion may be GST average collection next FY'

'We crossed Rs 1.7 trillion in three months this financial year.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) chairman Sanjay Kumar Agarwal tells......

Who Fared Better On Economy? Modi Or Manmohan

Whether it was the MGNREGS or the NFSA or the Aadhaar-based DBT scheme for cash transfer, the Modi government has built on the basic architecture created by the Singh government. Policy makers in......

Interim Budget: No, Just A True Vote On Account!

She has shown shrewdness, sensitivity, and courage.All of these will be needed in ample quantities for the real challenge that will emerge after the elections, notes Shreekant Sambrani. IMAGE:......

Why Aattam Is A Masterpiece

What follows is essentially a long scene set in a single location, and you watch in amazement as the scene grows into one of Indian cinema's funniest and most spectacular pieces of sustained......

Is He India's Finest Director Of Romcoms?

Girish AD doesn't make romantic comedies so much as he elevates the genre, observes Sreehari Nair. IMAGE: Mamitha Baiju and Naslen in Premalu. I consider Thanneer Mathan Dinangal and Super......

The Indian Film Making Global Waves

'I thought of a suppressed country and a free world.''If we travel from one to another, what will that road look like?''What colours, music there will be? What kind of people would you see?'......

Why Merry Christmas Left Me Feeling Shortchanged

If you have never seen Sriram Raghavan fly, you would hardly realise that this time, he is happy in his cage, this time he isn't reaching for the skies, notes Sreehari Nair. IMAGE: Katrina Kaif in......

7 Cliches Of Movie Criticism & Reporting

This isn't a hatchet job, and my excuse for the exercise is my feeling that when you invert some of the clichés mentioned here, you might just arrive at the portals of genuine movie-making......

'Unacceptable': Rabada slams Cricket South Africa

'Cricket comes from Test cricket and Test from my perspective is the best format.' IMAGE: South Africa pace spearhead Kagiso Rabada is still bitter about the scheduling fiasco which saw him and......

Doping Saga: Russian figure skater's Olympic gold stripped

IMAGE: Kamila Valieva received a four-year doping ban. Photograph: Aleksandra Szmigiel/Reuters Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva received a four-year doping ban on Monday, effectively......

Archer Aditi's parents on a 'suit hunt' at Palika Bazar for Arjuna Awards ceremony!

IMAGE: The 17-year-old made history in August last year when she became the youngest world archery champion. Photograph: Kind courtesy Aditi Swami/Instagram Archer Aditi Swami's parents from......

World Cup: 'You just want to let Quinton de Kock fly'

'We all know Quinton to be the free-spirited guy that he is, but he actually has a fantastic cricket brain on him.' IMAGE: Quinton de Kock has proved to be unstoppable with the bat in the World......

Guess what lured goalkeeper Sreejesh to hockey!

'I was a chubby kid and opted for goalkeeping because you don't have to run and bend your back with the stick like other hockey players.' IMAGE: P R Sreejesh is India's first choice goalkeeper for......

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