Arpita Mukherjee: Mysterious rise of small-time actor to TMC minister's aide

Little known in cine circles till the other day, arrested West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee's aide Arpita Mukherjee is in the limelight for the wrong reasons after the purported seizure of a......

Waze 'obedient, high-performing', ACP tells Chandiwal Commission

An ACP-rank officer, named by former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh in his letter accusing then Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh of corruption, told an inquiry commission here on......

Tikait's tears have done their job

The magnificent Jat community has taken his tears to its heart, notes Sudhir Bisht. IMAGE: Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait gets emotional while speaks to the media at the Ghazipur......

When highway becomes new home for protesting farmers

'This is going to be our home in the near future as it is going to be a long fight. We are here to stay'  IMAGE: Volunteers serve 'langar' to farmers' protesting at Delhi-UP border over......

Budget 2019: What's costlier, what's cheaper

A large number of items including petrol, diesel, gold, silver, cigarettes, fully-imported cars and split air conditioners will become more expensive due to hike in taxes, as proposed by Finance......

Connaught Place has something for everyone!

Once in decline, the central Delhi landmark is buzzing with new restaurants, cafés and public events. Image: Connaught Place, New Delhi. Photograph: Reuters Walking through the colonnades......

Turmoil freezes J&K tourist season

It's always pleasant to take a shikara (local wooden boat) ride in the famous Dal Lake. It's even more delightful if there is no other tourist and yours is the lone shikara on the weedy waters......

Cut in I-T to boost FMCG sale

The FMCG sector's demand growth will be powered by effective reduction in the personal taxes and increased allocation under NREGA, though hike in excise duty lead inflation is a cause for concern.......

The Official Timekeeper Of Beating Hearts

If Irrfan could have been our finest professor of empirical philosophy, and Nawaz is our foremost poet of that space halfway between the gutter and the stars, then Jaideep Ahlawat has to be our......

Jalsaghar is a viewing treat you owe yourself

Cinema entertains, exhilarates and enlightens. Its ability to relate and inform the viewer through universal, timeless emotions are what contributes to its legacy, now available more easily than......

Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior review

'Tanhaji has so much fun recreating a bygone legend and fictionalising history, authenticity and spellings, it gets infectious,' feels Sukanya Verma. Close on the heels of Panipat comes yet......

The Saand Ki Aankh Review

'I felt a constant gag in my throat, and emerged from the movie somewhat mugged,' confesses Sreehari Nair.   In Tushar Hiranandani's Saand Ki Aankh, Prakash Jha plays a character the audience......

Dhoni Smokes Hookah, Video Goes Viral

IMAGE: A videograb of Mahendra Singh Dhoni smoking a hookah. Photograph: X   If it has anything to do with Mahendra Singh Dhoni and it's posted on social media, it's bound to go viral. So,......

Song mocking Russian World Cup team goes viral

'Our team is, let's be frank, shit' IMAGE: Russia coach Stanislav Cherchesov talks with players during training. Photograph: Maxim Shemetov/Reuters A Russian comic's song which mocks the......