G20 invite from 'President of Bharat' triggers uproar

A G20 dinner invitation from President Droupadi Murmu describing her position as 'President of Bharat' triggered massive debate on Tuesday, with the opposition alleging that the government is......

You Can Become Chief Minister Only if You Have The MLAs

The two main factions in Karnataka's Congress party -- one led by Siddaramaiah and the other by D K Shivakumar -- are both contenders for the chief ministership.Both groups have fought hard to get......

'No point meeting Modi-Shah'

'Many veteran leaders in the Odisha BJP had met them, but their problems were never sorted out.' IMAGE: Bharat Rashtra Samithi founder and Telangana Chief Minister K Chadrasekhar Rao, left, with......

How Opposition Can Take On Modi's BJP

The future challenger to Narendra Modi would be somebody who can bring the Hindus and Muslims together again.The Hindus as Hindus, not broken caste groups, asserts Shekhar Gupta. IMAGE: Prime......

3 lessons to implement cooking gas reforms

India's cities must switch over to piped gas leaving LPG cylinders, says A K Bhattacharya. It was in 1955 that India saw the roll-out of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) connections for use as......

The Rs 30,000 crore fight over gas

A Texas company will submit a report by June on whether a company controlled by RIL 'stole' natural gas from the wells where ONGC is contracted to operate in the KG basin, as alleged by ONGC.......

Where is the Sensex heading?

The Sensex opened slightly lower, but soon gained momentum on Friday. In intra-day trading it touched the negative zone for a brief period, but is again scaling heights. In such jittery times,......

Will Kangana Make A Good Politician?

Entertainers can be good politicians if they treat the citizens as the audience, and treat their job like a live show, and work hard to make sure the audience likes them, asserts Sandeep Goyal.......

'Your tears will break his heart'

Bollywood stars celebrated Father's Day with beautiful pictures and messages on Instagram. Photograph: Kind courtesy Priyanka Chopra/Instagram Priyanka Chopra celebrates husband Nick Jonas,......

Zanjeer@50: The Gamble That Paid Off

'There was an extraordinary intensity about Amitabh Bachchan even in bad films.''Kuch baat thi.''Salim saab and I insisted on casting him in Zanjeer.' Zanjeer changed a lot of lives. It turned......

Will Sidharth Make A Better Bachchan?

Sidharth Malhotra feels working on the set-in-the-1970s espionage thriller Mission Majnu gave him an opportunity to 'ape' Amitabh Bachchan. In the coming Netflix film, Sid features as a spy who......

'Bias isn't good' Coaches, parents demand withdrawal of exemption given to wrestlers

IMAGE: Parents and coaches demanded withdrawal of exemption granted to the protesting wrestlers. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters The coaches and parents of several established and upcoming......

Cricket Roundup: North eastern set to play Ranji Trophy next year; Ganguly invites Sangakkara

North eastern states set to play Ranji Trophy next year The Committee of Administrators (COA) on Friday assured that all six north eastern states will be playing Ranji Trophy as individual units......