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Deshpande, Fadia fund gallery of Indian art

With a gift of $500,000 from the Prashant H Fadia Foundation and the Deshpande Foundation, the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, has almost tripled its existing gallery space for......

BKS Iyengar cremated amid Vedic chants

The cremation was done according to traditional Iyengar rituals and without any state honours, reports Devidas Deshpande. Internationally renowned yoga guru B K S Iyengar, who passed into the ages......

Cong releases 3rd list, fight it out is the high command's diktat

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi has said the party cannot afford the spectacle of its ministers and state presidents running away from a tough contest. Anita Katyal reports Barring a few......

Koregaon-Bhima case: SC reserves verdict on 5 activists's arrests

The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its verdict on a plea by historian Romila Thapar and others seeking the immediate release of five rights activists in connection with the Koregaon-Bhima......

SC to pronounce its verdict on Sabarimala, Elgaar Parishad on Friday

The Supreme Court is likely to pronounce on Friday its verdict on a clutch of pleas challenging the ban on entry of women between 10 and 50 years of age into the Sabarimala temple in Kerala. A......

Late payment of service tax to cost more

If you are providing any taxable service, you are in for some changes in penalties on late payment of service tax.The penal provisions of Sections 76, 77 and 78 of the Finance Act, 1994, have been......

Charudatta suicide case: FIR filed against Tata Steel official

A first information report has been registered against a top Tata Steel official for allegedly abetting the suicide of Charudatta Deshpande, former chief of Corporate Communications, who was found......

Consumer durables likely to face higher import duty

The finance ministry has compiled a list of non-essential goods which could be subjected to higher customs duty, to reduce the country’s import bill and bring down the current account......

Some headway on key GST issues, but sore points remain

There's a whiff of consensus on scrapping 1% tax on inter-state goods movement, report Dilasha Seth and Arup Roychoudhury A meeting between Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and his......

Service tax dept may disrupt your grand party

To get what it thinks are its dues, its brass have directed; construction, realty, renting of property, personnel supply, security & goods transport among those under lensThe next time you organise......

First Look: Mallika goes partying

Missing Mallika Sherawat?Even though Pyaar Ke Side Effects was a success and the actress received warm reviews, we haven't seen Mallika around for a while.Which is why it was refreshing to see her......

Must Watch OTT Shows of 2023

Sukanya Verma picks the best of OTT from 2023. As someone who shares week after week what's new on the OTT menu, I can't emphasise enough on what a crushing feeling it is to consume just a fraction......

2023's Must Watch Web Series

The streaming platforms were replete with violent, profanity-laden gangster shows. But amidst the noise, there were some effective and thought-provoking shows too. Deepa Gahlot's list of her top 10......

What Actors Are Watching On OTT

Like all of us, Bollywood's favourite pastime is to catch up on the latest shows and films on OTT. Mayur Sanap finds out exactly what movie folk are watching. Kalki Koechlin Photograph: Kind......

10 OTT Shows That Make Us Nostalgic

Scoop reminded viewers of a time in the not-so-recent-past when Mumbai was in the grip of the underworld. The new Web series Guns And Gulaabs is set in the opium town of Gulaabganj sometime in the......

SMAT: Abhishek flattens Bengal; Sanju shines for Kerala

IMAGE: Abhishek Sharma raced to his century off just 32 balls, striking 11 sixes and seven fours against Bengal. Photograph: Screengrab/X India U-19 skipper Ayush Mhatre continued his blazing......

Ranji Trophy: Rahane, Tilak, Shami fail to fire

Jammu and Kashmir need 222 runs on the final day to beat a star-studded Mumbai. IMAGE: Ajinkya Rahane was dismissed by J&K pacer Auqib Nabi for a duck in Mumbai's second innings on Day 3 of the......

PIX: Vidarbha's Rs 3 crore reward! Wakhare's farewell

The Vidarbha Cricket Association (VCA) on Sunday announced a cash reward of Rs 3 crore for its Ranji Trophy winning side, apart from separate cash incentives for the support staff and some of its......

Rain threat looms as RCB-CSK face off in knockout match

IMAGE: CSK and RCB will face off in their final league match, looking to become the fourth team to qualify for the playoffs. Photograph: BCCI Royal Challengers Bengaluru's fairytale resurgent run......

Dhoni's CSK Gear Up For IPL 2023

Chennai Super Kings have kick started their preparations for IPL 2023. Under the watchful gaze of Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ambati Rayudu and Deepak Chahar went through their......