Jain monk begins indefinite fast over kabutarkhana closure

Jain monk Nileshchandra Vijay began a protest at Mumbai's Azad Maidan on Monday, opposing the civic body's decision to shut down the Dadar Kabutarkhana, a site where the community members have......

'Lalu Family's Has Had Problems For Long'

'In times of adversity, families unite, but the reverse is happening in the Lalu family.' IMAGE: Rashtriya Janata Dal Founder Lalu Prasad Yadav, his wife Rabri Devi, younger son Tejaswi Yadav,......

'Hidma's Death Is Death Of Maoist Insurgency'

'The (Maoist) organisation is in visible decline. Their senior leaders are ageing. Forest life is unforgiving -- older leaders simply cannot cope physically.''Earlier, they attracted educated youth......

'Educated Youth Voted RJD, Uneducated Youth Voted JD-U'

'When you compare Bihar's poverty from its earlier times, then there is a huge difference. Things have improved a lot. And migration has played an important role in reducing poverty.' IMAGE:......

Sensex, Nifty scale record highs on rate cut hopes

Benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty scaled fresh lifetime highs in intra-day trade on Thursday before closing marginally higher amid positive global trends on growing hopes of a US Fed rate......

Sensex ends above 83K buoyed by US Fed rate cut

Stock markets closed higher for the third consecutive day on Thursday, with the benchmark Sensex gaining 320 points to end above 83,000 level after the US Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate......

Sensex drops over 331 points on last-minute selling

Benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty declined on Monday amid last-minute selling by cautious investors and lack of any major triggers. Photograph: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters Paring early gains,......

Rupee breaches 90/dollar for first time; closes at all-time low of 90.15

The rupee breached the 90-a-dollar level for the first time to settle at a fresh all-time low of 90.15 on Wednesday, down 19 paise from its previous close, amid sustained foreign fund outflows and......

Thode Door Thode Paas Review: Pleasant Watch

Pankaj Kapur, who visibly enjoys playing the ringmaster to this family circus, is the glue that holds Thode Door Thode Paas together, observes Deepa Gahlot. That teens are addicted to their......

Ek Deewane Ki Deewaniyat Review: AVOID!!!

This turgid drama, solely designed to titillate male audiences, move from one hare-brained scene after another with intermittent over-acting, ear-splitting background music, and over-the-top......

'People Know Gandhi As Villain Or Hero'

'They are clueless about the man on the currency notes.''They have been fed with WhatsApp forwards, so either Gandhi is vilified or deified. There's nothing in between.' IMAGE: Pratik Gandhi and......

Love in Vietnam Review: Corny Romance

For a story about sweethearts and heartache, it's a pity that you will likely forget Love In Vietnam in a heartbeat, notes Mayur Sanap. What's worse than a bad film? It's the film that's going......

'Dictatorial style' reason for Harendra's resignation?

'All our complaints were only about hockey. We only had problems with his poor attitude and coaching methods, and we wanted change.' IMAGE: Harendra Singh, who previously coached the United......

Junior Hockey World Cup: India rout Switzerland, enter quarters

IMAGE: Manmeet Singh celebrates after scoring his second goal against Switzerland in the FIH Junior World Cup, in Madurai on Tuesday. Photograph: Hockey India Manmeet Singh celebrated his......

Jr Hockey World Cup: Rampaging India thrash Oman 17-0

IMAGE: India's hockey players celebrate a goal against Oman during the FIH Junior Hockey World Cup in Chennai on Saturday. Photographs: Hockey India Arshdeep Singh, Manmeet Singh and Dilraj Singh......

Manchester City survive scare; Spurs hold Newcastle

Haaland makes history in Man City win IMAGE: Tijjani Reijnders celebrates scoring Manchester City's second goal with his team-mates. Photograph: David Klein/Reuters Manchester City's Erling......

Junior Hockey World Cup: India pump seven past Chile

IMAGE: India came up with a clinical performance to defeat Chile in their opening match at the FIH Men's Junior Hockey World Cup, in Chennai on Friday. Photograph: Hockey India/X Rosan Khujur and......