'I Vote According To My Will. I Don't Listen To Anyone'

In a poor village of daily wage earners in Siwan, Bihar, people speak about their hard lives and why they vote. IMAGE: Uma Devi from the village Dumri in Siwan. All Photographs and Videos: Rajesh......

Swachch Bharat mission head Vijaylakshmi Joshi quits

Vijaylaxmi Joshi, secretary in the Union government in-charge of the ambitious 'Clean India Mission', has sought voluntary retirement from service. Her request for voluntary retirement citing......

Bengaluru police crack abduction case in hours

A software engineer working for a reputed firm in Bengaluru was abducted on Monday night and rescued by the police on Tuesday morning. Vijaylakshmi was abducted by her driver of two years along......

YSR's widow takes oath as MLA

Almost two months after she was elected to the state legislative assembly, a tearful Vijaylakshmi, widow of former Chief Minister YSRReddytook her oath as an MLA. Speaker N Kirankumar Reddy......

PM Modi faces a bureaucratic test

Here comes the moment of truth. Modi prides himself on offering an "incorruptible" government. Will he dilute the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill to coax the administration's fealty and......

Darshan discharged from hospital, taken to jail

Popular Kannada actor Darshan -- arrested for assaulting and threatening his wife -- was taken to Paarapana Agrahara jail in Bangalore following his discharge from the Rajiv Gandhi Institute of......

High Court grants bail to Darshan

After nearly a month in jail, Kannada actor Darshan Toogudeepa, arrested on charges of attempting to murder his wife, was granted bail by the Karnataka High Court. The court summoned him and his......

When the curse of suicide haunted showbiz

Photograph: Kind courtesy Sushant Singh Rajput/Twitter The curse of suicide has haunted showbiz since time immemorial with the likes of iconic actor-director Guru Dutt, South star Silk Smitha,......

Review Chennai 600028 II: Second Innings is a laugh riot

This refreshingly hilarious film should not be missed, says S Saraswathi. The 2007-released sports comedy Chennai 600028 was one of director Venkat Prabhu’s biggest hits. Since then, he has......

Vijaylakshmi beat veteran GM

Woman Grandmaster S Vijayalakshmi defeated veteran Grandmaster Neil McDonald of England to move to the joint third spot after the sixth round in of the Smith and Williamson British chess......