Bihar BJP springs surprise with first list, drops speaker

The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday sprang surprises with its first list of 71 candidates for the Bihar assembly polls, denying a ticket to Speaker Nand Kishore Yadav, a seven-term MLA,......

BJP forced 3 Jan Suraaj candidates to withdraw from Bihar polls: Kishor

Poll strategist-turned-politician Prashant Kishor on Tuesday alleged that three candidates of his Jan Suraaj Party were forced to withdraw from the Bihar elections under "pressure" from the......

Nitish digresses from practice, gives tickets amid rift buzz

Amid intense speculation that the National Democratic Alliance seat-sharing deal has left him infuriated, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday gave away Janata Dal-United tickets,......

Indian astronomers discover a rare cosmic twist

While India was focused on the International Space Station and a Gaganyaatri code-named Shux, researchers from Bengaluru-based Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) have quietly uncovered a cosmic......

Government appoints Ajay Bhushan Pandey as UIDAI chief

Government on Thursday promoted DG and Mission Director of Unique Identification Authority of India Ajay Bhushan Pandey its chief executive officer. "The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has......

'We Expect Everyone Will Shift To New Tax Regime Now'

'Nearly 10 million people will benefit from the increase in the rebate limit for those earning up to Rs 12 lakh.''We expect all that money will come back into the economy in either savings,......

Budget 2025: FM takes part in customary halwa ceremony

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday participated in a traditional ‘halwa' ceremony, marking the final stage for the preparation of Union Budget 2025-26 to be unveiled on February 1......

Meet Nirmalaji's Core Budget Team

The finance minister continues to be backed by the same policy team in charting out the broad strategy as in the few earlier Budgets. IMAGE: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman distributes halwa......

Lots Of Romance Coming Up In July

July has so many movies to choose from!   Metro... In DinoRelease date: July 4 Life... In A Metro was a decent success at the box office in 2007. Anurag Basu's emotional moments, Pritam's music......

Meet The Jewel Thieves of Bollywood

Everyone knows they enjoy a great following among the ladies but diamonds are a thief's best friends too. Our Hindi films can vouch for that thought.  Quite a few plots revolve around a......

Watch: When Jimmy Sheirgill Got Violent

'As a storyteller, one always looks to create something for the audience which is thrilling, engaging and entertaining and that is exactly what we have endeavoured with Sikandar Ka......

Ajay Devgn, Akshay On OTT In June

Though April didn't see successful films at the box office, one just hopes that the situation is different when they arrive on OTT in June. Not many original Web series or movies have been......

Ranji Trophy: Dominant Mumbai, J&K complete easy wins

IMAGE: Mumbai's players celebrate a wicket during the Ranji Trophy match against Puducherry. Photograph: Mumbai Cricket Association/Instagram Mumbai needed just over half an hour to complete the......

Ranji Trophy: Batters and Shardul put Mumbai on top

A round-up of Ranji Trophy matches played on Monday. IMAGE: Mumbai captain Shardul Thakur smashed an unbeaten 56 off 32 balls before taking 3 for 17 against Pondicherry on Day 2 of their Ranji......

Ranji Trophy: Shreyas Gopal spins K'taka to big win

IMAGE: Shreya Gopal starred in Karnataka's commanding win over Chandigarh in the Ranji Trophy with a match-haul of 10 for 118 runs. Photograph: Kind Courtesy Shreyas Gopal/X Spinners Shreyas Gopal......

Ranji Trophy: Hooda punishes Mumbai with double century; Shami struggles

IMAGE: Deepak Hooda top-scored with a brilliant 248, hitting 22 fours and two sixes in his 335-ball knock to take Rajasthan to a huge 617/6 declared in their first innings. Photograph: Deepak......

IPL Retentions: Who Are In, Who Are Out?

IMAGE: The IPL franchises set the tone for the 2026 season by releasing their player retention list. Photograph: ANI Photo   As the much-anticipated new IPL season draws near, excitement is once......