HC relief for actor Deepika Padukone in FIR against AIB show

In an interim order, the Bombay high court has restrained the city police from arresting or taking coercive action against Bollywood actor Deepika Padukone in connection with her participation in......

AIB Knockout: FIR against Karan Johar, Ranveer, Arjun Kapoor in Pune

The Pune police have registered an FIR against the participants of the controversial 'AIB Roast' show, which featured Bollywood director Karan Johar and actors Ranveer Singh and Arjun Kapoor.The......

Modi in trouble with EC for flashing BJP symbol during presser

Narendra Modi on Wednesday landed in a soup with the Election Commission ordering the Gujarat administration to file a complaint or a first information report against him for violating poll laws......

P C Chacko unites the opposition against Congress

Senior Congress leaders admit that the JPC issue has boomeranged against the party, reports Renu Mittal. The Congress and P C Chacko, chairman of Joint Parliamentary Committee probing the 2G......

The ministers that really matter

Walking through the swank new Terminal 1D catching a domestic flight out of Delhi was a pleasant surprise two weeks ago. For day one of transition for my airline, the predictable chaos was missing,......

Four states to take over 100,000 acres

Over 1,00,000 acres will be taken over by the Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Orissa and West Bengal governments or government agencies, as state administrations attempt to kick-start development by......

Govt okays FDI in higher education

Days after Congress president Sonia Gandhi said that she personally favoured private sector participation in education, a Group of Ministers on Tuesday cleared a proposed legislation that will......

After Lalu, now Nitish to speak at IIM-A

The suspense over whether Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will interact with students of Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad like Union Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav did recently during......

Box Office: Sachin gets average opening

The hits and misses of the week. Sachin: A Billion Dreams, which released last week, finds takers only at select multiplexes. The film has been rejected at second rung multiplexes and single......

Box Office: Half Girlfriend, Hindi Medium gets average opening

The hits and misses of the week. Half Girlfriend did fair business over its opening weekend, but will need to continue to do well for at least two more weeks to break even. Hindi Medium, a slow......

When did Bollywood develop a sense of humour?

In this era of oversharing, retweeting and everything-instagramming, the star is not any kind of enigmatic figure of mystery; s/he is one of us, says Raja Sen. Bloody hell, they pulled it off. And,......

10 MOST HILARIOUS one-liners from Ranveer-Arjun's AIB roast

You won't know what hit you!Comedy Collective All India Bakchod, whose Roast of Ranveer Singh and Arjun Kapoor was held in December in Mumbai last year, finally unveiled the edited version of the......

Aimchess Rapid tourney: 3 Indians in knockouts

IMAGE: Vidit Gujrathi, who was outside the qualification bracket after 12 rounds, advanced to the quarter-finals. Photograph: Tata Steel Chess 2022 Three Indian players -- D Gukesh, Arjun Erigaisi......

Gukesh, 16, youngest to beat World champion Carlsen

IMAGE: Grandmaster D Gukesh beat World No 1 Magnus Carlsen with white pieces in the ninth round of the preliminary phase of the Aimchess Rapid online chess tournament. Photograph: Lennart......

Indian GM Erigaisi shocks World champ Magnus Carlsen

IMAGE: The win over Norwegian superstar Magnus Carlsen in the seventh round early on Sunday was Arjun Erigaisi's first over the world champion. Photograph: FIDE/Riga Mark Livshitz Indian......

World Blitz tourney: Vaishali in 2nd place, Humpy joint third

IMAGE: Koneru Humpy had finished sixth with 7.5 points in the Rapid event. Photograph: Koneru Humpy/Twitter Twenty-year old Indian player R Vaishali is in second place with 7.5 points from nine......

Indian GM Nihal Sarin wins Serbia Open chess

IMAGE: Nihal Sarin played out a draw with GM Vladimir Fedoseev of Russia to finish with 7.5 points out of a possible nine and emerge a clear winner in the 289-player field. Photograph: Kind......