Security forces, Naxals face-off in Lalgarh

Two hundred personnel of the specialised anti-Naxal force, CoBRA, on Friday began sanitising the Jhitkha jungle as security forces proceeded towards besieged Lalgarh in West Midnapore district. As......

Not Quite the Beach Boys

FinanceMinister P Chidambaram's new Budget brought about a two-day strike (July 13 and 14) in the smallish beach town of Alang in Gujarat. It was called by the Gujarat Ship Breakers Association.......

'Fashion should be for everyone'

Television character Jasmeet 'Jassi' Walia, from the serial Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahin, has become a rage among children and adults alike. She plays the lead and is a huge hit, despite her oversized......

Branded fashion goes to small-town India

AND, W, Biba step up their game worldwide. While global brands go all out to woo India customers. IMAGE: Smaller Indian cities have ready customers, hungry for branded fashion, but they do not have......

Bill Gates keen to partner ID card project

Microsoft, the world's largest software company, is keen to partner India in a project to issue unique identification to each citizen, its chairman Bill Gates said on Friday. "Microsoft wants to......

Airfares to Srinagar at all time high

Airfares to Srinagar in Kashmir have increased manifold as the tourist season starts there. The cost to fly to what is popularly called 'paradise on earth' has increased almost four......

MM University students create tri-fuel car

In their endeavour to produce a cost-effective and environment-friendly vehicle, the students of  Maharishi Markandeshwar University, Mullana, Ambala, have developed the first of its kind......

Making Alia, Kareena, Sonam look WOW

Manish Malhotra has been wowing us with his onscreen fashion designs for 30 years! From Aishwarya Rai to Kareena Kapoor to Janhvi Kapoor, almost every heroine has worn his designs and rocked them.......

PIX: Making Kareena, Aishwarya, Kajol look GOOD

Namrata Thakker shows us why B-town beauties swear by this man. Celebrity make-up artist Mickey Contractor has worked with many Bollywood stars over the years. While make-up trends have evolved......

Ten 2018 Films I didn't like

Why these movies didn't impress Sreehari Nair... One or many of the films on this list would have made it to another critic's list of the Best Hindi Films of 2018. But I think we are living in too......

'Marriage is one of the things on my to-do-list'

'I feel lucky that I am in a position where I have the right to choose. I am not working because I have to pay an EMI.' 'In small towns, people still call me Jassi. I don’t mind because I am......

The 100m runs from 9.9s to 9.58!

From the moment that Usain Bolt danced across the line in the Olympic 100 metres final exactly one year ago and still clocked a massive world record of 9.69 seconds people began asking just how......