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Underground Mumbai Metro station flooded amid heavy rain

Operations on the Metro Line 3 between Acharya Atre Chowk and Worli were suspended on Monday after heavy rains inundated an underground station, officials said. IMAGE: Acharya Atre Chowk......

Third judge of Guj HC begins hearing on Lokayukta appointment

A third judge of the Gujarat high court on Wednesday began hearing the dispute over appointment of Lokayukta of the state, following the split verdict where two judges had differed on the matter.......

2002 riots case: Modi ignores SIT summon

As was widely expected, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday did not show up before the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team to answer criminal charges levelled against him......

Ahmedabad encounter to be challenged in SC

Prominent social activist and lawyer, Girish Patel, will file a PIL in the Supreme Court seeking an inquiry by the Central Bureau of Investigation into the June 15 police encounter in Ahmedabad, in......

57 MLAs renominated in BJP's 4th list for MP polls

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will contest from his traditional Budhni seat, while his cabinet colleague Narottam Mishra will be in the fray from Datia as the Bharatiya Janata......

Reckitt Benckiser to acquire Paras Pharma

Multinational FMCG giant Reckitt Benckiser on Monday said it has agreed to fully acquire Ahmedabad -based Paras Pharmaceuticals Ltd for Rs 3,260 crore (Rs 32.60 billion). As part of the deal, the......

Actis to sell stake in Sterling Hospitals

After making four-fold profit by selling its stake in Paras Pharma in one of the largest private equity (PE) exits in India, UK's Actis is looking for another big payday.Six months after the Paras......

Paras, Novartis to set up JV

The Ahmedabad-based Paras Pharmaceuticals is setting up a joint venture with the New Jersey-headquartered Novartis Consumer Healthcare to handle exports of the former's over-the-counter products.......

Meet Girish Chandra Murmu: PM Modi and Amit Shah's go-to man

A 1985-batch IAS officer with a reputation for industriousness, Murmu is currently special secretary in the revenue department. There was one crucial way in which Gujarat cadre bureaucrat Girish......

Why are our banks so secretive?

'The finance ministry and public sector banks have tried to keep the names of wilful defaulters secret.''Secrecy and concealing information are inbred among banks and even the RBI,' observes......

'Rekha Was The First Femme Fatale'

'She was lying there and I mustered up enough guts to lay next to her and hold her tight.''And she said, "Oh my, Girish, isn't he supposed to be nervous?"''Making light of the situation, Girish......

'Kiara told me she wanted to join films'

'I introduced her around.''Her first audition was for Heropanti, but she did not get it.''Now she is doing movies regularly.''After her movie releases, she always calls me to ask if I have seen the......

Bhaag Beanie Bhaag review

Bhaag Beanie Bhaag is neither hilarious nor engaging, complains Namrata Thakker. The Web series Bhaag Beanie Bhaag, directed by Abi Varghese, Debbie Rao and Ishaan Nair, stars Swara Bhasker in the......

Salman lights up Bollywood's first Diwali party

Bollywood's Diwali parties have begun with Producer Ramesh Taurani kicking off the festivities. Please click on the images for a better look at the stars. IMAGE: No colourful attire for......

Soha Ali Khan to romance Sunny Deol

A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities:Soha Ali Khan is all set to romance Sunny Deol in Ghayal Returns. Confirming the news, the actress tweeted: 'To put an end to the......

Rathour replaces Bangar as India batting coach

Former opener Vikram Rathour will replace Sanjay Bangar as India's new batting coach while Bharath Arun and R Sridhar were expectedly retained as bowling and fielding coaches respectively.The......

Did Shastri, Kohli ignore BCCI's protocols?

It is learnt that neither Head Coach Ravi Shastri nor captain Virat Kohli sought any written permission from the BCCI to attend the former's book launch at the team hotel. The question that is now......

Amre has conflict of interest; Vengsarkar, Shukla cleared

Praveen Amre's contention that there was no conflict as he joined the Delhi Daredevils coaching staff before the 2015 edition of the IPL and only subsequently became a managing committee member......

'Dhoni is a very good One-day leader, an average-to-poor Test captain...'

It's a lump-in-the-throat moment for Indians to see their team knocked out in the semis by Australia, but clearly the better team on the day made it to the final.For India, it was a long and......