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Key Sandeshkhali witness injured in accident, son killed

Bholanath Ghosh, one of the prime witnesses in the attack on ED officials in Sandeshkhali and connected Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) cases which implicated now-jailed Trinamool Congress......

'All India Radio Is No Underdog'

'The largest listenership for Vividh Bharati outside the country is in Spain.''The labourers who go there for the tomato-picking season feel cut off from their country and listen to Vividh Bharati......

7 Blasts, 11 Minutes: When Mumbai's Heart Was Bombed

Nineteen years later, remembering how terror struck Mumbai's lifeline on July 11, 2006. IMAGE: A local train damaged by a blast in Mumbai on July 11, 2006. 188 people were killed and hundreds......

'How Will Piyush Goyal Help Us?'

'We need a candidate who will do our work and fight with the authorities; someone we can hold accountable.''Piyush Goyal is not that candidate.' IMAGE: A view of Ambujawadi. Photograph: Jyoti......

TMC eyes big win in Bengal, BJP leads on just 10 seats

The Trinamool Congress raced ahead of its rivals, leading in 31 seats after several rounds of counting, while the Bharatiya Janata Party led in 10, and Congress in one, even as it took an......

Govt to offload 4% in Hindustan Copper on Friday

The government will offload its 4 per cent share in Hindustan Copper Ltd on Friday, starting the Rs 30,000 crore (Rs 300 billion) disinvestment programme for the current fiscal."HCL disinvestment......

Brands target India's 'orange' men

Walk down any street in India and you are almost guaranteed to pass at least one middle-aged man with a glorious head of pumpkin orange hair. The use of henna, or mehendi, as the hair dye is known......

Sun Pharma founder to invest $290 mn in turbine maker Suzlon

The founder of India's Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc, Dilip Sanghvi, has agreed to buy a 23 per cent stake in Indian wind turbine maker Suzlon Energy Ltd for about $290 million, the company......

Mukesh Ambani is the world's 10th richest man!

Jeff Bezos of Amazon tops the Hurun Global Rich List for the second consecutive year with networth of $147 billion. Photograph: PTI Photo Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani has broken......

Martin Sorrell: 'Massive changes sweeping advertising'

'You have to tear it all down if you want to build something new tomorrow.' Photograph: Adeel Halim/Reuters A new-age digital advertising and marketing services company, S4 Capital, which was......

Aishwarya, Shah Rukh Dazzle At IIFA

Bollywood looked gorgeous as they stepped out on the red carpet at the IIFA (International Indian Film Academy) awards in Abu Dhabi. The two-day event includes the IIFA Utsavam where stalwarts from......

The Most Memorable Goodbye Turns 50

'Garm Hava understands that the scorching, hate-filled, doubt-filled affair between Hindus and Muslims is our national love affair.' Sreehari Nair revisits M S Sathyu's classic film, featuring the......

When Munna Bhai Was In Jail

A day before the event, I learnt from an old Mumbai crime branch informant that a group of gangsters were planning to serve breakfast to the prisoners at Balgandharva Rangmandir prior to the show.......

Watched These Amazing 2022 Movies?

As the pandemic slowed down in 2022, people across the world came back to movie theatres. This summer, Tom Cruise's refurbished Top Gun: Maverick became a huge global hit. And just around the time......

'I'm not interested in jumping around'

'It would have been easy to play Danny like a bad guy, but then, at the end, the audience might well have said, "Why is Latika still stuck with this ass**** when he is giving her so much grief?"'......

Gold rush for India! Nithya, Nitesh bag top prize at Brazil Para-Badminton Intl

IMAGE: The Indian shuttlers clinched 24 medals in total, including six gold medals, seven silver and eleven bronze medals at the Brazil Para Badminton International Level II. Photograph:......

Impressive Bhagat grabs 2 Golds in Para Badminton

IMAGE: World number one Bhagat, who had settled for two bronze medals in the Brazil Para Badminton International recently. Photograph: Kind Courtesy Pramod Bhagat/Twitter Paralympic champion......

Para shuttler Bhagat wins 2 gold medals in Brazil

India's other gold medallist was Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj, who won a nail-biting men's singles SL4 final. IMAGE: World No. 1 Pramod Bhagat won gold medals in the men's singles SL3 and men's......

F1 driver Button marries longtime girlfriend in Hawaii

McLaren Formula One driver Jenson Button of Britain with Jessica Michibata. Photograph: Zainal Abd Halim/Reuters McLaren Formula One driver Jenson Button entered the New Year as a married man......

U-19 Tri-series: Pacer Avesh Khan bowls India to easy win over Bangladesh

Madhya Pradesh pacer has first-ball wicket before reducing Bangladesh to 23-4 in 6.2 overs in a rattling spell of 6-3-4-4 IMAGE: India u-19 bowler Avesh Khan celebrates a wicket aganist......