'People are scared to go to a police station'

'They are afraid that if they approach a police station for filing a complaint they might themselves get arrested under some random charges.' IMAGE: Some of the 105 establishments outside the......

Mumbai's Street Life, As Not Seen Before

It has been two years since Danish Siddiqui, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Indian photojournalist who worked with the news agency Reuters, was murdered by the Taliban in Kandahar, Afghanistan, July......

3 scribes booked in MP over news about patient taken to hospital on handcart

The Bhind police in Madhya Pradesh registered a case of forgery against three journalists over a news report highlighting poor health amenities by showing a family taking an elderly man to hospital......

Char Dham Yatra: Uttarakhand police begin verification drive

The Uttarakhand police on Thursday launched a drive to 'verify' the antecedents of people who have come to the state over the past 10 years, a senior official said in Dehradun on Thursday. IMAGE:......

Why there's such a gap between wholesale and retail food inflation?

Since March 2020, WPI food inflation rate continued to fall but the CPI-food inflation rose, signaling a breakdown in supply chain from the mandis to the final household. The disruption in supply......

Havmor Ice Cream sold for Rs 1,020 crore to South Korean Lotte Confectionery

Havmor makes 150 products from its two plants and has around 30,000 dealers South Korea’s Lotte Confectionery has acquired Ahmedabad-headquartered ice cream maker Havmor Ice Cream Ltd (HIL)......

Tax, spend and be doomed: A lesson from France

GST will make it easier for governments to spend more, says T C A Srinivasa Raghavan. Image: A labourer pushes a handcart loaded with sacks containing tea packets, towards a supply truck at a......

'The energy of the youth is driving India's economy'

'India's economy is growing faster compared to the developed economies of the world.''More importantly, it is growing faster compared to most of the developing economies.''The monsoon is not the......

Urmila Matondkar's 5 FINEST Performances

In a career spanning 30 years, Urmila Mantodkar has played everything from a killer to a stalker to a rape survivor. It's easy to be bedazzled by her glamour and oomph. But beneath these, there is......

'Television has become mindless trash'

'Movie tickets cost Rs 500, 600 on weekends. Why would someone want to watch Ananth Mahadevan and Saurabh Shukla in Staying Alive instead of Shah Rukh Khan for Rs 300 in Happy New Year?' 'It's a......

Karutha Pakshikal: Good film

It is natural for people to leave their homeland in search of a better life and a bright future for their children. In Karutha Pakshikal, director Kamal tackles the subject of a family living on......