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With Gujarat, Himachal results, stage set for 2024

Though the Congress, AAP and other Opposition parties may have high hopes and some positive takeaways to seize on from the results, it is the BJP which has a big headstart and is firmly in the......

AP by-polls: Jagan, mother launch campaign

Making a headstart, YSR Congress Party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy and his mother Y S Vijayalakshmi on Wednesday separately launched their campaigns for the May 8 by-elections for Kadapa Lok......

Why Pranab's Libya visit is important

Its was a pleasant surprise for many when after 23 long years the Indian leadership visited Libya, the important and interesting African country with a booming economy. With China having taken a......

BJP starts selection of candidates for LS polls

With senior party leader L K Advani asking the party to become the clear winner in the next Lok Sabha polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party has kickstarted the process of selection of candidates, in a......

Sonia must back Priyanka, not Rahul

Election fever has set in. The Bharatiya Janata Party's cadres are in shambles. Infighting continues unabated at all levels. Atalji is too old for active electioneering. The Samajwadi Party is......

Why Is Maharashtra An Underperformer?

'Why has Maharashtra slipped up over the past couple of decades?''Not only is this question critical for residents of the state, but given that it accounts for 14% of India's GDP, a faster-growing......

Jobs in start-ups draw B-school, engineering students

When Puneet Singhal, founder of Paydome, a start-up aiming to disrupt the payments business in India through new products, was looking for people for his newly founded business, he needed a......

Adani group to be India's 2nd-largest cement manufacturer

Billionaire Gautam Adani on Sunday won the race to acquire Swiss cement major Holcim's stake in Ambuja Cements and its subsidiary ACC for $10.5 bn (around Rs 81,361 crore), including the open......

Google to 'shut down' YouTube in April Fools' gag

Google, getting a headstart on the annual tradition of April Fools' pranks, released a YouTube clip declaring that the world's most popular video website will shut down at the stroke of......

Microsoft selects 54 startups in India's Tier 2 cities

Some of them include Spider G, NeuroTags, Genrobotic Innovations, AI Aeronautics, Synersense, Dealshare and NanoHealth. ‘Highway to a Hundred Unicorns,’ the Microsoft for startups......

Did Aamir Make Reena, Kiran Laugh?

It was a proud day for Aamir Khan, as he launched his cousin and filmmaker Mansoor Khan's book, One: The Story of Ultimate Myth, in Mumbai. The book launch was attended by family and......

What Makes Mumbai Cricketers Special

IMAGE: Shardul Thakur, Ravi Shastri and Ajinkya Rahane are felicitated during the Mumbai Cricket Association's annual prize distribution function at the Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy Ground at the......

'Without diversity cricket is nothing': ICC stands against racism

IMAGE: Jofra Archer, left, celebrates with England captain Eoin Morgan during the 2019 World Cup final against New Zealand at Lord's. Photograph: Mike Hewitt/Getty Images The International Cricket......

How Messi is putting Barcelona back in driving seat

IMAGE: Barcelona began the season in shaky form with Messi sidelined through injury. Photograph: Albert Gea/Reuters Lionel Messi has already played an important part for Barcelona this season but......

India finish fourth in Uber Cup

Saina Nehwal and Trupti Murgunde won their respective singles matches but India still could not get past formidable Japan and settled for the fourth place in the Uber Cup Asia Zone qualifiers in......

Bengal cull 275 for six

Opener Arindam Das struck a fine knock of 111 to give Bengal a headstart before the hosts, bolstered by the last minute inclusion of Sourav Ganguly, lost quick wickets to cull a modest 275 for six......