Shiv Sena defeats BJP in Jalgaon mayoral polls

In a jolt to the Bharatiya Janata Party, its candidate on Thursday lost the mayoral election in the Jalgaon Municipal Corporation as 27 party corporators cross-voted.   Photograph:......

CBI questions personal staffers of ex-Maha min Deshmukh

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Sunday questioned two personal staffers of former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh in connection with the allegations of corruption levelled against......

CBI quizzes ex-Maha HM Anil Deshmukh for 8 hours

Former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh was on Wednesday questioned for eight hours by the Central Bureau of Investigation conducting the preliminary enquiry on orders of the Bombay high......

Maha govt, Anil Deshmukh move SC against CBI probe

Maharashtra government and its former home minister Anil Deshmukh moved the Supreme Court on Tuesday challenging the Bombay high court order directing a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into......

B K Birla, a doyen of Indian industry is no more

B K Birla, grandfather of industrialist Kumarmangalam Birla, was the chairman of Century Textiles and Industries and had been active in business since the age of 15.He was instrumental in a slew of......

3 Indian Americans on Forbes list of richest women

Three Indian-origin women have been named by Forbes among America's 80 richest self-made women, the "ceiling crashers" and "overachievers" blazing their own trails as they create new businesses and......

The grooming czarina of Surat

I am a dream weaver," she tells you. "I help people aim at bigger things in life," says the ever confident Jayshree Talati, who runs the Better Career Management in Surat.The institute offers......

2 Indian-origin women in Forbes' richest entrepreneurs' list

The richest self-made woman in America is Diane Hendricks, the owner of ABC Supply. Image: Richest self-made woman in America is Diane Hendricks.     Two Indian-origin women have......

Remembering Jayshree Gadkar

Many remember her for the famous song Bugdi mazi saandli ga jata sataryala. But Jayshree Gadkar was much more than that.She was not only a versatile and accomplished actress but the face of Marathi......

Marathi actress Jayshree Gadkar passes away

Noted Marathi actress Jayshree Gadkarpassed away this morning following a brief illness. She was 66, and is survived by her actor husband Bal Dhuri and son. Gadkar, who was bed-ridden, breathed her......

Khichdi 2: Mission Paakthukistan Review: Total Majaa!

Khichdi needs a lot more masala, observes Deepa Gahlot. At a time when everybody is getting so thin-skinned, Gujaratis still laugh at themselves. The television comedy show, Khichdi, about the......

Big Girls Don't Cry Review: Watchable

Big Girls Don't Cry is too solemn to be fun and too timid to be truly bold, feels Deepa Gahlot. For the new generation, it is probably the Harry Potter books set in a boarding school that......