Gujarat hikes OBC quota in local bodies to 27 pc, leaves SC/STs untouched

The Bharatiya Janata Party government in Gujarat on Tuesday announced 27 per cent reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in local bodies like panchayats, municipalities and civic......

'Modi Is Totally Ignorant About Mahatma Gandhi'

'Modi will do himself a favour if he starts studying about Mahatma Gandhi.''I feel pity that we have a PM who has no idea of our own history.' IMAGE: On March 27, 1942, Mahatma Gandhi called at 3,......

Major fire in Mumbai residential building, 50 rescued

A major fire broke out in a seven-storey residential building in Kalbadevi area of south Mumbai in the wee hours of Friday, after which at least 50 people were rescued from there, officials said.......

A Toast To The Butter Man

Among the many pearls of wisdom he bequeathed me, this one is probably the most precious: If you don't enjoy what you have created, how will anyone else?Manish Jhaveri remembers the legendary adman......

Startups go vertical in India's qcom race

As the quick commerce (qcom) race hots up, a new model — vertical qcom — is gaining investor attention. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh Unlike horizontal players such as Blinkit, Zepto, and Swiggy......

Why Is Mehli Mistry Against Noel Tata?

Mehli Mistry is backed by three other trustees -- Pramit Jhaveri, Darius Khambata and Jehangir HC Jehangir -- against Tata Trusts Chairman Noel Tata and the two vice-chairmen, Venu Srinivasan and......

Inside The Tata Trusts Showdown: A House Divided

A quiet power struggle has erupted within the storied 156-year-old Tata Trusts a year after group patriarch Ratan Tata's death. All Illustrations: Dominic Xavier/Rediff   Tata Trusts is the......

Tentative Truce In Tata Trusts: BusinessLine Report

After months of discord, Tata Trusts appear to be moving towards reconciliation, with recent reappointments and open exchanges signalling a return to cooperative governance. IMAGE: Natarajan......

Ranbir's girl in Telugu flick

The Telugu film industry is always in search of new faces particularly glamorous ones from Mumbai and New Delhi. In the past few years, we have seen many girls like Anjala Jhaveri, Namrata......

Nammanna: A wasted effort

It is with great courage and guts that director N Shankar has chosen to make Nammanna, which has a large number of artists and technicians from non-Kannada film industries. ActressesAnjala Jhaveri......

Review: Fever is not good at all!

Fever may be a thriller but it does not have any edge-of-the-seat moments, feels Tista Sengupta. If you are Rajeev Khandelwal fan, go watch him like a Bond-like character in Fever. But if you like......

'Right Right has suspense like Drishyam'

'We were in a remote village where there was no phone or internet. So, for 40 days, it was nothing but getting up in the morning, going to work, having fun and coming back to sleep.' Sumanth Ashwin......

Video: India's real test is against Australia

The semi-final clash against Australia was always going to be a big test for an unbeaten Team India. While India’s bowlers had never really been tested throughout the tournament, the Aussies......

Dhoni wishes Parthiv Patel

India's limited overs cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni wished a long and happy married life to cricketer Parthiv Patel, but remained non-committal on his own marriage prospects. "I wish him all......

Video: What's Virat doing in Mumbai?

The result was as expected -- India beat Bangladesh and sealed its place in the semi-finals... So why was Virat Kohli spotted in Mumbai? It's the all-important knockout match against Bangladesh and......

Modern cricket is poorer with Anandji Dossa passing into the ages

Anandji Dossa. Photograph: Haresh Pandya Blessed with a computer-like brain and an elephantine memory, Anandji Dossa was a pioneer in compiling cricket statistics and scores. Haresh Pandya pays......