'Congress will be dead, CPM will also break'

'Only when you are close to the party will you understand what the BJP stands for.' IMAGE: Bharatiya Janata Party leader Amit Shah addresses the BJP's Kerala Vijay Yatra in Thiruvananthapuram,......

Japan gets ready for a new Emperor

The emperor has no political power, yet he enjoys a unique place in Japanese society, notes Dr Rajaram Panda. IMAGE: Japanese Emperor Akihito, Empress Michiko, Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown......

'We were breathless in fear'

'Only when you see it, you will understand how bad the situation is.''The soil in the entire mountain range is soaked with water now and that uproots the trees.''It is frightening to see the way......

Sheena Bora Trial: What Mekhail Bora Said

Throughout, Mekhail spoke calmly, with hardly an inflection making even the barest attempt to hijack his tone. His tone was so empty it made his narrative all the more touching.And ugly and grey,......

Why forex brokerage firms are staring at a dark future

Today, they can’t meet even the piffling capital norm set by Mint Road - Rs 5 crore for partnerships and Rs 10 crore for public and private firms in this line of business.Bulk of the trades......

How Dhirubhai Ambani changed the style of doing business in India

No one could have imagined then that the former student of Junagadh’s Bahadur Kanji High School, who during the sixties lived in a one-room chawl in Mumbai with his wife and children, would......

Rupee gains ahead of Fed meet

The rupee recovered on Tuesday from a one-month low hit in the previous session on bargain-hunting, but sentiment was broadly cautious a day before the outcome of the Federal Reserve's meeting. The......

Rupee rises 9 paise to end at 1-week high of 61.08

The Indian rupee rose slightly on Tuesday as gains in local shares improved sentiment even as global currency markets continued to see-saw because of conflicting signs coming from geo-political......

Who will replace Paresh Rawal in OMG 2?

  In the proposed sequel to the 2012 film Oh My God, Pankaj Tripathi will play the lead while Akshay Kumar will reprise his cameo appearance as Lord Krishna. In the 2012 film, Paresh Rawal......

Bollywood's fun Gujju characters!

Creative Gujarati minds and characters are at the centre of several Bollywood stories. From Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastan to Bhavesh Joshi Superhero, their presence is undeniable. Though Hindi......

First Look: Ayushmann Khurrana's Dum Laga Ke Haisha

A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities: Ayushmann Khurrana shared the first poster of his upcoming film, Dum Laga Ke Haisha (left). Produced by Aditya Chopra and......

Of film festivals and dealing with mortality

Reporting from the recently concluded International Film Festival of Kerala, Rajeev Srinivasan writes about two particularly striking films that were screened at the fest.The 17th International......