Nitish set to take oath as Bihar CM for 10th time, Modi to attend

Janata Dal-United supremo Nitish Kumar is set to be sworn-in as Bihar chief minister for a record 10th time on Thursday, days after the National Democratic Alliance secured a landslide victory in......

Can Prashant Kishor Shake Up Bihar Politics?

'Prashant Kishor is a businessman before he is a politician, and given that the expected average turnout for JSP candidates is 5,000 to 6,000 votes and since Bihar has a significant number of seats......

'Bihar Supplies Labour To The World...'

'...yet struggles to convert that human capital into domestic productivity.' IMAGE: Passengers board a train at Patna Junction railway station. Photograph: ANI Photo   At his rally in Samastipur......

Are Bihar polls turning into a contest of political heirs?

Dynasts continue to dominate Bihar's political landscape, with a considerable number of candidates being either sons, daughters, wives or close relatives of established politicians. IMAGE: Tripura......

The Story Behind Chalte Chalte Mere Yeh Geet Yaad Rakhna

'Bappi Lahiri was looking for a break so he and his father would meet me.''I told Director Bhisham Kohli about this promising young boy from Kolkata, and Bappi came over with his harmonium.''Bappi......

Crime Beat Review: Gripping Binge-Watch

Crime Beat is engrossing enough to binge-watch, endorses Deepa Gahlot. As any true blue journalist would agree, the crime beat of a newspaper is thrilling because the chase and uncovering of......

Aditi, Siddharth Get Romantic In Tuscany

Photograph: Kind courtesy Aditi Rao Hydari/Instagram Aditi Rao Hydari and Siddharth, who announced their engagement a couple of months ago, posted a series of beautiful pictures from their......

Holi Songs You Haven't Heard

Do yourself a favour and let's NOT play Holi to the same handful of Holi songs each year. There's so much more than Holi Ke Din Dil Khil Jaate Hain (Sholay) or Rang Barse (Silsila)! There are over......

Ranji Trophy: Hooda punishes Mumbai with double century; Shami struggles

IMAGE: Deepak Hooda top-scored with a brilliant 248, hitting 22 fours and two sixes in his 335-ball knock to take Rajasthan to a huge 617/6 declared in their first innings. Photograph: Deepak......

Ranji Trophy: Karun, Smaran hit double tons as Karnataka dominates

A summary of Sunday's action in the Ranji Trophy Elite group matches. IMAGE: Karun Nair smashed 233 on Day 2 of their Ranji Trophy match against Kerala -- his second century in a row. Photograph:......

Karun Nair, Arjun Tendulkar shine in Ranji clash

IMAGE: Saransh Jain's (103*) and Yash Dubey's (159) has taken Madhya Pradesh's total to 355/9 at stumps on Day 3 with a lead of 95 runs. Photograph: BCCI Domestic/X Nagaland's Nischal, Lemtur......

Ranji Trophy: Rahane, Karun dazzle with big hundreds

IMAGE: Ajinkya Rahane hit a 303-ball 159 studded with 21 boundaries to power Mumbai to a commanding position against Chhattisgarh in their Elite Group D match in the Ranji Trophy, in Mumbai on......

Ranji Trophy: Jadeja picks 12 as Saurashtra trounce Pant's Delhi

IMAGE: Ravindra Jadeja bagged 7/38 in the second innings to take his match tally to 12 as Saurashtra thrashed Delhi by 10 wickets in Rajkot on Friday. Photograph: BCCI Domestic/X Ravindra Jadeja......