On 68th birthday, Modi gives pep talk to young school children in Varanasi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi spent his 68th birthday Monday in his Lok Sabha constituency -- Varanasi -- during which he gave a pep talk to young school children telling them never to feel afraid......

Shah meets Uddhav as Sena questions outreach

Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah on Wednesday met Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray in Mumbai for a meeting which is seen with much significance since the two allies have......

Ex-diplomat gets 3 years in jail for spying for Pakistan

Former diplomat Madhuri Gupta, who had served at the Indian high commission in Islamabad, was on Saturday sentenced to three years in jail for passing on sensitive information to Pakistan’s......

Congress expels 6 MLAs who cross-voted during RS polls

The Congress on Tuesday expelled six members of legislative assembly, including one from Amethi, who cross voted in the Rajya Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh against party candidate Kapil Sibal......

Ashneer Grover and the BharatPe controversy: A blow-by-blow account

Murmurs of a toxic work culture at BharatPe grew louder in the wake of its  co-founder's personal behaviour. Deepsekhar Choudhury reports. Photograph via Twitter “Yeh sab doglapan......

Markets pare some losses to end marginally lower; Nifty down 0.3% for week

Shares of RIL ended 2.4% higher as it pips TCS to become most valued firm Extending losses for second consecutive week, benchmark indices settled marginally lower in a volatile session as investors......

Celebrity endorsement becomes a risky business

The call to make brand ambassadors accountable has rattled filmstars and sports stars. Image: The phenomenal rise in activism, especially on the social media, has made celebrity endorsement a......

2015: When hashtag became mainstream, active and lethal

  In the good old days, copywriters used to struggle to sculpt baselines and write ad slogans. The hashtag has replaced all that, notes Sandeep Goyal If I were writing this yearend review 10......

When Bollywood Showed Off Its Tricolours

Red, blue or tricolour, Bollywood folks love to douse themselves in hues of celebration. On the occasion of Republic Day, Sukanya Verma looks at the times the colours of the tiranga adorned the......

Khalnayak's Charm And Controversy

A messy masala about an antihero bolstered by tons of whimsy, controversy and high drama, Khalnayak's hype is stuff of history. Sukanya Verma celebrates 30 years of this blockbuster. 1993 was a......

Meet Bollywood's Greatest Romantics

IMAGE: Yash Chopra directs Amitabh Bachchan and Rekha in Silsila, a scene from the Netflix series The Romantics. Did you know Aditya Chopra is a fantastic dancer? He was better than Hrithik Roshan......

Vidya's Indira Gandhi Dream Shelved

Photograph: Kind courtesy Vidya Balan/Instagram Vidya Balan’s ambition to playIndira Gandhi on screen has been shelved. The actor was to play the late prime minister in a Web series to be......

Jr Hockey World Cup: India eke out a 3-2 win over USA

IMAGE: India finished ninth in the Junior women’s hockey world cup. Photograph: Kind courtesy Hockey India/X Goalkeeper Madhuri Kindo shone under the bar as India displayed remarkable......

Cric Buzz: Prithvi, Hardik named in India 'A' squad

IMAGE: Selection committee chairman MSK Prasad made it clear that they want Prithvi Shaw to get as much ‘game time as possible’. Photograph:  PTI The in-form Prithvi Shaw, on......

Check out Tendulkar-Shah Rukh's online bromance

IMAGE: Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan pose together during a promotional event. Photograph: Punit Paranjpe/Reuters In his own inimitable way, Bollywood......

Sania Mirza holidays in Goa with actress Parineeti Chopra

IMAGE: Actress Parineeti Chopra shares picture of her holidaying with tennis star Sania Mirza. Photograph: Instagram Sania Mirza has always maintained that if ever a biopic on her is......

Sania Mirza holidays in Goa with actress Parineeti Chopra

IMAGE: Actress Parineeti Chopra shares picture of her holidaying with tennis star Sania Mirza. Photograph: Instagram Sania Mirza has always maintained that, if ever a biopic on her were......