Parties hope to gain from 'lucky 7' in 7-phase UP polls

Some politicians in Uttar Pradesh are making much of the number 7 in the seven-phase assembly elections, saying the 'auspicious' numeral will help them win. IMAGE: Samajwadi Party workers gather in......

Akhilesh is clinging to anything to escape BJP storm: PM mocks SP-Congress tie-up

Mocking opposition parties for joining hands fearing that the Bharatiya Janata Party will get a majority in Rajya Sabha after the Uttar Pradesh polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday took a......

Prashant's Priyanka card in UP is a masterstroke

Even as the BJP dithers over what it needs to do, the Congress has stolen a lead by projecting its chief ministerial candidate, Priyanka Vadra nee Gandhi, says Nazarwala, the man who called the......

Judge Sri Srinivasan, best of America and India

The first Indian-origin federal judge in the United States is India Abroad Person of the Year 2013 President Barack Obama calls him one of his “favourite people.” Justice Sandra Day......

nVIDIA to pump $250 mn, up headcount

Programmable graphics technologies major nVIDIA Corporation is planning to invest $250 million for its operations in India and to double its Indian workforce over the period.nVIDIA opened its first......

Reliance & the problems of settlement

Ever since the discord surfaced in the Ambani clan, the splitting of Reliance group assets has occupied centrestage in media. Unfortunately, it was done to death well before it actually......

'Azad Hind Fauj is very relevant in today's times'

'This is the first time when you see the story of the Azad Hind Fauj through the eyes of the soldiers.' IMAGE: A scene from The Forgotten Army. Photograph: Kind courtesy Sharvari Wagh/Instagram......

Have you watched these short films?

Streaming a diverse range of moods and moments, these films are a fairly commendable effort, if not always riveting, feels Sukanya Verma. Short films can achieve so much in so little. In a fraction......

'It is time to liberate our minds'

'We have won our political freedom, we have liberalised our economy and now it’s time to liberate our minds also. That is why this film.' Director Ketan Mehta lists his reasons for making......

'I wanted to make Mangal Pandey 17 years ago'

Ketan Mehta's stopover in Locarno this August may be termed 'The Return.' The world premiere he attended of The Rising - Ballad of Mangal Pandey, also marks his first film in eight years. The saga......

Women's Asia Cup: India crush Thailand to enter final

IMAGE: Deepti Sharma celebrates with Shafali Verma. Photograph: ACC/Twitter A dominant India crushed minnows Thailand by 74 runs to storm into the final and remain on course for a......