37 ministers don't find a place in Modi 3.0

As many as 37 ministers have been dropped from the government in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's third term and these include seven with cabinet rank -- prominent among them being Smriti Irani,......

It's A Raja Versus Runk Contest In Mysuru

In a battle involving the 'royal' and the 'ordinary', the voters of Mysuru will make a choice between the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar and Congress's M......

Why Are Jains Protesting?

Jains fear Sammed Shikharji will be defiled by the influx of tourists. IMAGE: Jains protest at India Gate in New Delhi, January 1, 2023, to maintain the sanctity of the Sammed Shikharji pilgrimage......

NCP leader Eknath Khadse tests COVID-19 positive

Nationalist Congress Party leader and former Maharashtra minister Eknath Khadse has tested positive for COVID-19, sources close to him said on Thursday. Khadse will be admitted to a Mumbai-based......

The rising of Bollywood's unlikely hero

There's a rather cute story doing the rounds in the media about how Omkar Das Mainkpuri, or Natha as his character in the film Peepli [Live] is called, wanted to meet Katrina Kaif. He was dying to......

'Aamir thought Peepli Live! was a big joke'

Anusha Rizvi is a former NDTV producer. In her first feature film Peepli Live -- produced by Aamir Khan, two poor, broken down farmers and brothers (Budhia and Natha) are about to lose their family......

1st Test, Day 4: Indian spinners on fire in Chennai

A defiant unbeaten 75 by debutant Moises Henriques ensured Australia took the opening Test against India to a fifth day. -Scorecard Needing 193 runs to make the home team bat again, the visitors......