Richa Chadha, Payal Ghosh settle dispute, file consent terms

Actors Richa Chadha and Payal Ghosh on Wednesday told the Bombay high court that they have amicably settled their dispute and filed consent terms in which Ghosh withdrew the statement made against......

Payal Ghosh tenders unconditional apology to Richa Chadha

Actor Payal Ghosh, who has accused film-maker Anurag Kashyap of raping her, on Wednesday told the Bombay high court that she regrets her statement about Richa Chadha, and tendered an......

Kargil@21: When the choppers attacked the enemy

Twenty one years ago, the Indian Army and Indian Air Force fought a bloody and bitter war to evict Pakistani intruders from the icy heights in Kargil.Air Commodore Nitin Sathe (retd) salutes the......

India went flying blind into COVID-19

'As we gird ourselves for rising infections, India's harsh lockdown remains an epic tragedy,' observes Rahul Jacob. IMAGE: A worker paints circles on the floor of the Jhandewala Devi Mandir to......

Elon Musk's troubled tryst with India: Tesla, Starlink in limbo for over a year

Musk is planning a whistle-stop tour to India in November; he’s exploring opportunities elsewhere in Asia; he may be pulling out altogether. Surajeet Das Gupta reports. Photograph: Michele......

'Budget is growth-oriented, part populist & investment friendly'

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday announced a budget aimed at high growth, saying the pace of cutting the fiscal deficit would slow as he seeks to boost investment and ensure that ordinary......

US or China: Modi should tread cautiously

China and the United States are not just two geopolitical poles, but would expect different strategies for economic development in India, notes Mihir S Sharma. Prime Minister Narendra Modi......

Made in India, for India: Can this revolution happen?

Is India capable of making a well-designed indigenous product that gets traction on a local, if not a global, scale?In the automobiles sector, some recent products such as Mahindra’s XUV 500,......

Beware of SERIAL KILLERS!

Photograph: Kind courtesy Abhishek Bachchan/Instagram Serial killer movies can be thrilling. That's perhaps why we have seen quite a few of them. The genre became popular with Rajesh Khanna's......

August Releases: Saaho, Mission Mangal, Batla House

While a big box office clash was averted in the month of July, the same can't be said about August. Akshay Kumar's Mission Mangal will release on Independence Day alongside John Abraham's......

Box Office: Ittefaq, Ribbon get poor opening

The hits and misses of the week. Last week's release, Ittefaq, has not been appreciated by the audiences and the film had a poor opening. Though its box office collection improved marginally......

Box Office: Jia Aur Jia, Rukh fail

The hits and misses of the week. Last week's releases -- Rukh and Jia Aur Jia -- failed at the box office while Rohit Shetty's Golmaal Again!!! continued to do good business. Vinod......

Umpires announced for World Cup semis

IMAGE: Umpires Adrian Holdstock and Michael Gough speak to the players. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters Rod Tucker and Richard Illingworth will be the on-field umpires in the first World Cup......

ODI World Cup: List of umpires; Menon, Dharmasena to officiate opener

IMAGE: ICC released the names of umpires set to officiate during the league stage of the ODI World Cup. Photograph: BCCI India's Nitin Menon and Sri Lanka's Kumar Dharmasena will officiate......

Handling Indian superstars has gotten Nitin Menon 'match ready' for Ashes

IMAGE: Nitin Menon is set to make his Ashes debut next month. Photograph: BCCI Umpiring at home over the past three years under the constant pressure put by the big Indian stars has helped Nitin......

Jadeja fined for applying cream on finger

IMAGE: The International Cricket Council said the cream was applied to the finger by Ravindra Jadeja was purely for medical purposes and it did not change the condition of the ball. Photograph:......

India penalised for slow rate in 1st ODI vs NZ

IMAGE: India captain Rohit Sharma with Shardul Thakur during the first ODI in Hyderabad on Wednesday. Photograph: BCCI India have been fined 60 per cent of their match fee for maintaining a slow......