'Mamata Has Crossed The Limit'

'The TMC can't go on forever taking advantage of the people's fright of the BJP.' IMAGE: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee addresses a press conference after the budget presentation in......

When Some Speak For All

...close to the 2024 general election. The BJP calling the Congress 'seasonal Hindu' is as laughable as the saffron party sparing itself the title of 'seasonal extreme Hindu.' How else should one......

From Mont Blanc to Patek Phillipe - Jaitley's love for high-end brands

Watches, pens, shawls, shirts or even shoes, the former finance minister had a penchant for all of them and his collection consisted of the choicest of brands ranging from "Patek Phillipe (in......

People won't be fooled by 'opportunistic' Sena-BJP tie-up: Deora

'Anti-incumbency against sitting MPs and the government is a big issue here. We will win all seats in Mumbai' IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray at an......

Why senior MNC execs are jumping ships

They are calling Vishwavir Ahuja the pied piper of Ratnakar Bank. Ever since he took the top job at the sleepy Kohlapur-based rural bank to morph it into a major financial institution, in 2010,......

Investing: Watch out for the game changers!

Come a new year, and the guy with some cash to spare invariably wonders how to avoid repeating the investing mistakes of the past year. That explains the spate of analyses over the past week,......

Earn Rs 1 lakh a month, try retail jobs

Legend has it that on June 26, 1284, the Pied Piper lured 130 children of Hamelin away. Centuries later, Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries (RIL), at its annual general meeting, announced a......

A test of RIL's core competence

The formidable technological challenges of building a broadband wireless network, spread across 5,000 cities and towns, will test even Reliance, notes Indrajit Gupta. It may not be long before......

Zoe Saldana shares first pix of twin sons

Here's what's happening in Hollywood! Photograph: Instagram Several months after giving birth to twin sons Cy and Bowie, Star Trek actress Zoe Saldana took to Instagram to share the first......

Shaitaan Review: Wicked Without Warning

Shaitaan's wickedness may be its calling card but relies on age-old formulas to do the trick, observes Sukanya Verma. A despot seeking complete control by hypnotising blind followers into......

'Salman's career as a hero is over'

'He's the biggest crowd-puller we have.''He still has the power, talent and most importantly, a mind-boggling fan base.''He is a darling of the masses, but he has to match the content.' IMAGE:......

Review: One By Two is a drag

Abhay Deol shoots himself in the foot by acting in (and, inexplicably, producing) this monstrosity called One By Two that sucks all the goodwill out of an actor we usually like, writes Raja Sen.......

A purist who made Gen-Z fall in love with Red & Whites

IMAGE: Virat Kohli set a record as the Indian batter with the most number of double centuries in Test cricket, scoring seven in his illustrious career. Photograph: BCCI Virat Kohli entered Indian......

I wish I didn't cry after losses: Federer

Roger Federer has not won a Grand Slam title for almost 30 months and is no longer the world's top-ranked player, yet when it comes to pulling power he remains the number one attraction at......

Don't try to take advantage of BCCI's current mess, warns Shastri

‘This state of flux will not last for long. BCCI will be back where they belong very soon’ IMAGE: Ravi Shastri has backed BCCI . Photograph: PTI. A few nations are making a big......

Shane Warne: He took the world for a spin and world loved him back

He was an artist and the cricket world was a connoisseur of his art form, which was dying till he breathed life into it much like a magician who decided to caste his spell on a generation for a......

Football Extras: India slips out of top 100 in latest charts

News of all that's transpired on and off the football field IMAGE: Skipper Sunil Chhetri and Co. slumped six places to be ranked 103. Photograph:  AIFF Media/Twitter The Indian football team......