When Queen Elizabeth Visited NDA

'I have never seen such a large parade being commanded with such precision just by a vocal word of command.''I would like to import this technology to England.'IAF Veteran Air Commodore Nitin......

'This move is Modi's political desperation'

'The BJP has lost 5 states and Lok Sabha elections are due in less than 90 days.' 'The reservation bill is a jhunjhuna (lollipop) for the upper castes.' IMAGE: Swarn Sena activists staged a......

Centre directs implementation of quota in promotion to SC/ST staff

The Centre on Friday asked all its departments and the state governments to implement reservation in promotion for employees belonging to Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe categories. The move......

Must we choose between democracy and vikas?

'A dangerous and false binary is now surfacing in Indian political discourse, which must be firmly rejected.''It is that we have to choose between freedom and development.' 'For us freedom is......

A peek into Anil Ambani's ambitious plans

When Anil Ambani's Adlabs signed a licencing deal with Rave Entertainment, this week, to take control over 23 new screens in north India, it might have bitten into a chunk of cinema exhibitor PVR's......

Small screen, big buyouts

Anil Ambani's Adlabs buys a controlling stake in Siddhartha Basu's television production company Synergy Communications. Other than Mastermind for BBC, Synergy has producedKaun Banega Crorepati......

The story of mills & boom

With sugar mills put up with investments of about Rs 3,000 crore (Rs 30 billion) set to go onstream next month, the sugar economy in Uttar Pradesh is ready for a transformation.In a three-part......

Mobile data market booms in India

Indian Idol, licensed from the American Idol format, went on air on Sony Entertainment Television in October 2004. The talent hunt for singers had already been a huge hit in the US. The show was......

Will these movies bring audiences back?

'The blockbusters are unlikely to be launched in 2020.''They will move into the 2021 cycle when confidence level among people will be higher.'Viveat Susan Pinto reports. IMAGE: Siddharth......

Katrina, Ranbir score a ghazab hit

Of the two films releases last week, Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani is a hit. The other releaseJailrecordedvery weak collections despitecritical appreciation. Note: Films are ranked according to......

Box Office: No takers for Fruit & Nut

After some bumper Diwali releases, last week'srelease -- Fruit & Nut -- was quite a let down. The film opened very poorly. Note: Films are ranked according to their release dates. The thumbs......

All The Best, Blue beat Mrs Khanna

Of the three Diwali releases that hit the theatres last week, Main Aurr Mrs Khanna fared the worst. Blue took excellent initial colllections while All The Bestpicked up from Sunday. Note:......

Christchurch to host 2021 Women's World Cup final

IMAGE: From left, Sophie Devine, Rebecca Rolls, Dane Van Niekerk and Mithali Raj pose on the beach with the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup. Photograph: Phil Walter/Getty Images......

Qualifer Paramveer shocks fourth seed Gagan

Qualifier Paramveer Bajwa from Chandigarh sent Rajasthan's fourth seed Gagan Sharma crashing out in the boys' singles quarter-finals round of the Cricket Club of India (CCI) 6th Ramesh Desai......