Akhilesh's party chief whip resigns amid voting for Rajya Sabha polls

Samajwadi Party MLA Manoj Kumar Pandey on Tuesday resigned from the post of party chief whip a day after he skipped a meeting called by party chief Akhilesh Yadav on the Rajya Sabha elections.......

Not just LS, RS too to see polls to 68 seats this year

Sixty-eight Rajya Sabha members, including nine Union ministers, are completing their tenure this year, triggering a race of sorts among leaders across political parties to eye a six-year term in......

Govt posts Manipur cadre officer as aviation secretary, rejigs bureaucracy

The Centre has appointed senior IAS officers Vumlunmang Vualnam and Neeraj Mittal as new secretaries in the ministry of civil aviation and the department of telecommunications respectively in a......

Terror group puts out hit list targeting Kashmiri Pandit employees

Kashmiri Pandits working in the Valley are in a state of panic after a terrorist group released a hit list of 56 employees from the community. IMAGE: Kashmiri Pandits and employees stage a protest......

Akhilesh Yadav to visit US to woo America Inc

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav plans to visit the United States to seek investments for India's most populous state. This follows a meeting of the chief minister with a delegation of......

High inflation to stay: RBI to MPs

Painting a grim picture of the evolving situation on the price front, the Reserve Bank of India Governor YV Reddy today told Members of Parliament that the situation was unlikely to improve......

When Hindi songs inspired movie titles!

What's in a name? A lot, evidently, especially when it sounds musical. There have been a lot of instances, when film titles have been picked from hit songs. And the trend, Joginder Tuteja learns,......

Why is Raj Mehta Good News for Akshay-Kareena?

2019 seems ready for new directors, with superstars queuing up to work with fresh talent. Debutant director Aditya Dhar scored a Rs 200 crore hit with his very first movie, Uri: The Surgical......

PIX: Amitabh Bachchan parties with Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2 team

The weekend saw quite a few Diwali parties. Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2 co-producer Anand Pandit had more than one reason to celebrate -- after all, his film has become a superhit! A look at the......

Box Office: Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2 is a hit!

Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2 may have got bad reviews but it saw a great opening at the box office. The other release, Wedding Pullav, hasn't done well. Trade analyst Vinod......

Bihar cricket: Factionalism rears ugly head again

IMAGE: Bihar fielded two teams for their Ranji Trophy match. Photograph: Screengrab/X Factionalism is nothing new to Bihar cricket and the ugly infighting that has been running well over two......

Ranji: Rajasthan set to knock Mumbai out

Rajasthan batsmen displayed loads of determination as they took their first innings score to 484 for seven against Mumbai at stumps on third day thereby shutting out any hopes that the defending......

Pankaj grabs six as Mumbai bowled out for 252

Rajasthan's Pankaj Singh wreaked havoc scalping six for 64 as the hosts bowled out defending champions Mumbai for 252 on the first day of the Ranji Trophy quarter-final match at the Sawai Man Singh......

Ranji: Chahar claims 8, Hyderabad 21 all out

Hyderabad registeredthe lowest total in the history of the Ranji Trophy when they were dismissed forjust 21 runs by Rajasthan, as the new season began on a sensational note, in Jaipur, on Monday.......

Bhutia not among probables for Saudi match

Baichung Bhutia is not among the 32 players named for the national coaching camp, starting August 4 in Kolkata, in preparation for the AFC Asian Cup qualifier against Saudi Arabia on August 16.The......