Nitish to expand cabinet soon, hectic lobbying for Speaker's post

A day after Chief Minister Nitish Kumar formed the government in Bihar in alliance with the National Democratic Alliance, hectic lobbying started for the post of assembly speaker, and other......

21 die in Bihar hooch tragedy; triggers political slugfest

In yet another suspected hooch tragedy in dry Bihar, 21 deaths were reported from Saran district on Wednesday, triggering a slugfest in the state assembly where the ruling ‘Mahagathbandhan'......

'You're drunk': Nitish yells at BJP MLAs in Bihar assembly

At least six people have died in yet another hooch tragedy in dry Bihar, which led to a slanging match in the state assembly on Wednesday between a belligerent opposition Bharatiya Janata Party and......

31 ministers join Nitish govt, RJD gets lion's share

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar expanded his new cabinet on Tuesday by inducting 31 new ministers, including a huge contingent of 16 from key ally Rashtriya Janata Dal, taking care to give due......

Wholesale price based inflation eased to 2-year low of 4.73% in Jan

The wholesale price-based inflation declined to 2-year low of 4.73 per cent in January on easing prices of manufactured items, fuel and power, even though food articles turned expensive.......

Consumption, infra investments show recovery

Consumption and infrastructure investments are expected to show a strong recovery as the economy bounces back from two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, the first Advance Estimates of gross domestic......

Fuel price rise could not have stoked March inflation: Experts

This may come as a surprise to many. Retail price inflation in petrol was the lowest at 10.21 per cent in March since November 2020. In diesel, it scraped the bottom of the barrel at 5.19 per cent......

Retail inflation spurts to 7-month high in Jan

The retail inflation rate breached the 6 per cent upper tolerance limit of the RBI for the first time in seven months in January, while the wholesale price index stayed in double-digits for the......

The Best Of Yash Chopra On OTT

In recent years, Yash Chopra has been labelled King Of Romance, when in fact, his best film, Deewar (1975) did not have a chiffon-clad heroine dancing in the snow. Unfortunately, it is not......

6 Sunil Dutt Films You Must See

Among Hindi cinema's leading men of the last century, Sunil Dutt, who passed away 16 years ago on May 25, did not hesitate in doing women-oriented films which addressed the issues of their......

He taught Yash Chopra to make films...

B R Chopra was a reformist film-maker, way ahead of his times, says Subhash K Jha. Baldev Raj Chopra was the visionary film-maker who directed Indian cinema's first multistarrer Waqt... If he had......

Bollywood's COOL Daddy moments

Sukanya Verma looks at the baap-beti equations depicted on the screen. He is her hero. She is his baby. The bond between dads and daughters is strong and special. We can see glimpses of its warmth......

PHOTOS: SRK, Dhoni, Katrina add glamour to Poorna Patel's big day

A gamut of stars from Bollywood and the sports world descended at the wedding reception of Poorna Patel, the daughter politician and the chief of the All India Football Federation Praful......

IPL 8 Auction: No takers for these players!

Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene The Players' Auction for the eighth edition of the Indian Premier League saw cash being splurged. - IPL 8 Auction: The players, their price - IPL......