Modi announces Rs 1,600 cr relief package for flood-ravaged Punjab

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced a Rs 1,600-crore assistance for flood-hit Punjab as he reviewed the situation and damage in the state battling its worst deluge since 1988. IMAGE:......

Delhi businessmen get 160 extortion calls in 300 days

Businessmen in Delhi are experiencing restless nights, having received around 160 extortion calls till October this year, averaging one call every other day, police sources said on Tuesday. The......

Shiv Sena leader attacked in Punjab, 2 held; security officer suspended

A Shiv Sena (Punjab) leader was grievously injured after he was attacked with swords by three assailants in full public view in Ludhiana on Friday, the police said. IMAGE: Commissioner of police......

Six murders in one month in NCR: Cops suspect gangsters' role

Six murders in Delhi and neighbouring districts in the past month have raised question marks over policing and the law-and-order situation in NCR. Image used for representational purpose only.......

Brijmohan Lall Munjal: A hero forever

Brijmohan Lall Munjal was a perfectionist, who empathised with people who worked for him. 'Hero Forever' posters with Brij Mohan Lall Munjal could be seen on lamp posts leading to the Indira Gandhi......

Will Kangana Make A Good Politician?

Entertainers can be good politicians if they treat the citizens as the audience, and treat their job like a live show, and work hard to make sure the audience likes them, asserts Sandeep Goyal.......

Holi Songs You Haven't Heard

Do yourself a favour and let's NOT play Holi to the same handful of Holi songs each year. There's so much more than Holi Ke Din Dil Khil Jaate Hain (Sholay) or Rang Barse (Silsila)! There are over......

25 Deadliest Bollywood Dacoits

Beware of the Bollywood outlaw. With a striking black tilak marked on the forehead, bullet-loaded belt around the waist, a perennially furious gaze and a tone as threatening as that rifle in hand,......

Saluting *THE* Voice

Lata Mangeshkar was my introduction, the beginning, the basic, the identity of film music.Sukanya Verma salutes The Legend. Photograph: Kind courtesy Lata Mangeshkar/Instagram It was early in the......

When It Was Bradman Versus India

History has not seen a cricketing rivalry as fierce as this this century, every ball bowled every run taken, coming with no quarter given. Ahead of India's five Test tour of Australia, beginning in......

IPL: KKR eye big win over RR to stay in play-offs race

IMAGE: With 12 points from 13 matches, Kolkata Knight Riders are currently fourth in the standings, just ahead of defending champions Mumbai Indians on net run-rate. Photograph: BCCI Two-time......

IPL: Eye on play-offs as KKR take on Punjab

IMAGE: Knights all-rounder Venkatesh Iyer has caught everyone's attention with his fearless strokeplay in IPL's second leg in the UAE. Photograph: BCCI IPL's newest sensation Venkatesh Iyer's......

Will Sunrisers dent KKR's play-off prospects?

IMAGE: With nine defeats from 11 matches, Sunrisers Hyderabad are out of the IPL play-offs and languishing at the bottom of the points table. Photograph: BCCI Out of the play-offs race,......

IPL: In-form CSK, KKR brace for high-octane battle

While CSK beat MI and RCB by 20 runs and seven wickets respectively, KKR tamed RCB and MI by nine and seven wickets in the UAE leg. IMAGE: Kolkata Knight Riders rookie batter Venkatesh Iyer holds......