Day after announcing polls, EC removes Bengal ADG (law & order)

A day after announcing the dates for assembly polls in West Bengal, the Election Commission on Saturday removed Additional Director General of Police (Law and order) Jawed Shamim and brought in Jag......

The Maha village where children speak Japanese

A fascination for robotics and technology has pushed students of a Zilla Parishad-run school in a remote village of Maharashtra's Aurangabad district to learn Japanese.  ......

Bureaucratic rejig at Centre: New secys appointed

Senior Indian Administrative Service officer T V Somanathan was on Friday appointed Expenditure Secretary, the post lying vacant since late October, as part of a top-level bureaucratic reshuffle......

Phase 4 of West Bengal polls records 78.05 per cent votes

An estimated 78.05 per cent voter turnout was recorded in the fourth phase of West Bengal assembly election covering 49 constituencies on Monday, in sync with the high polling trend in the previous......

North Block rejig ahead of Budget

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee's core team for the Budget will witness a crucial change on February 1. With the government announcing the appointment of Sunil Mitra as revenue secretary, the......

'Diesel price deregulation to depend on inflation'

The government on Tuesday said a decision to free diesel prices from government control will depend on the inflation situation."We had announced last year that the decision would be taken at an......

Meeting FY'12 revenue targets not easy: Fin secy

Amid apprehensions of a moderation in economic growth from the projected 9 per cent this fiscal, finance secretary Sunil Mitra said on Wednesday the revenue collection targets for the current......

Centre's divestment roadmap to be ready by Mar '10

Encouraged by the outcome of earlier initiatives, the Centre is preparing a roadmap to take the disinvestment process forward over the next two years. "We should be ready with an action plan by......

Ayushmann Khurrana rules the Box Office!

The hits and misses of the week. Badhaai Ho, with Ayushmann Khurrana in the lead, is a hit while Namaste England fails to make an impression on the box office. Sriram Raghavan's Ayushmann Khurrana......

Box Office: Helicopter Eela, Fryday, Tumbbad, Jalebi flop

The hits and misses of the week. Last week's releases Helicopter Eela, Fryday, Tumbbad and Jalebi failed miserably at the box office. Sriram Raghavan's Ayushmann Khurrana starrer Andhadhun holds......

'War is a real estate business'

'I am against any kind of violence.' IMAGE: A Ukrainian soldier holds a Kalashnikov AK-12 captured from Russian troops in the Kyiv region, March 31, 2022. Photograph: Serhii Nuzhnenko/Reuters......

Bigg Boss 13: Koena takes to the dance floor

Day 12 starts with contestants waking up to Dil Main Baji Guitar, (from Apna Sapna Money Money), which had been picturised on Koena Mitra, leaving her elated! Paras Chhabra chats with Asim......

ISL: Bengaluru down East Bengal; Chennaiyin win

IMAGE: Bengaluru FC's players celebrate after Vinith Venkatesh scored the goal against East Bengal. Photograph: Indian Super League Bengaluru FC's academy graduate Vinith Venkatesh scored the......

When Patriotism Sets In, The Game Suffers A Rout

Just as the umpire's decision is no longer final, what is disdainfully rejected is the age-old dictum that the game should be played and watched in the spirit of the game, sighs Uddalok......

Indian paddlers for World championships

The Table Tennis Federation of Indiaannounced a seven-member team for the upcoming World table tennis championships, in Paris, from May 19 to 25.Chetan Baboor, A Sharath Kamal and Sourav......

Supreme Court: Throw out CSK, Royals from IPL; make Gavaskar BCCI chief

'Any person associated with Indian Cements, the owners of Chennai Super Kings franchise, should not be involved with the BCCI.' The Supreme Court has suggested that Chennai Super Kings and......