J-K polls: BJP releases, withdraws, re-releases candidate list

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday named 16 candidates for the first phase of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections, considerably pruning an initial list of 44 following protests by some party......

Rohit Bal, India's czar of high fashion, dies at 63

Designer Rohit Bal, a pioneer who helped put Indian fashion on the global map and dressed celebrities at home, Hollywood and elsewhere, died on Friday night at a south Delhi hospital following a......

Meet representatives of the Republic of Bad Ideas

Change no longer creeps up slowly, it comes on fast in the digital age, when film-goers in Tamil Nadu can log on to see Vishwaroopam, feels Sunil Sethi If you asked many of the thousands thronging......

Gandhi and Thatcher: Were two 'Iron Ladies' too many?

Equally admired and loathed, both Indira Gandhi and Margaret Thatcher have been so often memorialised in biography, novels and film that it's difficult to separate fact from fiction, says Sunil......

Small, frequent spikes in fuel prices to dent consumption, challenge growth

The recurrent increases in fuel prices over the past 10 days are eating into the margins of transporters, who will be forced to pass on the hikes to their customers. Photograph: PTI Photo This, in......

Why are our passports so shabby?

'Why can't a country that builds and manages airports of acknowledged excellence at home and abroad produce passports of durable quality for its citizens?' asks Sunil Sethi. Indian travellers to......

The watch dogs that didn't bark for IL&FS

Did men and women of redoubtable experience and public service, upholders of the country's steel frame and paragons of corporate governance, never smell a rat? asks Sunil Sethi. Photograph:......

The Great Property Crash

'In many parts of the country, the empty nest-and-empty-nest egg story is a painful boom-to-bust saga.''Among the old and young, it is hitting pockets hard, in a linked chain of debt-laden banks,......

'Jr Mehmood was a superstar'

'In 110 years of Indian films' history, there is no superstar child artist like him till date.' Junior Mehmood passed away into the ages in the early hours of December 8, and film folk visited his......

Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota is here at last!

Vasan Bala's Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota -- starring Abhimanyu Dassani, Radhika Madan, Gulshan Devaiah, Mahesh Manjrekar and Jimit Trivedi -- releases this Friday, and a special screening was held on......

PIX: Rajkummar, Patralekhaa at a Diwali party

Producer Anand Pandit, who has made such films like Chehre, PM Narendra Modi, Total Dhamaal and Sarkar 3, hosted a Diwali party at his residence, and invited his filmi friends. A look at the......

DeepVeer at Kapil's reception

Dippy and Rannu stole the show, we think. After the flood of Bollywood beauties at Ginni Chatrath and Kapil Sharma's wedding reception, a look at the couples who graced the event.   Ginni and......

J&K's Ranji Victories Have Stunned India

'We ensured that the best get selected, no favouritism or regionalism.' IMAGE: Jammu and Kashmir's players celebrate a wicket during the Ranji Trophy match against Mumbai. Photograph: BCCI......

Champions in 'Game 4 Change'

In a unique initiative, Sunil Gavaskar, P T Usha, Geet Sethi, Dhanraj Pillay and Irfan Pathan have come together to spread the message of 'Sports for Development and Peace' among the country's......

Gavaskar at WhartonIndia Economic Forum

India's legendary sportsmen (from left to right) Sunil Gavaskar, Geet Sethi and Vijay Amritraj at the 13th annual WhartonIndia Economic Forum, at Park Hyatt in Philadelphia. Batting legend......

Ajmal declines PCB's farewell offer, says I'm not quitting

IMAGE: Pakistan off-spinner Saeed Ajmal. Photograph: Graham Crouch/Getty Images. Veteran Pakistan spinner Saeed Ajmal has declined Pakistan Cricket Board's offer of a 'fitting send-off', saying......