'Earlier, such beliefs were primarily observed among older buyers, but now we see younger buyers showing interest in aligning purchases with numerological or astrological significance.'
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhara Rao has made no attempts to conceal his obsession with vaastu, the ancient Indian principles of architecture, even telling the assembly, "Why shouldn't someone who works for the state and takes decisions use vaastu and create comfort?
Director Sourabh Usha Narang denies his first film is a rip off of The Sixth Sense.
One of the busiest actors in Kannada cinema, Rakshit Shetty collaborates with director Yograj Bhat in Vaastu Prakaara which releases this week.
Choona is too slow, has redundant characters and needless complications, observes Deepa Gahlot.
Vijay Mallya has been burdened for the past three years with debt at United Spirits spiralling and Kingfisher Airlines, well, on a downward spiral.
The BJP on Thursday alleged that the opposition parties have decided to boycott the inauguration of the new Parliament building by Prime Minister Narendra Modi just because it has been built at his initiative.
The elder brother of Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy Revanna cites non-availability of a government bungalow as the reason for undertaking the tedious journey.
Bollywood A-listers Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor got married on Thursday, not in a big fat Indian wedding spangled with tinsel as many would have imagined but at their Bandra apartment with just family and close friends in attendance.
'For the paraplegic young girl, I needed a fresh face, someone who did not have the baggage of doing such movies before, someone who the audience liked.'
As all roads lead to Vaastu building in Pali Hill, north west Mumbai, where Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor will wed, it's a good time to look up Raj Kapoor's grandchildren.
Maharashtra is the BRS' first target.
Kannada actress Parul Yadav talks about working with Yograj Bhat in Vaastu Prakaara and her forthcoming projects.
'After many years of having to find new adjectives to say horrible, I realised I would rather write about things I want to write about.'
Sukanya Verma lists the memorable use of trees in Hindi movies.
The film is produced by S V Babu and the music will be composed by Ajaneesh Loknath.
Why is Uma Bharti disillusioned? Did Vaastu lead to this Congress leader's downfall? The late Arjun Singh's controversial autobiography... All this and more in this week's Dilli Gupshup...
Why does Jairam Ramesh want to quit the Cabinet? Which heavyweight akhara will host the Gandhi family at the Kumbh Mela? Was bad Vaastu the reason why Nitin Gadkari failed to make history as the first person to head the BJP for a second term? All this and more in this week's Dilli Gupshup...
Experts say this is a good time to buy a house for self-use, points out Sanjay Kumar Singh.
'And then came a mail from Sourabh, talking about how I'd forgotten his birthday but also --in that offhand way -- mentioning how he'd been diagnosed with cancer.'
Director Suparn Verma bids adieu to his friend and colleague Sourabh Usha Narang.
For the Chinese, all of Beijing is an Olympics venue. That is the kind of attention they have paid to every nook and corner of the place and to every nearby attraction, from the Ming Tombs to the Great Wall. And they did it with a speed that is astonishing
For the Chinese, all of Beijing is an Olympics venue. That is the kind of attention they have paid to every nook and corner of the place and to every nearby attraction, from the Ming Tombs to the Great Wall. And they did it with a speed that is astonishing
Creaking doors, freakish old lady, haveli, white sari... 13 things, says Sukanya Verma, you will find in a Bollywod Bhoot film.
Here are some features of the home.
Some BJP and Congress leaders believe the assembly building is filled with 'negative energy'.
'It isn't likely that he would have observed a 'strategic silence' on a sensitive and controversial issue, as is done today by the powers-that-be lest an observation lets the cat out of the bag about the ruling dispensation's mindset,' says Amulya Ganguli.
It is important to approach the belief of people in ancient India's achievements with a sense of proportion, balance and empathy, argues B S Raghavan, the distinguished civil servant.
Geeta told the police she had nothing to do with the deaths and had never even exchanged an SMS with any of the family members, a fact confirmed by the call details of the cell phones recovered by the police from an almirah in the house on July 1.
Amazing stories about some of our best loved movies from Bhavani Iyer who wrote them.
China's obsession with exports and electronics assembly can also be attributed to having learned from the Singaporean textbook.
'Would not proudly showing President Xi Jinping that people from India's North-East are as much a part of India as those from anywhere else be like a slap on the face of Chinese aggression?' asks Chitra Ahanthem.
Real estate veteran Saket Mohta gives the the most comprehensive 11-point checklist
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