Ajit Pawar Faces Heat Over Dowry Death

The controversy deepened after a video surfaced showing Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar at the wedding, personally handing over a Fortuner SUV and making a remark widely interpreted as normalising......

NCP expels leader, son after cops name duo in dowry-suicide case

The ruling Nationalist Congress Party in Maharashtra has expelled a Pune district leader and his son after they were named in a dowry harassment and abetment to suicide case involving the former's......

Former NCP leader, son arrested in dowry suicide case

An ex-Nationalist Congress Party leader from Pune and his son, who were on the run after being named in a dowry harassment and abetment to suicide case involving the former's daughter-in-law, were......

The 17 Girls India Will Never Forget

Barely out of their teens, the first batch of girls will graduate alongside 300 male cadets from the National Defence Academy. IMAGE: The girl cadets. Photographs: Kind courtesy Wing Commander......

Tatas back Vaishnavi's Radia as 2G row rages

The Tata Group on Thursday stood behind corporate lobbyist Niira Radia who was caught in a controversy over her alleged role in 2G spectrum allocation, an issue on which the opposition is demanding......

Number of women in blue-collar jobs increasing across manufacturing sector

“Lady candidates need not apply.” Kindly note the image has been posted only for representational purposes. Photograph: Kind courtesy Helpsg/Pixabay So read the postscript in a job......

Phone tapping: No complaint from Radia's staff

Niira Radia-promoted Vaishnavi Corporate Communications on Friday said none of its present or past employees has given any complaint to the government that became the basis for the I-T department......

Tatas tie up with Dentsu for ad firm

Delhi-based public relations company, Vaishnavi Corporate Communications, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Japanese advertising giant Dentsu to launch an advertising agency in India.......

2023's 7 Jewels From The South

It's been a good year at the movies. Subhash K Jha picks his favourite films of 2023 from down south.   Sapta Sagaradaache Ello – Side A Language: KannadaWhere to watch? Amazon Prime......

'I want to do everything that comes my way'

'Karan Johar said you can be the next Khan of Bollywood. That was the best compliment I received.' Jhalak Dhikhhla Jaa 8 winner Faisal Khan is enjoying the spotlight. Faisal Khan, 16, is the......

Review: Solo is a one time watch

Radhika Rajamani feels that Solo doesn't offer anything we haven't seen before.Gautam (Nara Rohith), an orphan, yearns to marry a girl from a large family. His attempts to find such a girl are......

Where was Salman off to?

Here's how the week started in Bollywood. It was a manic Monday for film folk as they went about promoting their movies.   Salman Khan takes the cast from his coming film Race 3 to the sets......

India Women name two debutants for T20 series vs SL

IMAGE: World Cup-winning captain Harmanpreet Kaur will return to action in the five-match home T20 series against Sri Lanka. Photograph: ANI Photo Gunalan Kamalini and Vaishnavi Sharma on Tuesday......

Historic! Sheetal Devi Shatters Another Ceiling in Indian Archery

Qualifies for India's able-bodied archery team for Asia Cup IMAGE: Sheetal Devi was first woman armless archer to win Para Worlds gold in September 2025. Photograph: ANI Photo/The Khel India......

World Cup winner Shafali named North Zone captain

IMAGE: Shafali Verma was named player of the match in the final against South Africa, after stroking a quickfire 87 runs with the bat and picking up 2/36 with the ball to play a stellar role in......

U-19 Women's World Cup: Vaishnavi's hat-trick powers India to big win!

IMAGE: Vaishnavi Sharma, centre, celebrates with team-mates after picking up a wicket against Malaysia during the Under-19 Women's World Cup in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday. Photograph: ICC/X Debutant......

Asia Cup Hockey: India Women Maintain Winning Streak

IMAGE: In their second Super 4 stage match, India will take on China on Thursday. Photograph: Hockey India India continued their unbeaten run with a comfortable 4-2 win over Korea in their first......