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BJP to declare candidates from July

Signalling the onset of election season, BJP president Rajnath Singh has said the party will soon constitute its Lok Sabha poll campaign committee.

Marketing a filming destination

Amitabh Bachchan with Leonardo DiCaprio at Cannes

In an effort to promote India in a big way at the ongoing Cannes film festival, the pavilion set up at the venue is where the action is taking place.

Mishra leads BSP in Brahmin chase

Mayawati is renewing her 'social engineering' skills with upperclass firefighter Satish Mishra’s well-crafted Brahmin conferences to outdo SP and BJP.

Caste takes centre stage in Siddu cabinet

Six berths each have been given to the Lingayats, Vokkaligas and OBCs. The OBC tally includes the chief minister.

Win all, lose all in red war

The ongoing joust between Achuthanandan and the CPI-M has reached stalemate point, with both sides winning and losing in equal measure and unable to c...

Tamil pride soars to match Liberty height

An artist's impression of the Thamizh Thaai statue in Madurai

Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has announced that a grand statue for Thamizh Thaai, similar to that of the Statue of Liberty, would be installed at Mad...

Kiran told to put unruly house in order

The Congress high command is toughening its stance against trouble-makers in Andhra Pradesh, which will go to polls next year.

Naidu faces desertions bravely

Despite his padayatra, the TDP chief could not infuse confidence among the party functionaries about his leadership.

UPA red carpet for Nitish rolls on

Nitish Kumar with Montek Singh Ahluwalia in Delhi

UPA Government is wooing Nitish Kumar through increased grants to Bihar at a time when he is showing signs of distancing from the BJP.

Whiff of chit fund stink at BJD door

The allegations that senior BJD leaders had helped the Artha Tatwa Group to carry on its illegal activities in the state may turn into a major controv...

Bengal poll panel’s big sister takes on Didi

Over the last few months, State Election Commissioner Mira Pande has slowly but surely pushed Didi to the brink of frustration.

French in all its flair

Rara Avis restaurant in Delhi has introduced its new carte du jour (new menu) inspired by Le Midi,

The Lalit's got DJ Zedd in its kitty

Electronic music sensation, DJ and producer, Zedd, is all set for his first India tour and is slated to perform at Kitty Su at The Lalit New Delhi on ...

Relish a visual spectacle

The capital promises to delight its inhabitants with a breathtaking theatrical—Mana, a cirque spectacle from France.

Some more sundowners for the city

When the latest Smoke House Deli at Hauz Khas Village flung open its doors, they celebrated it with a sundowner bash.

Telling tales of ‘Dirty Love’

Moon River announced the launch of the Moon River Salon, a gathering with a cultural agenda with its first event—book reading of Dirty Love by Sampurn...

Nirbhaya inspires N Swarnalatha

A degree in journalism failed to quench Swarnalatha's thirst for creativity and expression but something else satisfied the two—her love for art.

Car makers run into diesel dilemma

With the subsidy on diesel being cut, the oil marketing companies are losing Rs 3.73 per litre currently, down from Rs 10 per litre last fiscal. |PTI

With petrol prices going down, auto sector dynamics may see a change soon.

Collateral damage: Image hit for a fix

It's imprudent to speculate the future of the cricketers because the matter concerns serious things like law and judiciary.

Dark clouds of the biggest cricket scandal to have hit the country since the match-fixing stain of 2000 are still hovering and this time, the question...

Indian Board caught napping in the act?

Crime branch police with two of the three arrested bookies in connection with IPL spot fixing, at Killa court in Mumbai on Friday.

It’s not as though the Board of Control for Cricket in India were completely oblivious of the prevalence of fixing and its variants.

Underfire ICC defends its own Anti-Corruption Unit

Although the IPL is a domestic tournament and not supposed to be under the purview of ACSU, the BCCI hires the services of the ACSU for the matches ev...

Sonia steps out to save Congress face

UPA chief brushes aside Prime Minister and sacks tainted Cabinet members to keep her party’s hopes alive for 2014 elections.

Stiff UPA decides to become federal

Montek Singh Ahluwalia and Manmohan Singh.

Prepares to pass a rule that will allow states to tailor Centrally Sponsored Schemes.

MoD lands in another land scam, this time on Hyderabad pitch

The Defence Ministry’s decision communicated through the April letter reveals the mysterious details of a conspiracy allegedly hatched by some governm...

Wary MEA moves quick to cut graft

According to official sources, the ministry is still in the process of working out the guidelines to choose the new monitors, which are expected to be...

Touts lead Bangla migrants on futile trek

In the last five years, 67 such Bangladeshis have been arrested by the Border Security Force from Punjab while trying to cross over to Pakistan.

Theft case filed for missing Mughal-era dagger

The ivory-hilt dagger has gone missing from the high-security Red Fort Museum.

The ivory-hilt dagger has been missing from the museum since December 2012, but ASI filed a complaint with the police only now.

Bills fall victim to rocky Centre-state relationship

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. PTI file photo

The face-off between the Congress-led UPA and a belligerent Opposition has stalled the passage of over 200 bills in Parliament.

Shepherd CM’s balm for graft scars

Siddaramaiah’s first task would be to undo damage of five years of misrule.

Chiru adds to Kiran woes, eyes CM’s chair

Megastar and Union Minister of State for Tourism K Chiranjeevi and Chief Minister Kiran Reddy.

Tension between Chief Minister Kiran Reddy and megastar and Union Minister of State for Tourism K Chiranjeevi, who is being projected by his camp as t...

Bengal Chit Fund fraud leaves a trail of deceit and death

Mrinal Kanti Mondal, 42, of North 24 Parganas district couldn’t tolerate the constant heckling of friends-turned-foes. He committed suicide leaving behind a distraught wife, two young daughters (left) and a debt of over Rs 7.5 lakh.

Causing much discomfort to Mamata and the TMC, Sudipta has already accused influential party leaders such as Kunal Ghosh and Srinjoy Bose.

Treats at Italia tempt, tease and tantalise

This summer, paying tribute to this strong, long-standing and continuing relationship, Italia launches its new summer menu showcasing some of the best...

Make the most on Mother’s Day

Mother’s Day Sunday brunch at Shiro, Hotel Samrat, Chanakyapuri, offers a sumptuous buffet to honour Mother’s Day.

Painting her soulful story

Tarab Khan latest exhibition titled, Whimsical-2, is about dreamlike paintings with a childlike curiosity and an innate connection to the universe aro...

Saying salaam to Mira Nair’s latest movie

AD and Sabina Singh with Tarun and Geetan Tejpal.

Mira Nair’s eagerly awaited film The Reluctant Fundamentalist released on May 10. The movie is an engaging story of a young man chasing corporate succ...

Courting protection against brands

Indians have finally discovered the power of the Consumer Protection Law.

As of March 2013, a total of 39,22,435 cases have been filed at the National Commission, State Commissions and District Forums.

IPL’s six appeal and fore players

Michael Hussey, the 37-year-old enforcer of Chennai Super Kings, cleared the ropes 15 times in his pursuit to prove that he is a connoisseur when it c...

PMO’s peace disease paralyses foreign policy

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (File/PTI)

After the Chinese occupation of parts of Depsang valley on 15 April followed by Sarabjit Singh’s murder in Pakistan, questions are being raised on who...

'Without the involvement of jail authorities, Sarabjit could not have been attacked'

"Sarabjit could not have been overpowered by just two people. There had to be more… He was a tall, stout person and a former wrestler,” said retired J...

Sikh fire can singe Congress

Sikhs in Delhi protesting against Sajjan Kumar’s acquittal

The acquittal of 1984 Sikh riots-accused Sajjan Kumar, the government’s failure to secure the release of Sarabjit Singh and the upholding of the deat...

Panchayati Raj is not PM’s business

Manmohan Singh apparently declined the invitation to release the report written by a team headed by former Panchayati Raj Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar.

BJP cashing in on Sikh anger against Congress

Manjeet Singh (right) with Sukhbir Singh Badal

Despite the last minute attempts of UPA to mollify Sikh sentiments on Sarabjit’s murder, its political implications in Punjab found reverberations in ...