Irish rally for government action after Savita's death
At least 5,000 people marched to the offices of Ireland's socially conservative prime minister on Saturday to call for clearer guidelines on abortion following the death of a woman denied a termination.
View ArticleBook review: Erwin Schrödinger And The Quantum Revolution
After reading John Gribbins book on Nobel laureate physicis Erwin Schrödinger, CK Raju feels modern science could do with a little help from ancient Buddhism
View ArticleShiv Sena chief inspired a generation of cartoonists
Phadnis fondly remembers Thackeray felicitating him in 2000 on completing 75 years of life amidst high security .
View ArticleB-Town to end year with a bang
With three more biggies set to release in the days ahead, trade predicts a bumper last quarter at the BO.
View ArticleIndia put an old spin on England's usual script
A failure to deal with spin on the subcontinent will yet again see the tourists sink to an opening defeat.
View ArticleSushilkumar Shinde unable to attend Bal Thackeray's funeral
Maharashtra Industries Minister Narayan Rane, a former Shiv Sainik, also wont be able to attend as he is abroad.
View ArticleIm not out to prove anything: Tabu
The actress talks about her choice of tagda and hatke roles in both Hollywood and Bollywood; also reveals why she prefers to maintain a low-profile.
View ArticleIsrael, Gaza fighting rages on as Egypt seeks truce
Israeli warplanes struck Gaza militants for a fifth straight day on Sunday and its military prepared for a possible ground invasion, though Egypt saw 'some indications' of a truce ahead.
View ArticleEngland vs India: It does not come worse than that
First-innings runs are key in India so the pressure on England's batsmen will be huge for rest of the tour.
View ArticleForeign soap desi lather
International fiction TV shows are being adapted for Indian television. DNA explores the trend.
View ArticleSena chief once made an auto driver very happy
It was in the early days of the Shiv Sena when Bal Thackery was visiting Pune with his wife Meenatai.
View ArticleSharad Pawar, Shiv Sena chief were political rivals but friends
While Thackeray enjoyed a stronghold in Mumbai, the rest of Maharashtra was Pawars fiefdom.
View ArticleBal Thackeray: A four-decade-long journey finally ends
At 40, Bal Keshav Thackeray set out with a missionary zeal to fight for the rights of the sons of the soil in Mumbai.
View ArticleA leader like saheb will never be born in India
Nare, who was stationed at Matoshree during Thackerays final days, said he was lucky to have been in the vicinity when the Sena supremo breathed his last.
View ArticleHow a liberal-minded Thackeray moved over to hardline Hindutva
Thackerays father, Prabhodhankar Keshav Sitaram Thackeray, was a social reformer.
View ArticleBal Thackeray magic kept saffron alliance intact
The Shiv Sena and Bharatiya Janata Partys (BJP) alliance, which has survived over 20 years despite differences, has often been equated to a marriage of convenience BJP as a nagging wife, Sena a...
View ArticleFour of a family killed in Kokrajhar
Unidentified gunmen shot dead four members of a family in Assams restive Kokrajhar district under Bodoland Territorial Autonomous Districts (BTAD) even as the police arrested an executive member of...
View ArticleEC seeks probe against Rahul Gandhi
The Election Commission (EC) has asked the chief electoral officer (CEO) of Uttar Pradesh (UP) to probe the complaint filed against the Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi for filing a false...
View ArticleJ&K: 1 dead, 5 injured in attack
Suspected militants lobbed a powerful grenade near a liquor shop in Narwal area in Jammu outskirts, leaving one person dead and five others injured on Saturday evening.
View ArticleRushad Ranas came
Rana, best remembered for his shows like Hip Hip Hurray, India Calling and Woh Rehnewali Mehlon Ki, is all set to make an entry in Amrit Manthan.
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