Category Archives: News
VOTE: Who’s the hottest September cover girl?
The desi dolls are back to woo us and how. Starring on the covers of top fashion magazines, they look stunning in their vibrant and bold looks, sharp features and unshrinking energy and attitude. Take a look and VOTE for the one who impresses you the most. IMAGE: Red H-A-W-T! Nimrat Kaur blows our mind in this simple, sexy bridal Read More
Paralympics: Racing driver Zanardi wins gold, 15 years after losing legs
Former Formula One driver Alessandro Zanardi won his third Paralympic gold medal on Wednesday, a day before the 15th anniversary of the Champ Car crash that cost the Italian both legs and nearly his life. The 49-year-old won the 20km H5 hand-cycling road time trial in Rio de Janeiro to add to the two golds he won on his Paralympics Read More
Ad lines blur as political leaders turn quasi brand ambassadors
Newspaper readers were in for a complete surprise earlier this month when the face of the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi stared at them via front-page ads for Jio, Reliance Industries’ telecom service. For an audience otherwise used to the PM appearing in ads for his party or when his government has an initiative to launch or message to Read More
LIVE! You are 28,793 in line! Coldplay tickets selling like hotcakes in Mumbai
13:19 IAF has sent communication to kin of the missing personnel saying that the Court of Inquiry has recommended presumption of death, TV reports say. 13:10 Fire breaks out at Hiranandani Tower in Kandivali, Mumbai. More details awaited. 13:08 Second-hand car may be used for terror act in Pune: Cops: DNA reports: The Pune police have issued an order stating that there is Read More
Modi is prepared to stake his personal reputation when national interests so dictate
‘The book has immense value because it reveals the inner workings of the think-tank which appears to provide facts and insights to Modi, though he himself takes the final decisions and articulates them in his characteristic rhetorical style,’ says Ambassador T P Sreenivasan. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi with US President Barack Obama at their eighth meeting, this time in Read More
Mulayam’s cousin backs Akhilesh, says SP leadership erred
Amid the raging feud in Mulayam Singh Yadav’s family, Samajwadi Party leader Ramgopal Yadav on Thursday said the leadership had committed a “mistake” by removing Akhilesh Yadav as party’s UP president and that “differences” had arisen due to some “misunderstanding”. Ramgopal, SP national general secretary and Mulayam’s cousin, met Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav in Lucknow in a bid Read More
Violence mars Bengaluru’s business-friendly image
On Tuesday, Toyota Kirloskar, Karnataka’s largest investor in the auto sector, was to showcase to the world “the new Etios” – the sedan designed and built for India. But, it could not do a public bash due to the fallout of the violence a day before, which saw 200 vehicles get damaged and one person die in police firing. Toyota’s Read More
Regional languages to be mandatory in mobiles
As the government pushes to provide governance through mobile phones, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has mandated smartphone manufacturers to ensure all devices support Hindi and at least one local language. Already, there have been two rounds of discussions on the matter between the ministry and handset makers. One more round of discussion is planned soon as Read More
Ola founders backed Tork to launch India’s first electric motorcycle by next year
Right from his days in college, Kapil Shelke dreamt of building the world’s fastest electric motorcycle. Armed with a rudimentary knowledge of electric motors, circuits and batteries from tinkering with remote control cars as a child, he set out to achieve this dream. Today, Shelke has his eyes set on a different prize – building an electric motorcycle that Indians would love Read More
Ramdev to launch special ‘swadeshi jeans’ for women
According to a report published in The Economic Times, on Monday, Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali is now keen to launch swadeshi jeans, which will be ‘Indianised in style, design and fabric’. Acharya Balakrishna, CEO of Patanjali products, told ET, Patanjali jeans for women will be loose so that they comply by Indian cultural norms and also comfortable to wear. Ramdev at Read More