During the 2005 deluge, rickshaw drivers in Mumbai charged five times the fare to take people home. It was their moment to ‘seize the opportunity’. There was a time when sharing a rickshaw or taking the bus made economic sense. It’s unfair to generalise, but the poor attitude of rickshaw and taxi drivers is a major reason why Ola and Uber Read More

The Skoda Superb is a battle hardened old war-horse in the D2 sedan segment, which is currently under lot of pressure from entry-level luxury cars by the German trio and the general preference for big SUVs like the Toyota Fortuner. Here is a complete review of the Czech behemoth to see whether the latest car can still win the hearts Read More

According to data released by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Indore, Jabalpur, and Raipur are among India’s most accident-prone cities. The map, above, shows us the number of road accidents per one lakh people, represented by the size of the circle and its severity (deaths per 100 road accidents). The severity of the accident is represented by the Read More

A R Murgadoss, the south-based director behind hit films like Ghajini and Holiday: A Solider Is Never Off Duty, returns with his third Hindi outing. Once again, it is an action flick. This time, however, it stars a female protagonist. Titled Akira, the film is a remake of the Tamil sleeper hit, Mouna Guru, and stars Sonakshi Sinha and Anurag Kashyap. Read More

On Friday morning, readers of several news dailies woke up to a full front page advertisement with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, dressed in a blue jacket, staring at them from under the words “Jio: Digital Life”. On Thursday, Reliance launched its 4G plan — Reliance Jio — and dedicated it to prime minister’s Digital India Campaign. “Our Prime Minister Narendra Read More

The employees of an ayurveda company in Amritsar recently came to office to find themselves locked out of their computers. Try as they might, they were unable to log in. Their usernames and passwords had been rendered null and void. When the company’s IT team investigated, it found that the main server had been hacked and locked. Through a cryptic Read More

Director Agnidev Chatterjee’s Dark Chocolate — the first film inspired from the high-profile Sheena Bora murder case — is hardly an eye-opener. There is nothing in the film that you don’t know already. Recently, Meghna Gulzar dealt with the subject of the Aarushi-Hemraj murder case in her film Talvar so sensitively and meticulously that it compelled me to rethink about the case. It fed me Read More

Leander Paes and his German partner Andre Begemann were knocked out in the first round of men’s doubles at the US Open after losing to the Stephane Robert-Dudi Sela 6-2 5-7 4-6 on Saturday. Despite starting on a positive note after taking the first set 6-2, Paes and Begemann lost the next set by a narrow margin (5-7). In the Read More

While the announcements made by Reliance Industries (RIL) chairman Mukesh Ambani at the annual general meeting (AGM) about the Jio project would be a game-changer for the telecom industry and consumers, it also means the break-even date would get pushed further ahead, believe analysts. For the telecom sector, the announcement has led to India Ratings revising its sector outlook to Read More

London Olympics bronze medallist Yogeshwar Dutt has reacted sharply to reports that he could be the beneficiary of positive dope tests returned by the wrestlers who won gold and silver in the 60kg category at the 2012 Games, saying Coleman Scott of the United States, who also ended up with a bronze, should get the gold medal because he lost Read More