Shahid Kapoor and wife Mira Rajput left with their newborn daughter for home on Sunday. Mira, who gave birth to a baby girl on Friday, was discharged from hospital in suburban Khar (Mumbai). Both mother and daughter are in good health and dad Shahid can’t be more hands-on! With a posse of media watching, Mira was seen walking ahead while Read More

LODGED IN a prison cell since 2008, Rakesh Dhawade, an accused in the Malegaon 2008 blast case, has been writing books. At last count, the number is 210, running into over 17,000 pages in all. He has completed 11 books so far. Each book is connected to his previous work on traditional arms and armoury. Incidentally, it is this passion Read More

One of the main complaints against the draft Maharashtra Protection of Internal Security Act (MAPISA) — termed “draconian” and a potential harbinger of “police raj” — is the absence of representation of the political opposition in the State Internal Security Committee, the apex body in charge of monitoring the implementation of the law. It has now emerged that an earlier Read More

BJP MP and Dalit leader Udit Raj raised a few eyebrows today with a tweet which suggested that Jamaican athlete and Olympics Triple Gold winner Usain Bolt went on to win nine Olympic gold medals despite being born in poverty after his trainer advised him to eat beef twice a day. “Usain Bolt of Jamaica was poor and trainer advised Read More

To coordinate next year’s Golden Jubilee celebrations of the induction of the first submarine in the Navy, more than 100 retired officers of the submarine branch started a WhatsApp group last month. This group, which includes three-star officers who have spent decades with submarines, went abuzz at midnight last Tuesday after The Australian newspaper reported that 22,400 pages of documents Read More

Union Tourism Minister Mahesh Sharma on Sunday advised tourists not to wear skirts and refrain from going out alone at night in small towns. Responding to questions from the media about the safety of tourists in Agra during a press conference, Sharma said here, “…Paryatako ko, jab wo airport par aate hain, unko ek welcome kit di jaa rahi hai. Ek Read More

Ajay Bindal, the owner of The Nightclub (RSVP) at Connaught Place in New Delhi, has come out in support of Bobby Deol after reports that patrons asked for their money back after a DJ session by the actor. “No one has asked for their money back,” Bindal clarified to indianexpress.com, adding that they did not charge for the Bobby Deol Read More

Home Minister Rajnath Singh is likely to lead the all-party delegation which will visit Jammu and Kashmir on September 3 even as the state continues to be on edge. As unrest in the Kashmir Valley continued for the 51st consecutive day on Sunday, the Home Minister reviewed the situation with top BJP and government functionaries. Singh went into a huddle Read More

Over-enthusiasm by a youth to show his admiration for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, dashed his hopes of joining the Army. The class X pass youth, Sourabh Bilgaiyan (22), of Jeron village in the district, wanted to serve as a soldier in the armed forces. However, a tattoo on his chest reading: “Jab Read More

If one sat down to curate the number of amazing stories that come out from interacting with autowallahs in India (and quite possibly, drivers the world over), then not only will the book be sizeable, but it would be a delight to read – a testimony to how wonderful people are if only we were observant enough, or conscious enough. Read More