The Karnataka assembly elections is not just a hard fought battle, but a unique one as well. There are many firsts in this election and one among them is the introduction of the M3 EVMs. While there are firsts there also could be a last and that is the practise of contesting from two seats. If the Supreme Court accepts the Election Commission’s recommendation then the practise of a two […]

Devotees are all set to start their pilgrimage to the famous shrine in Garhwal Himalayas. The portals of Kedarnath are all thrown open for the devotees with several new features after six months of winter break. These features include a daily laser show on Lord Shiva for more cherishable experiences. Thousands of devotees braved early morning chill to flock to Kedarnath as portals of the Himalayan shrine were thrown open […]

In the build-up to the film’s release, the makers have release the first teaser of the John Abraham-starrer and it seems like a thriller. After a legal fight between the co-producers, finally everyone has agreed on a release date for Parmanu-The Story Of Pokhran. After failing two release dates, the film will now hit the screens on May 25, 2018. The film, directed by Abhishek Sharma, also features Diana Penty […]

A popular philosophy says, ‘Love yourself. Believe in yourself.’ You can only believe  things that you do not know. ‘Know thyself.’ That’s good. ‘Believe in yourself?’ The idea itself is crazy! Why can’t you just say, ‘I cannot perceive.’ ‘I believe in myself, I love myself,’ this is a sure way to mess yourself up. You will create a loony breed. For love, you need a subject and an object. […]

Self-styled godman Asaram has been pronounced guilty in the 5-year-old rape case of a 16-year-old girl by a Jodhpur court. Along with Asaram, 3 other accused in the case have also been convicted while 2 are acquitted by the court in the 2013 rape case. The state administration in the wake of the judgment in the Asaram rape case had turned the district into a fortress taking all security precautions […]

As the Budget session of Parliament was ending on April 6, several Opposition parties had second thoughts on moving an impeachment notice against Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra. The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam’s Rajya Sabha members withdrew their signatures on the draft impeachment notice. It meant the page with the signatures of the DMK MPs had to be removed, and other MPs who had signatures on that page had to […]

With its shares hitting a record high and its quarterly earnings recording a better-than-expected rise on Friday, India’s IT bellwether TCS is set to become India’s first listed company to enjoy a market capitalization (m-cap) of $100 billion. The significance of this achievement can be seen from the fact that this is roughly 2.5 times larger than TCS’s nearest competitor, Infosys, whose market value currently stands at $38 billion! The […]

Karnataka Energy Minister and Congress leader, DK Shivakumar filed his affidavit from the Kanakapura constituency in Ramanagara district on Thursday. While the minister declared that he is an educationist and social worker by profession, and that his wife is a housewife and a landlady, the two of them combined have declared assets worth Rs 730 crore. While Shivakumar declared that he had Rs 618 crore worth assets, his wife, Usha, […]

Iranian filmmaker Majid Majidi’s cinema is spicy curry for the soul. It doesn’t soothe, but it gets you agitated. You want to reach out and touch the lives of his lead characters, offering them succour. Shot at realistic locations like the Mahim chawls, Sewri jetty and Bandra-Worli Sea Link, the movie introduces us to the lives of the downtrodden and the maximum city’s dark underbelly; a place you know exists, […]

Reed pens, ink bottles, stacks of papers — these are the first things you notice when you step into the computer-less office of The Musalman. Aged a venerable 91, what is possibly the world’s only handwritten newspaper (and the only one without a computer) shows no signs of signing off. In its office in Chennai, a dark green visiting card bears the newspaper’s name and that of its editor, Sayed […]