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Essar Oil must pay before it gets relief: SC

Essar Oil must pay before it gets relief: SC

18 July 2012 7:24 AM IST
The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, told Essar Oil Ltd that once it pays the first instalment of Rs 1,000 crore to the Gujarat government as the sales tax...
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Ruias get no relief in Rs 6,300 cr case

Ruias get no relief in Rs 6,300 cr case

28 Jun 2012 5:26 PM IST
Essar Oil Ltd has failed to get any respite from the Gujarat high court on the payment of sales tax of about Rs 6,300 crore rupees. The court did not...
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Essar Hypermart eyes 1 mn tonnes sales

Essar Hypermart eyes 1 mn tonnes sales

19 May 2012 11:51 AM IST
Essar Hypermart, the retail initiative of Essar Steel, on Friday said it is aiming to sell one million tonnes of steel in the current financial year...
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Essar Shipping records profit at Rs 54.98 crore

Essar Shipping records profit at Rs 54.98 crore

18 May 2012 9:43 AM IST
Essar Shipping Limited on Thursday announced fourth quarter net profit for the period ended 31 March 2012 at Rs 54.98 crore, as compared with a loss...
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Musicians of Mayhem
"Escaped : True Stories of Indian Fugitives in London" | Musicians of Mayhem

Author: Danish Khan and Ruhi Khan

Publisher: Penguin

Price: 399

The rift between Nadeem and Gulshan was no secret. The cassette king and the reigning musical czars...

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Path-breaking decisions
"The Presidential Years: 2012-2017" | Path-breaking decisions

Author: Pranab Mukherjee

Publisher: Rupa Publications

Price: 695

The internal process of decision-making varies from government to government, and PM Modi has...

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Politics of citizenship
"ON CITIZENSHIP" | Politics of citizenship

Author: N Ram, Romila Thapar, Gautam Bhatia and Gautam Patel

Publisher: Aleph Book Company

Price: 499

India might have awakened to ‘life and freedom’ at the stroke of the midnight hour separating 14...

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A Culinary Smorgasbord
"Vegetarian Cuisine from the Himalayan Foothills" | A Culinary Smorgasbord

Author: Veena Sharma

Publisher: Niyogi Books

Price: 750

It is not for nothing that the Garhwal region of the Himalayas is referred to as deva bhumi, the...

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Indira & Judiciary
"IN PURSUIT OF JUSTICE: An Autobiography" | Indira & Judiciary

Author: Justice Rajindar Sachar

Publisher: Rupa Publication

Price: 595

My father used to say that nothing should come in the way of performing one’s duty, and he had lived...

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Is dissent necessary?
"Voices of Dissent" | Is dissent necessary?

Author: Romila Thapar

Publisher: Seagull Books

Price: 499

Dissent is, in essence, the disagreement that a person or persons may have with others, or, more...

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All men of good will?
"Animosity at Bay" | All men of good will?

Author: Pallavi Raghwan

Publisher: Harper Collins

Price: 699

The No War Pact correspondence between Jawaharlal Nehru and Liaquat Ali Khan is interesting for...

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In between lines
"Off the Shelf" | In between lines

Author: Sridhar Balan

Publisher: Speaking Tiger

Price: 350

Off the Shelf is a book about books. And that is great. A real proof of how far humanity has come as...

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A cutting-edge approach
"Bridgital Nation: Solving Technology's People Problem" | A cutting-edge approach

Author: N Chandrasekaran and Roopa Purushothaman.

Publisher: Penguin

Price: 799

Of late, we are witnessing a publishing trend of sorts. There is a steady number of...

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Public faith in bureaucracy
"Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Bureaucracy But Were Afraid To Ask" | Public faith in bureaucracy

Author: T.R. Raghunandan

Publisher: Penguin

Price: 399

The manner in which the recent political drama in Maharashtra unfolded may have had high...

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Out of the darkness
"The Barefoot Surgeon" | Out of the darkness

Author: Ali Gripper

Publisher: Penguin

Price: 399

The thing about reviewing biographies is deciding how to evaluate the writer’s own writing. Do you...

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The power of policy
"Challenges of Governance" | The power of policy

Author: B K Chaturvedi

Publisher: Rupa

Price: 595

A 1966 UP cadre IAS officer, B K Chaturvedi traversed a rather arduous journey from the hinterlands...

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Routine cop drama

"Spenser Confidential" | Routine cop drama

Director: Peter Berg

Star Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Winston Duke, Alan Arkin, Iliza Shlesinger

There are films that sink under the urge to be too ‘cool' with narrative structure, and Spenser...

‘Posham Pa’ doesn’t tempt us to invest in its scummy characters

"Posham Pa" | ‘Posham Pa’ doesn’t tempt us to invest in its scummy characters

Director: Suman Mukhopadhyay

Star Cast: Mahie Gill, Sayani Gupta, Ragini Khanna

It is heartbreaking to see how much Sayani Gupta and Mahie Gill have invested into their characters...

A laugh riot with underlying message

"Luka Chhupi" | A laugh riot with underlying message

Director: Laxman Utekar

Star Cast: Kartik Aaryan; Kriti Sanon; Aparshakti Khurana; Pankaj Tripathi; Vinay Shukla

Set in a small town of India – Mathura, Laxman Utekar’s directorial Luka Chhupi envelopes a lot of...

Nuanced performances elevate this narrative

"The Wife" | Nuanced performances elevate this narrative

Director: Bjorn Runge

Star Cast: Glenn Close, Jonathan Pryce, Christian Slater, Max Irons, Harry Lloyd, Annie Starke, Alix Wilton Regan, Elizabeth McGovern

Swedish director Bjorn Runge’s The Wife, written by Jane Anderson from Meg Wolitzer’s novel of the...

Performances outshine the narrative

"Zero" | Performances outshine the narrative

Director: Anand L Rai

Star Cast: Shahrukh Khan, Anushka Sharma, Tigmanshu Dhulia, Mohammed Zeeshan Ayub, Abhay Deol, Sheeba Chaddha, Bijendra Kala

Here is the sad and frustrating irony of Zero: Told in the safest (read predictable), most...

A quirk-tale of mirth and scares

"“Stree”" | A quirk-tale of mirth and scares

Director: Amar Kaushik

Star Cast: Rajkummar Rao, Shraddha Kapoor, Pankaj Tripathi, Aparshakti Khurrana

A new language in the horror genre burgeons as we watch this quirky cocktail of strange eerie...

A heart-warming tale, brilliantly portrayed

"“Sanju”" | A heart-warming tale, brilliantly portrayed

Director: Raj Kumar Hirani

Star Cast: Ranbir Kapoor, Vicky Kaushal, Paresh Rawal, Dia Mirza, Manisha Koirala, Anushka Sharma, Sonam Kapoor, Boman Irani, Anjan Shrivastav.

Actor Sanjay Dutt’s life may have been an open book, yet Director Raj Kumar Hirani’s Sanju gives you...

Disappoints at all levels

"Raabta" | Disappoints at all levels

Director: Dinesh Vijan

Star Cast: Sushant Singh Rajput; Kriti Sanon; Jim Sarbh; Varun Sharma .

If you love a protracted plot, clichéd dialogues and unnecessary acting, Raabta is the movie for...

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