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Builder behind the scenes: Meet Punit Goenka, MD & CEO, Zee Entertainment

Goenka has never discussed how he feels about losing the company that he spent so much time building. Or about needing outside approval to run a company that was one-fifth owned by him and his family

New CM Bhupendra Patel has a double advantage as he leads Gujarat

Bhupendra Patel, however, has a double advantage which should act as a protective cover around him

Why Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel sent his father to judicial custody

The Congress govt is embroiled in a whole lot of controversies that enable the high command to continue acting as arbiter. Putting his father in jail is Baghel's response to these complex power games

Newsmakers: Meet BillDesk founders MN Srinivasu, A Kaushal & K Ganapathy

In a span of a day M N Srinivasu (Vasu), Ajay Kaushal and Karthik Ganapathy have become the latest demi-gods of Indian entrepreneurial story

Beyond the bottom line: The journey of newsmaker Deepinder Goyal

In FY21, the founder & CEO of Zomato took a steep pay cut from an annual Rs 3.5 crore to Rs 1.6 crore and waived his salary for 36 months starting April 1, 2021

Strategic retreater: Amarinder Singh's threat to resign is deeply political

In this political game, the actual content of the farm laws is not important

Mahua Moitra's long journey from JPMorgan to Trinamool Congress

Moitra, who graduated in economics and maths from Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts, US, turned heads when she quit her job as vice president at JPMorgan and took a plunge into active politics

Newsmaker: Newly appointed PM Mahinda Rajapaksa tightens grip on Sri Lanka

Newly appointed Sri Lankan PM Mahinda Rajapaksa had earlier argured that being in debt was bad only when one didn't have the capacity to repay it

Raman Singh vs Karuna Shukla: Atal proteges lock horns in Rajnandgaon

Shukla, niece of Atal Bihari Vajpayee, is contesting against Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh from Rajnandgaon

General Bipin Rawat's remark on AIUDF causes furore and not without reason

Chiefs of Army Staff in India have not been tactful about politicians. But they have stayed clear of politics

Newsmaker: J S Deepak, tuning out of telecom

In the summer of 2010, he soon came to be known as the spectrum auction man

Newsmaker: Ups and downs of Sanjay Nirupam's political journey

Nirupam was seen as a choice to counter Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray

Meet Shurhozelie Liezietsu: Nagaland to get an intellectual as CM

Shurhozelie Liezietsu is on his way to taking over from T R Zeliang as Nagaland CM

Newsmaker: Letting his music speak for himself

Sandeep Das through his distinct individual style, is creating a following for traditional Indian music in the West even as it dies a slow death in its country of origin

Newsmaker: Alok Verma, who has a challenging stint for CBI chief

A 1979-batch Indian Police Service officer of the AGMUT, Verma will have a fixed two-year tenure

Cut the losses, crunch numbers: Kalyan Krishnamurthy's job as Flipkart CEO

The number cruncher Flipkart is counting on

Newsmaker: General Bipin Rawat

The rise of an infantryman

Newsmaker: Kiren Rijiju

BJP's man in Arunachal Pradesh

Manoj Tiwari: BJP's new Delhi experiment

Now the chief of a state unit of the BJP, Tiwari was a candidate of rival Samajwadi Party in 2009

An 'outsider' who is an insider

Bali Padda, new chief executive of Lego