Idea  

The rag-tag alliance of opposition parties, referred to as the mahagathbandhan by some, has no idea how the people of coastal states — Mamata Banerjee’s Bengal, Naveen Patnaik’s Odisha, N Chandrababu Naidu’s Andhra Pradesh and Pinarayi Vijayan’s Kerala — are turning around against these self-serving leaders in favour of Narendra Modi

The proceeds from this auction will be used for Namame Gange, a government programme that was launched with the idea to clean the Ganga. The auction is being organised through digital medium to maintain transparency

Booker Prize winner Yann Martel spoke of how he came up with the idea of his novel he published in 2001 and which fetched him the Booker Prize the next year, how he chose the characters and how he did research among other things. 

While former Union ministers such as Kotla Suryaprakash Reddy, Killi Kruparani, Panabaka Lakshmi, etc, of the Congress are in favour of sailing with the TDP in Andhra Pradesh, the second-rung leadership opposes the idea

 

The displays at Loyola College, Chennai were vulgar because the intention was not to illuminate but to hurt. It was cheap and crude because the idea was to provoke puerile polemics and not trigger lofty debates.

The ODI format may give Vijay Shankar more time to settle down, but after his Nidahas final flop show, à la Yuvraj Singh's meltdown in the 2014 World T20 final, it would have been ideal if he was tested in the home series against West Indies

The silver lamps were kept inside the luggage box of the Airavat bus. But when asked, both the driver and conductor said that they had no idea about the owner. Both have been suspended from work

 

Bruce Willis said he had immediately agreed to the director M Night Shyamalan's idea for a sequel to his 2000 feature Unbreakable. The 63-year-old actor reunites with the director in Glass.

Karthik said he had first run the idea past Rajinikanth four years ago, but things did not materialise as the actor was busy with other projects.

The bi-weekly pollution action plan, which is being formulated by scientists from IIT-Delhi, is expected to come up with pre-emptive measures. It will give an idea about which place will record a higher level of pollution.

One of the biggest reasons why Australia can face another debacle is the presence of the experienced former Indian skipper, Mahendra Singh Dhoni. With his lightning fast work behind the stumps, Dhoni is irreplaceable as the team’s wicketkeeper. Not only that, he also brings a lot more to the table by offering ideas to the bowlers, discussing field placements with Virat Kohli

To invest in the defence manufacturing corridors of Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, the offsets policy offers significant incentives for investment 

Recently PM Narendra Modi in Mumbai said that he was happy to see the works of RK Laxman be brought into the digital world. He was really happy to see RK Laxman's family and Vishesh Bhatt taking this idea forward.