President honours surgical strikes heroes with Shaurya Chakras

IMAGE: President Pranab Mukherjee presens Shaurya Chakra to Major Rajat Chandra during the Defence Investiture Ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi. Maj Chandra was tasked to undertake......

Metastasis of Al-qaeda? Pan-African terrorism

In a televised broadcast on December 31,2011, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency in parts of the country following anti-Christian violence by a jihadi group called......

Bomb explosion kills 30 in Nigeria

At least 30 people have been killed when a bomb went off at a market near a military barracksin Abujaon New Year's Eve, the state-run TV channel said on Satuday. The Nigerian Television Authority......

Crackdown continues; 7 SIMI activists held in MP

Continuingthe crackdown against the banned Students Islamic Movement of India, seven activists of the outfit were arrested by the Madhya Pradesh police in the last two days. Five activists of the......

TV Review: Anil Kapoor and Sikandar Kher turn up the heat in 24

Jack Bauer would approve, says Raja Sen. The first two episodes -- or the first two hours -- of the second season of the Indian adaptation of 24 make for mostly tight and compelling television,......

Anil Kapoor: Easy money is not meant for me

The trailer launch of Anil Kapoor’s new television series 24 was a family affair, as his daughters, Sonam and Rhea, and wife Sunita turned up as well. Anil Kapoor will take over as Jack......

Shuttler Kashyap in final of Open Volant d'Or

Ace Indian shuttler P Kashyap reached the final of the Open Volant d'Or after beating Pablo Abian of Spain in a gruelling last-four encounter in Toulouse, France. Third-seed Kashyap beat Pablo......

Saina goes down in qualifiers

Indian teenager Saina Nehwal failed to weave her Philippines Open magic and bowed out of the Indonesia Open badminton championshipsin Surabaya, Indonesiaafter losing in the qualifying rounds of the......