'Securing release of ex navy men will be tough'

'Instead of shouting at cricket matches, why don't we raise our voices for the release of the Indian Navy veterans in Qatar?' IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra D Modi meets with Qatar's Emir Tamim......

How The BJP Has Changed Under Modi-Shah

The BJP at 43 is a work in progress, with total ideological continuity and much substantive change in political method and style, observes Shekhar Gupta. IMAGE: Bharatiya Janata Party Supremo......

When Narasimha Rao Agreed To A JPC

There is, between Rao's tenure as PM and the current Modi regime, a powerful resonance of how transition can be managed.Rao's tenure saw many scams -- one where he was supposedly approached by......

'BJP is nearing its expiry date'

'BJP loses a democratic election, then buys MLAs from the ruling party's flock, and rides to power in these states.''Do you think Atalji would have tolerated this?''The BJP for its greed for power......

COLUMN: Some light at the end of the 2012 tunnel?

Whichever way you look at it, from a global perspective 2012 has not been a good year, writes Claude Smadja. The euro zone has been sinking deeper in the last 12 months.The debt-to-GDP ratio......

Omar lauds Ratan Tata's initiative in J&K

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday welcomed the announcement of Tata group chairman Ratan Tata of campus recruitment and fostering entrepreneurship skills among the youth of......

Affordable housing: The new realty mantra

With the market for high-priced houses crashing, real estate developers are seeking a fortune in affordable housing and devising ways to keep the costs down. You could call it the Nano effect.......

India, a powerhouse: ASEAN

Kicking off the 4th India-ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday, Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi said that 'India is one of ASEAN's most active partners.'The Association of South East......

Prakash Raj blessed with baby boy

The latest updates from Bollywood. Singham actor Prakash Raj and his choreographer wife Pony Verma have been blessed with a baby boy. The 50-year-old actor took to Twitter to share the......

Bollywood baddie Bob Christo dead

Veteran Bollywood actor Bob Christo, who essayed the role of a villain in films of the eighties and nineties, passed away here on Sunday afternoon. He was 70.His business partner and family friend,......

Things are not looking good for Aisha at BO

Though beautifully shot and packaged, Sonam Kapoor's Aisha has not been able to make a mark at the box office. Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai, however is still going great guns. Trade analyst Vinod......

It's a meetha box office for Akshay Kumar

Akshay Kumar's goofy role in last week's release Khatta Meetha was lapped up by the audience as the movie recorded excellent collections in it's opening week. Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us......

IPL: Kashmir hails Manzoor Dar entry; Rasool, Nazir miss out

IMAGE: Jammu and Kashmir's Manzoor Dar Jammu and Kashmir's best cricketer Parvez Rasool and medium pacer Umar Nazir went unsold but hard-hitting batsman Manzoor Dar also known as Pandav bagged his......

These athletes get a hero's welcome at home...

Singaporeans cheer return of golden boy Schooling IMAGE: Singaporean swimmer Joseph Schooling, left, poses for a photo with his parents, Colin Schooling and May Schooling during a welcome home......

Srininivasan should step down: Scindia

Senior BCCI functionary Jyotiraditya Scindia has called for N Srinivasan's resgination as President in the wake of the arrest of his son-in-law on charges of betting, saying he......

I am to blame for treatment delay: Yuvraj

Cricketer Yuvraj Singh, who is currently undergoing chemotherapy for germ cell cancer in the United States, said nobody but he himself was to blame for the delay in his treatment and insisted he......

Modi guilty of major irregularities: Abdullah

The noose tightened further around Lalit Modi on Friday with the Indian Premier League Governing Council member Farooq Abdullah saying that the suspended commissioner of the Twenty20 league......