My Agenda for Modi's New India

'I hope Prime Minister Modi will take the population bull by the horns,' says Sudhir Bisht. The Bharatiya Janata Party has won the Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand assembly elections very......

Jaipur Literature Festival kicks off at Diggi Palace

Soulful strains of classical music wafted through the chilly air as the ninth edition of the Zee Jaipur Literature Festival kicked off in Jaipur on Thursday at its usual venue, the sun-kissed Diggi......

Mumbai IAF hero's final journey

After a solemn, calming funeral service, Wing Commander Darryl Castelino, who perished in a rescue mission in Uttarakhand last week, was laid to rest in Mumbai. Abhishek Mande reports Home they......

Why are our airports in such a mess?

Domestic airports across the country are bursting at the seams. And new ones are stuck. Surajeet Das Gupta takes stock. A milestone is seen outside the Jaisalmer Airport in Rajasthan in August......

The price we pay for swanky airports in India!

Private airports are much better but because of poor regulation, the tariffs have shot up, notes Anjuli Bhargava.  Image: Private airports are much better but tariffs have shot......

Ghost airports haunt Modi's infrastructure dreams

Image: The exterior view of arrival lounges is seen at the Jaisalmer Airport in desert state of Rajasthan. Photograph: Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters Across India, more than half of the 100-odd......

Twinkle wants to get out!

Lisa is ready for tennis... Bhidu boxes to keep fit... Photograph: Kind courtesy Twinkle Khanna/Instagram 'This is my hostage smile and hiding behind it is a desperate monologue. Why the hell did......

Review: Captain America: Civil War is the stuff of comic-book dreams

A Marvel film so good it makes all the others feel like a prologue, gushes Raja Sen. (Also, stay for the two end-credit scenes.)  “War, what is it good for?”  Despite the......

Review: Birdman is one of the greatest films of all time

Raja Sen reviews Birdman in three sentences, as a tribute to the film's brilliant one-take technique. We space out the review for easy reading. What do we talk about when we talk......

Why Love In Bombay should NOT have released

Love In Bombay is a piece of history, a fragment of a time that was. Letting us gaze at it is a great idea. Expecting it to compete with films shot six months ago, on the other hand, is dead......

Swann unravels the story behind England's struggles against Indian spinners

England just succumbed to pressure, feels Graeme Swann IMAGE: England were bowled out for 218 on a flat deck on the opening day of the fifth and final Test against India in......

2nd Test: Should India Continue With Gill?

IMAGE: Shubman Gill is bowled by Marco Jansen during India's second innings during the first Test against South Africa in Centurion. Photograph: BCCI   Once again, India's batting came undone......

PIX: Dominant South Africa rout India by an inns and 32 runs!

Images from Day 3 in the first Test between South Africa and India, at SuperSport Park, Centurion, on Thursday.  SCORECARD   IMAGE: South Africa's players celebrate after Kagiso Rabada......

PIX: How Rahul defied Proteas to keep India afloat

IMAGE: K L Rahul's gritty half-century kept India in the hunt on Day 1 of the opening Test against South Africa in Centurion on Tuesday. Photograph: Esa Alexander/Reuters South African seamer......

Will India Play 4 Pacers In Centurion Test?

IMAGE: Virat Kohli enjoys playing on the hard bouncy tracks in South Africa where he has scored 719 runs in seven Tests at an average of 51 with two hundreds. Photograph: BCCI Team India will aim......