Why the lockdown should not be extended

'Is it sustainable?''Or is it like an overdose of a medicine that saves your life in the short run but kills you through long-lasting side-effects?' asks Shekhar Gupta. IMAGE: Union Minister of......

Are Sonia and Rahul insecure about Pranab Mukherjee?

Does Pranab Mukherjee want to be 'PM' by office, not just by initials? The very prospect, with memories of the Narasimha Rao years scarred into their memories, scares the Nehru-Gandhis, says T V R......

List of military honourees

List of honours conferred upon individuals from the armed forces on Republic Day Ashoka Chakra Sr No Name Position 1 Major Dinesh Raghu Raman 34 Rashtriya Rifles (posthumous) Kirti......

India favourite Down Under

India, It seems, is big on Tourism Australia's radar. In the year ending December 2003, Indian visitors to Australia touched 45,600. On a flying visit to India Tim Fischer, chairman, Tourism......

Shekhar Kapur joins UK millionaires' league

Non-Resident Indian film director Shekhar Kapur has joined the Asian millionaires' list spearheaded by NRI steel industrialist Lakshmi Mittal, even as the combined wealth of 300 Asian millionaires......

'Asian culture will conquer the world'

Filmmaker Shekhar Kapur says the expanding infotainment market, estimated to grow to more than a trillion dollars in 10 years, has profound implications for India and Asia.An accountant by training......

Show these FUN films to your kids!

Things have never been this good for kids before. Thanks to the OTT boom, accessing cinema and classics has become easier than ever. Looking to introduce your child to films that will cultivate......

Rahman, Resul, expose this Bollywood 'gang'!

Photograph: Kind courtesy A R Rahman/Twitter A R Rahman -- winner of two Oscars -- revealed on Sunday why he has been taking up few Bollywood projects. 'I don't say no to good movies, but I think......

Classic Revisited: Aamir Khan's coming-of-age in Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar

Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar masterfully weaves a compelling human story, says Sukanya Verma. I have fond memories of an ice cream parlour I frequented every weekend as a kid. It wasn’t fancy......

The death of Sambha

Towards the beginning of Zoya Akhtar's Luck By Chance, Vikram Jaisingh (played by the director's brother Farhan) is attending the graduation ceremony of his acting class-- Nand Kishore School of......

The Blue Revolution: Indian Cricket's Success Story

It is a tribute to a system so robustly meritocratic that this team represents India's diversity better than any other institution: The Union Cabinet, our chief ministers, the civil services, the......

Sports Shorts: Dipa qualifies for final round of Artistic Gymnastics World Cup

Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday IMAGE: Dipa Karmakar performed a higher difficulty Handfront 540 vault for the first time in the competition. Photograph:......

I League: Salgaocar stun Bagan

Salgaocar Football Club scored a goal in each half to beat Karim Bencherifa's Mohun Bagan with a clinical 2-0 victory at Duler Stadium in Mapusaon Sunday. Played amidst heavy security and with......

Negi wins Philadelphia Open

Teen Grandmaster Parimarjan Negi proved his extraordinary chess skills by winning the Philadelphia International Open tournament, beating illustrious names including GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly. Negi......

Delhi keep it simple

The next time someone argues, at extreme length, that T20 cricket is a contest between batsman and opposing batsman, designed to see who can hit the ball harder, further, you can provide the......