63rd Republic Day: The gallantry award winners

President Pratibha Patilon Thursday conferredawards of 368 Gallantry and other Defence decorations to Armed Forces personnel and others as part ofthe 63rd Republic Day Celebrations.This includes......

2 Naxalites held with explosives in Mumbai

Two alleged Naxalites, including a senior leader of the ultra-Left movement, were arrested from a northeastern suburb of Mumbai and arms and ammunitions seized from them, the police said on......

In defence of Kaavya Viswanathan

Birds of a feather may or may not flock together, but they do feel empathy for one other. And being a writer of Indian origin, I feel compelled to spring to the defence of Kaavya Viswanathan, the......

Let India rise above India

There's very little fun in reading the newspapers nowadays. It has become all too predictable. Even as the news treads the thin line between inanity and vanity, it is incredibly boring. And I, for......

Radhika Pandit teams up with Ajay Rao for Breaking News

Ajay Rao and Radhika Pandit are 'breaking news' now. Don't let your imagination go wild -- all we are talking about is their next film together called Breaking News. The actors, who had starred in......

Bigg Boss' Claudia Ciesla gets candid with fans

Claudia Ciesla has come a long way. Literally. Already in the news for her role in Karma: Crime, Passion, Reincarnation and her friendship with Salman Khan, it was her stint in Bigg Boss 3 that......

Now, a Carnatic Idol!

With music-based reality shows like Indian Idoland Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge getting extremely popular on television, Carnatica (started by well known carnatic musicians S Soumya and K N......

Sringaram music review

Tamil film Sringaram has the unique distinction of having its music composed by eminent violin maestro Lalgudi Jayaraman, who won the National Award for the same. Sringaram, the debut directorial......

Aeroflot chess: Negi holds Leim in exciting tie

Grandmaster Parimarjan Negi worked his way to an exciting draw with higher seeded Le Quang Leim of Vietnam in the fourth round of the 'A' group of Aeroflot International chess tournament in Moscow.......

India lose to Russia, remain joint third

India's unbeaten run in the World Team Chess Championship on Monday came to a halt after they were handed a 1.5-2.5 defeat by top seed Russia, who remained on top of the tally after the sixth......

World Chess: Arun Prasad guides India to the top

Grandmaster S Arun Prasad provided the crucial full point as India edged out Greece to emerge joint leader after the opening round of the World Team Chess Championship in Bursa, Turkey.Arun got the......

No rivalry with SRK or Preity: Shilpa

Champions Rajasthan Royals got a timely boost ahead of the second season of the Indian Premier League after Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty and her UK-based beau-entrepreneur Raj Kundra picked 12......

Sasikiran loses from winning position

Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran mishandled a winning position and went down to Kazakh Grandmaster Darmen Sadvakasov in the fifth round, as other Indians also conceded points, in Group 'A1' at the......