91 trains hit as Punjab farmers squat on rail tracks

Movement of at least 91 trains was affected in Punjab on Thursday as farmers in large numbers squatted on railway tracks beginning their three-day 'rail roko' agitation. IMAGE: Farmers under the......

The man and the editor

Friends of Vinod Mehta came together to remember the man and his legacy. On Thursday evening, Mumbai was witness to a gathering of friends, family and fans of the late Vinod Mehta, founder and......

Pakistan executes 7 more terror convicts

Seven terror convicts were hanged on Tuesday in jails across Pakistan, including a junior technician at Pakistan Air Force who was involved in the attack on former military ruler Pervez Musharraf.......

'Manto's predictions of Pakistan are shockingly accurate'

'Manto is the only writer to grasp what the project of Pakistan would eventually mean,' says Aakar Patel, who has translated a collection of Saadat Hasan Manto's essays in a just-released book Why......

Sahara plea: SC to decide on Oct 21

The Supreme Court will decide on October 21 a petition by a Sahara group company challenging the Bombay high court's order that stalled its plans to build 200 bungalows and a golf course on a 600......

The Bapsi Sidhwa-Deepa Mehta connection

Eight years after Deepa Mehta turned Bapsi Sidhwa's novel Cracking India into an acclaimed film called Fire, and a few weeks after Sidhwa published the novel Water based on Mehta's award-winning......

Chawla ton puts India in command

Captain Piyush Chawla showed his batting skills with a hard-hitting 146 to put India Under-19 in command against Pakistan on the second day of the four-day youth 'Test' in Peshawar on......

Indian juniors score big win

The Indian under-19 team posted a 271-run victory over Pakistan colts after breaking the dogged resistance of the tail-enders in the first four-day Test at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on......