UN chief meets Suu Kyi in Myanmar

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon met with Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of Myanmar's National League for Democracy, for the first time at her lakeside residence in Yangon on Tuesday, the......

Jaitley, Maya, Chiranjeevi take oath in Rajya Sabha

Leader of the Opposition Arun Jaitley, Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati, Union ministers Vilasrao Deshmukh and Rajeev Shukla, and Telugu superstar Chiranjeevi and actor Jaya Bachchan were among......

'We can't have a bureaucracy that's 100 pc risk averse'

Many of our civil servants would rank among the best in the world... The civil servants in our country should fight the tendency of not taking decisions because of the fear that things might go......

Gujarat genocide: The State, law and subversion

The Gujarat genocide in 2002, resulting in the killing of nearly 1500 innocent citizens, mostly from India's major minority community, and the subsequent pervasive subversion of governmental......

Review: Rajanna is brilliant

Radhika Rajamani feels that Telugu film Rajanna is quite impressive.Producing and acting in a part-historical and part-fictional tale, where the hero makes an entry 40 minutes into the film,......

X Factor changed me as a person, says winner Geet

Geet Sagar from Shreya Ghosal's team emerged the winner of the first season of X Factor India, on Friday. He won the coveted title leaving behind Seema Jha from Sonu Nigam's team and the Sajda......

Ashton Kutcher becomes highest paid TV star with Two And A Half Men

Ashton Kutcher, who has replaced Charlie Sheen in Two and a Half Men, has become the highest-paid sitcom star. Kutcher, who plays a heartbroken Internet billionaire Walden Schmidt in the show,......

Djokovic toppled by Tipsarevic in Madrid

Novak Djokovic's frustration with the controversial blue clay at the Madrid Masters reached new heights after the world number one was beaten 7-6, 6-3 by fellow Serb Janko Tipsarevic in the......

Jwala, Diju among 5 Indians for Olympics badminton

Parupalli Kashyap's participation in the men's singles and Jwala Gutta's entry in the women's and mixed doubles at the London Olympics badminton event were confirmed after the world rankings were......

Zenit win Russian Premier League

Ten-man Zenit St Petersburg beat Dynamo Moscow 2-1 on Saturday to claim a second consecutive Russian Premier League title with three games to spare. Luciano Spalletti's team, backed by Russian......

India Open: Saina, Jayaram, Kashyap, Neha sail into 2nd round

Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal notched up a comfortable straight-game victory over Hong Kong's Pui Yin Yip to start her India Open Super Series campaign on a positive note, in New Delhi, on......

Ronaldo takes Real Madrid seven points clear of Barca

Real Madrid have one hand on a first La Liga trophy in four years after Cristiano Ronaldo scored a brilliant winner in a 2-1 victory at Barcelona on Saturday that stretched their lead over their......