Salman Rushdie speaks for 1st time after 'colossal attack'

Salman Rushdie, the Mumbai-born author of Booker Prize-winning novel Midnight's Children, said on Monday that he feels lucky to have survived the last year's brutal stabbing at a literary event in......

KochharGate: A Litmus Test For CBI

In Chanda's defence, one can always say, why would the Videocon Group take care of her husband as a quid pro quo to get a loan? After all, the group has taken money from the entire banking industry......

Pakistan will soon control all of Afghanistan

The billions India invested in dams, schools, etc in Afghanistan will be gone.The Hindu and Sikh population of Afghanistan has already shrunk from some 200,000 to about 500, points out Rajeev......

Goa court acquits journalist Tarun Tejpal of rape charges

Seven years after a woman colleague accused him of sexual assault in the elevator of a luxury hotel in Goa, journalist Tarun Tejpal was acquitted of all charges by a sessions court in the state on......

'Subrata Roy was arbitraging between India and Bharat'

'The India which was all about glamour and razzmatazz through which he could earn the trust of people of the other India, which was Bharat.' IMAGE: Subrata Roy with his employees. Photograph:......

Hospitality icon PRS 'Biki' Oberoi passes away at 94

Prithvi Raj Singh Oberoi, the 94-year-old veteran corporate hotelier who redefined India's hospitality industry, passed away on Tuesday. Photograph: Kind courtesy, Oberoi Group The Chairman......

India has world's 3rd highest number of billionaires; Mukesh Ambani back as Asia's richest

India has the third highest number of billionaires in the world after the US and China, according to a new list by the prestigious Forbes magazine, which said Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh......

Isha, Akash Ambani, Byju's Raveendran debut in Fortune's list

This year's list includes 40 influential people under 40 years of age in five categories -- finance, technology, healthcare, government and politics, and media and entertainment. IMAGE: Isha and......

PS:2: So Who Killed Aditha Karikalan?

The question 'Who was/were behind Aditha Karikalan's killing?' will continue to remain a historic mystery despite Mani Ratnam setting out to unravel it in his own way, points out N Sathiya Moorthy.......

Shah Rukh Khan Among 50 Greatest Actors Of All Time

IMAGE: Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone in the Jhoome Lo Pathaan song in Pathaan. Shah Rukh Khan has become the only Indian to be named in an international list of 50 greatest actors of all......

The Cult of Mithun Chakraborty

National Award-winning actor, producer, hotelier, ex-MP, cricket team owner, philanthropist, highest tax payer, reality show judge, animal lover and, above all, people's hero -- Mithun is truly a......

No state honours during funeral, says Girish Karnad's family

Noted playwright, actor and Jnanpith awardee Girish Karnad, who left his indelible mark in the world of literature, theatre and cinema, passed away at his residence in Bengaluru on Monday morning......

Leicester City owner, four others killed in helicopter crash

IMAGE: Leicester City owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha was killed in a helicopter crash on Sunday. Photograph: Michael Regan/Getty Images Leicester City soccer club owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, a......

2006 WC scam: Beckenbauer defends transfer of funds to FIFA

IMAGE: German football legend Franz Beckenbauer pauses to look out on the city on top of the Empire State Building in New York. Photograph: Lucas Jackson/Reuters Franz Beckenbauer, who headed......

FIFA hires ex-US prosecutor as defendant in bribery probe

World soccer's governing body FIFA has hired a former New York prosecutor to represent it as senior officials face bribery and corruption charges in a US court, a person familiar with the matter......

Sports Shorts: Manchester United owner Malcolm Glazer dies at 85

Malcolm Glazer, a reclusive self-made billionaire and patriarch of the family that owns the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Manchester United soccer club, died on Wednesday, the teams said. He......