Goodbye, Mr Gorbachev

Mikhail Gorbachev died in a Moscow hospital on Tuesday, August 30, 2022 after a long and prolonged illness. The former president and general secretary of the Communist party of the then Union of......

Thousands bid adieu to Panther's Party leader Bhim Singh in J-K

Founder of Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party Bhim Singh was cremated at his ancestral village in Udhampur district of the Union Territory on Wednesday. IMAGE: National Conference president......

Bhim Singh, founder of J-K's Panthers Party, passes away

Founder of Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party Prof Bhim Singh passed away in Jammu on Tuesday after being unwell for about a month. He was 81. IMAGE: Prof Bhim Singh. Photograph: ANI Photo......

Ukraine Invasion: India's Dilemma

Whether it liked it or not, the Ukraine crisis forced India to choose between the aggressor Russia and the US-led free world, a decision it hated to make, Virendra Kapoor point out. IMAGE: A......

NRI Om Malik among world's top 25 Web celebrities

Blogging might be a leisure activity for many famous personalities but it has brought fame to people like India-born Om Malik who has been named as one of the global web celebrities by American......

BRIC countries to intensify cooperation

Rising economies Brasil, Russia, India and Chinahave decided to gradually intensify cooperation beginning with consultations at the ambassadorial level and then moving on to political......

Wall Street 2 is very entertaining

Aseem Chhabra reviews Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps.What a difference 23 years make. In 1987 when Oliver Stone directed the original Wall Street, his intent was to expose the excesses of the......

Naomi Watts to star as Marilyn Monroe in biopic

Naomi Watts is set to play Marilyn Monroe in a new biopic, which is based on a controversial book detailing the actress' love affairs and encounters on the casting couch. Titled Blonde, the film is......

A continental fare at the Kerala film fest

It apparently has become a staple of the season in Thiruvanathapuram -- a little winter fog, a much-hyped Grand Kerala Shopping Festival (as though the wall-to-wall, year-round ads on TV for gold......

Maradona auction offers fans 'souvenirs' of late star

IMAGE: A painting depicting Diego Armando Maradona, that is included in many assets that will be autioned one year after Maradona's death, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Photograph: Adrian......

Cuban woman claims Maradona raped her as teenager

The complaint relates to a journey Alvarez took to Argentina with Maradona in 2001, when he was around 40 and she was 16.   IMAGE: At a news conference in Buenos Aires, Cuban Mavys Alvarez......

PIX: Church in honor of Maradona opens in Mexico

IMAGE: A fan kneels at the entrance to the first Mexico's church in memory of soccer legend Diego Maradona. Photograph: Edgard Garrido/Reuters A pair of large vases bearing soccer balls stand at......

Kolkata 2001: The Odyssey, viewed from the sidelines

20 years ago this week, India and Australia played one of the greatest Test matches in cricket history.Sreehari Nair relives the sound and the fury of that unforgettable game at the Eden Gardens.......

Maradona's life, in pictures

IMAGE: Diego Maradona holds aloft the World Cup after Argentina's 3-2 victory over West Germany in ther 1986 final. Photograph: Juha Tamminen/Reuters   Diego Armando Maradona, who died on......