PIX: India celebrates Festival of Lights

Buildings were decorated with earthen lamps and colourful lights as people across the country celebrated Diwali with pomp on Sunday and a relatively better air quality than in previous years......

Mani Shankar Aiyar: The Lonely Eternal Maverick

Very few know of his scintillating mind, the outpouring of fresh ideas, the attention to detail in every endeavour, the extraordinary administrative and organisational skills, and a limitless......

World lauds ISRO for Chandrayaan-3's success

In a momentous achievement for India's space programme, the successful landing of Chandrayaan-3 on the lunar south pole on Wednesday sparked jubilant reactions from around the world, including the......

Convoy carrying 23 Chinese engineers attacked in Pak's Balochistan

A convoy of Chinese engineers was attacked in Gwadar in Pakistan's Balochistan on Sunday, the Global Times has learned. IMAGE: A police officer stands guard near a passenger van, cordoned after a......

The year of living dangerously in Karachi

Rawalpindi must downsize its quest for 'strategic depth' in Afghanistan and Kashmir, notes Matein Khalid. Photograph: Akhtar Soomro/Reuters The current balance of payments crisis in Pakistan......

When Bollywood Travelled To Pakistan

India and Pakistan's tumultuous relationship is fodder for drama in many Bollywood movies. Be it Partition, war, jingoism or aman ki asha, there is a movie for every theme and timeline. In......

OTT Shows To Watch

The OTT scene is buzzing with hot new shows for your viewing.Sukanya Verma offers a list of everything you shouldn't miss. Your OTT Shows Guide   ChurailsWhere to watch: Zee5Language: Hindi......

Review: Tigers is too taken by its own courage

'Tigers fails to understand that the phenomenon of a million babies dying because there is not enough clean drinking water in which to mix a certain packaged baby formula may have its source in a......

'Judi Dench is obsessed with India'

'He cooked chicken curry and so because of him, curries entered the British royal kitchens.''Eventually, he became a political advisor to the queen.''This guy was disrupting the royal household. It......

Stokes feels Rehan Ahmed is a teen with rare talent

IMAGE: England's Ben Stokes is optimistic about the talented teen Rehan Ahmed. Photograph: Robert Cianflone/Getty Images England captain Ben Stokes has said that 18-year-old Rehan Ahmed, who has......

Pak vs Aus: ICC rates Rawalpindi pitch 'below average'

'The pitch did not have a great deal of pace and bounce in it for the seamers nor assisted the spinners as the match progressed. In my view this does not represent an even contest between bat and......