'PM opened door for Ambani to steal': Rahul renews Rafale attack

The Congress on Monday cited a media report claiming that the government waived anti-corruption clauses in the Rafale deal to call for a probe into 'who paid whom', with party chief Rahul Gandhi......

'Understand the immense pressure': Rahul writes back to Parrikar

Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said he empathises with Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar for being "forced" to accuse him of doing petty politics over a courtesy visit and asserted......

Criminal probe in Rafale scam if we come to power: Rahul

Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday said if his party comes to power in 2019, a criminal investigation will be launched into the Rafale deal and those found guilty will be punished. Speaking......

'Tell me, who is today's enemy?'

'There is no remorse over the Dadri lynching of Mohammad Akhlaq or of Pehlu Khan by cow vigilante groups.''But should you not have remorse for those who came to kill them?''They were Hindus. Do you......

Was Adani at CEOs Forum in Paris? Or not?

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is currently in Berlin on a State visit from where he will fly to Canada on the last leg of his tri-nation tour, held a successful CEOs forum meeting in Paris on......

Speak Asia mastermind held

Thirty months after Singapore-registered Speak Asia Pte first came under the lens of investigative agencies for allegedly raising money from a large number of people, under the garb of running an......

Why Messrs Hollande, Cameron wooing India

Though New Delhi's winter is the usual season for state visits, it is nevertheless quite unusual for Raisina Hill to host two members of the UN Security Council within a week of each other, as......

COLUMN: Some light at the end of the 2012 tunnel?

Whichever way you look at it, from a global perspective 2012 has not been a good year, writes Claude Smadja. The euro zone has been sinking deeper in the last 12 months.The debt-to-GDP ratio......

Hero, Mr Jones, Star Wars... OTT Treats!

Life, history, adventure, Sukanya Verma offers a rather feverish schedule on OTT this week. NayattuWhere to watch: NetflixLanguage: Malayalam (with subtitles) Three cops on the run after they are......

Meet Bollywood's Showmen!

Looking at Bollywood's GRAND scheme of things. Steven Spielberg once said he dreams for a living. Quite a few film-makers back in Bollywood do too. Cinema's magical ability to transport a viewer......

Odd, curious, heartwarming: What Bollywood tweeted in 2014

From odd to heartwarming, the best of Twitter conversations in 2014.From Supreme Court allowing women to work as make-up artists in Bollywood to Mallika Sherawat talking about women's......

Oscars Winners at a Glance: The Artist wins 5 awards

The 84th Annual Academy Awards have been announced. Here's a quick glance at the winners, listed in bold:Best Picture The ArtistThe DescendantsExtremely Loud & Incredibly CloseThe HelpHugoMidnight......

I will quit after reviving hockey: Gill

India's shock failure to qualify for the Olympics may have raised a hue and cry in the country but a combative IHF chief K P S Gill says the debacle has thrown a "real challenge" at him and he......

Australia's best 30 ODI players

Australia's best 30 One-Day International players were on Wednesday revealed in the first process of elimination to identify Australia's greatest ODI team of all time. The final team of 12 will be......

Jugraj ready for int'l hockey: Coach

Jugraj Singh's much-awaited comeback may be just on the anvil.The ace drag flicker looked in fine nick as he went through the paces at the coaching camp in New Delhi under national junior hockey......

Readers on where India has gone wrong

M KRISHNANAND:Dear SirI appreciate your efforts in getting valuable feedback from people on the reasons for India's poor form in ODIs and how we can improve it . Now that the Pakistan series is......

'Cricket is at a stage all sports go through'

As chief executive officer of cricket's governing body, Malcolm Speed believes transparency is the key to effective functioning for any organisation.The 55 year-old former chief executive of the......