US House panel wants India to be part of NATO Plus

In a significant development ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the United States, a powerful Congressional Committee has recommended strengthening North Atlantic Treaty Organisation......

HC orders blocking of info on Delhi woman's 'forced conversion'

The Delhi high court on Friday directed certain media houses and social media platforms, including Twitter and Google, to block the links of news reports and videos claiming that a Muslim man......

NBDSA orders TV news channels to remove 'communal' programmes

The News Broadcasting and Digital Standards Authority (NBDSA) has asked News18 India, TimesNow and Zee News to remove from their online platforms videos of certain programmes aired by them after it......

Why Is It An Attack On India?

India's Right-wing has sought to own our democracy by making itself appear the stuff of majority, and sometimes, a national ethos older than the Constitution on which our democracy is based, argues......

Jio slams Airtel for 'maligning' its tariff policy

Reliance Jio Infocomm (RJIL) has written to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) stating that a recent complaint against it by Bharti Airtel is a deliberate, malicious attempt at......

Adamant Trai says will implement new tariff order by March 1

Reiterating its position, TRAI, which oversees both the telecom and television sectors in the country, said the amendments suggested on January 1 had been done to correct “distortions”......

RIL may buy more cable companies to push JioFiber plans

Given the fragmented nature of the domestic cable TV market and the need for last-mile connectivity, RIL, said sources, would have to do more to achieve its target of reaching 20 million homes and......

Why telcos have little interest in 5G auctions

Bharti Airtel called the prices exorbitant while Vodafone Idea wants the auctions take place in 2020.The auctions need to happen when the infrastructure is ready for the roll out, be it in terms of......

Udta Punjab, worst casting decisions, and naheeee...!

Sukanya Verma shares her exciting filmi week with us. It's like Audrey Hepburn said, 'Everything I learned, I learned from the movies.' I wouldn't go that far but every film, good or ghastly,......

Less than stars, more than actors

Saurabh Shukla, Piyush Mishra and Sanjay Mishra are not likely to be in the limelight when a film releases, but they are the ones who eventually light up the movie. These days Saurabh......

FIFA WC PIX: Qatar World Cup closing ceremony

IMAGE: View during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 closing ceremony before the match. Photograph: Hannah Mckay/Reuters Tens of thousands of soccer fans wearing French and Argentinian colours......

Will IPL consider broadcasters' demand?

Photograph: Kind courtesy BCCI The eight Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises are eagerly waiting for the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) from the Board of Control for Cricket in......

Soccer Extras: Sturridge banned, fined for breaching betting rules

News of all that's transpired on and off the football field IMAGE: Liverpool's Daniel Sturridge looks on. Photograph: Scott Heppell/Reuters Former Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge has been fined......

Sports Shorts: Federer sends Switzerland into Hopman Cup final

Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday IMAGE: Switzerland's Roger Federer reacts. Photograph: Andrew Couldridge/Reuters Roger Federer said beating Greek youngster Stefanos......

Football Roundup: Belgium raids top soccer clubs over fraud, match-fixing

Belgian police carried out a series of raids at soccer clubs and homes across the country on Wednesday and detained many people for questioning about financial fraud and possible match-fixing,......