Mulayam skips London award ceremony

Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and Pakistan's Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry have been awarded the prestigious International Jurists Award 2012. Yadav, former defence minister and......

China has lost the 'Jade kingdom', India must not

As Prime Minister Manmohan Singh walks the red carpet at the Ela Airport in Myanmar on May 28, he would be seen by many there as arriving a little too late. Is New Delhi really prepared to take......

AWESOME PHOTOS: The beauty of the starry sky

From Comet Lovejoy in the southern skies to the aurora borealis over Iceland, the winners of the 2012 International Earth & Sky Photo Contest found beauty in darkness and showed the threat of......

Indian American appointed to key Pentagon post

Vikram J Singh, who was the senior defense adviser to Richard Holbrooke, the erstwhile United States special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, has been appointed to a key Pentagon post......

First Look of Viswaroopam at IIFA, Singapore

Excerpts and the first look of Vishwaroopam, directed and co-produced by Kamal Haasan, will be showcased at the 13th Videocon IIFA Weekend in Singapore in June 2012. The film is made in both Hindi......

100 years of cinema: Shyam Benegal lists his top five films

As Indian cinema celebrates its centenary year, filmmaker Shyam Benegal lists his favourite five films of all time.Sant Tukaram (1936) Directed by Vishnupant Govind Damle and Sheikh Fattelal......

Review: Blood Money is mindless and boring

Blood Money is exceptionally hollow in its aspirations, writes Sukanya Verma.'Abbe keede, you think you can steal from me, snarls a man in the dimly-lit basement before he goes on to drill the......

Meet the Gollapudi Srinivas award winner

Madhav Ramadasan, director of the much acclaimed Malayalam film Melvilasom (Address) has won this year's prestigious Gollapudi Srinivas national award for debut director. Melvilasom, based on a......

Eden Hazard to join Chelsea

Highly-regarded Belgian international midfielder Eden Hazard has opted to join European champions Chelsea ahead of Manchester City and Manchester United, the player said on Monday. "I am signing......

BCCI award cheques to former cricketers ahead of IPL final

The BCCI on Sunday distributed the remaining installment of its one-time benefit payments to the country's 20 former international and domestic players ahead of the IPL final between Kolkata Knight......

Former cricketers to get benefit payment at IPL play-offs

Sixty-five former cricketers, including the legendary Sunil Gavaskar, have been invited by the Board of Control for Cricket in India for the IPL play-offs, during which they will be handed cheques......

Pardew and Kompany handed end-of-season awards

Newcastle United's Alan Pardew was named Premier League manager of the season on Friday to cap an impressive campaign in which he turned his unfancied side into contenders for Champions League......

BCCI for one-time payment to former players

Around 160 domestic and international cricketers who have retired before 2003-04 will be awarded cash bonanza as part of the BCCI's one-time benefit scheme from the IPL surplus money, a gesture......