TEXT: President Patil's last address to Parliament

President Pratibha Patil on Monday addressed Parliament for the last time as President when she flagged off the Budget session. Here's the text of her speechHonourable Members I welcome you to this......

'Indian politics has a new star'

The fact that 200 million people have shown the willpower and 'national identity' to hand down -- on two successive occasions in the past five years -- such cohesive mandates to two regional......

Scientists versus govt: The procedural gap widens

Most senior scientists have complained of repeated questioning by the expenditure department, bureaucratic delays in clearances, more focus on procedure than on result and the lack of an......

Did US, Taliban hold talks in Qatar?

Special US Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Marc Grossman appears to have met Taliban representatives in Qatar when he was in the Gulf nation early this week, but the State Department is......

Mahesh Bhatt: Emraan doesn't need me anymore

Mahesh Bhatt is a man who believes in making convential cinema.  He says, "We try and make films which take the audience to a space like this, they watch the film and are also studying a situation......

Asin: I'm not the female Aamir Khan

It seems Aamir Khan's choosy way of selecting films has rubbed off on his Ghajini co-star Asin. After all, the actress has done only four Hindi films since her Bollywood debut in 2008. "I do a......

New York celebrates Raj Kapoor

The Museum of Modern Art, New York, will host afilm festival on Raj Kapoor starting today, right up to January 16.About 12 years ago, a professor at Wharton, being interviewed for a business......

When Satyadev Dubey refused to work with Shyam Benegal

Eminent theatre personality Satyadev Dubey, who breathed his last in Mumbai yesterday, was one of theearliest friends that filmmaker Shyam Benegal made when he arrived in the city in 1959.The......

India lose to Argentina, crash out of Azlan Shah Cup

Five-time champions India's title hopes came a cropper after they suffered a 2-3 defeat against Argentina in a crucial match of the Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament Ipoh (Malaysia) on Wednesday.......

Azlan Shah hockey: India thrashed by New Zealand

India began their campaign in the 21st Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament with an embarrassing 1-5 defeat at the hands of speedy New Zealand, in Ipoh, Malaysia, on Thursday. In the opening match of......

Australia tail wags to turn tables on Windies

Australia turned around the first Test against the West Indies in Barbados on Tuesday through a great rearguard action from their tailenders and some penatrating bowling. At the close of the fourth......

Has the BCCI taken our cricketers for a ride?

Why does the richest cricket board in the world pay its players peanuts for official matches, thus paving the way for making IPL their real cash bonanza, asks Sanjay Jha For cricket aficionados,......

I-League: Sporting Clube drub Mumbai FC

Sporting Clube de Goa completed a hat-trick of wins to log their best run in the I-League. A 5-0 win over Mumbai FC in the 16th round at the Nehru Stadium, Fatorda meant Sporting Clube calmed their......