Why Narendra Modi is the best bet for brand BJP

If the BJP has to pose any sort of challenge to the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance in the next Lok Sabha elections, it needs to go back to what it has always stood for in the mind of the......

How the PM turned down Anna Hazare's solution

The prime minister has to blame himself because he refused to make up with Anna Hazare when the social activist from Maharashtra was willing to meet him more than half way, says Kuldip Nayar. I......

Is your smartphone spying on you?

Rajeev Srinivasan on why consumers must be careful with their powerful mobile devicesThe news last week that Apple (and later, Google) have been capturing and storing detailed information about the......

Why the UID number project must be scrapped

Human right activist Gopal Krishna makes a case that the Unique Identification Number project is a gross violation of fundamental human rights and points out that a similar project/law in Britain......

Pak cricketers face more match-fixing allegations

More skeletons tumbled out on Monday in the match-fixing saga with reports saying that the first Test between England and Pakistan in the just-ended series and Sydney Test between Pakistan and......

Fans greet Pakistan players with rotten tomatoes

Reacting angrily to the match-fixing allegations, fans greeted the Pakistan cricket team with boos, jeers and pelted the team bus with rotten tomatoes as they used the stadium's back gate after......

Strategic break periods spelt out in IPL

The Indian Premier League has fixed a five-minute period, split into two equal halves, for the mandatory strategic time-outs during the third edition of the Twenty20 event starting March 12. "The......