US designates top Haqqani commander as foreign terrorist

The United States on Tuesday designated a top Pakistan-based Haqqani network commander, Mali Khan, as a foreign terrorist and slapped financial sanctions against him, aimed at crippling the......

Blasts rock Afghan capital on independence day

Three explosions reportedly hit the centre of Afghanistan's capital Kabul on Friday.The explosions, carried out by Taliban suicide bombers, occurred in the Karte Parwan area of the city, near the......

Kabul attack shows Taliban's unbending potential

Senior analyst B Raman scrutinises the terror attack on Kabul's Intercontinental Hotel and says its another bid of the Taliban and the Haqqani Network to make their presence felt in troubled......

Kabul hotel attack similar to 26/11?

The brazen Taliban attack on a luxury hotel in the Afghan capital Kabul was similar to the 26/11 Mumbai terror strike, according to an American security analyst.\n"Kabul hotel attack similar to......

Lunching with Manish Malhotra

He's styled some of the most gorgeous women on screen, and after his work with IPL's Kolkata Knight Riders, is experimenting with track pants as evening-wear.It was day-night one-day cricket that......

Spotted: Hema Malini in Mumbai

Reader Bhumi Shah spotted HemaMalini atthe Intercontinental Hotel, Mumbai. She was there to attend Ayaan Ali Bangash's wedding.If you encounter/meet/see film or television personalities and take a......

Laughter Challenge is back!

It was an afternoon Shekhar Suman and Navjot Singh Sidhuwould like to forget as mediapersons grilled them about the falling standards of the jokes in the second season of the television show, The......

Deepa Mehta: Vindicated?

In Toronto, 1,200 people saluted Deepa Mehta's Water, giving it a standing ovation as it opened the 30th edition of the international film festival there. Delhi-raised Mehta was forced to give up......

Venezuelan boxing champ commits suicide

Champion Venezuelan boxer Edwin Valero hanged himself early on Monday from the bars of a prison cell where he had been detained for killing his wife, police said. Valero -- who had held the World......

Nadal and Venus at the Champions Dinner

Spaniard Rafael Nadal, the Gentleman's Singles title winner and American Venus Williams, the Ladies' Singles champion, pose with their trophies at the Champions Dinner held at the Hotel......

Mumbai witness to unique rally

It was a Sunday with a difference for about 75 Hyundai owners in Mumbai. Apart from a joy ride in their favourite car, the group had a great time with loads of fun and games. The event was the......

Spotted: Ganguly and others in Jo'burg

Reader Monty Patel sent us these pictures from Johannesburg. 'I was staying at the Hotel InterContinental in Sandton, Johannesburg during the first Test that we (India) won by 123 runs. When I......

Gibbs to be questioned in Delhi on Thursday

Herschelle Gibbs, who arrivedin Mumbai on Wednesday, will be interrogatedby the DelhiPolice on Thursday for his alleged role in thematch-fixing scandal of 2000.The South Africa opener arrived in......