'In life as well as in politics, nothing is black or white'

'There was trust, but perhaps there was also this apprehension that given the supreme post of prime minister, Sonia Gandhi felt her authority may be a challenged.' IMAGE: Pranab Mukherjee makes a......

The A-W Of Desi Guests At the White House Dinner

The dinner Jill Biden and her husband US President Joe Biden hosted for Prime Minister Narendra D Modi, June 22, at the White House brought together, Indians and Americans from so many firmaments,......

Can India Be A 'Vishwaguru'?

Many of the stories, the pictures going out of India worldwide lately with these provocative processions, taunting of Muslims, bulldozers targeting mostly their properties, the sweeping 'othering'......

Would Putin Have Attacked Had Ukraine Kept Its N-Bombs?

Would Ukraine be such a pushover if it had that nuclear stockpile?, asks Shekhar Gupta. IMAGE: A pro-Russian soldier drives an armoured vehicle in the separatist-controlled village of Bugas in the......

Deepak Kochhar, the man in the muddle

Dev Chatterjee reveals how ICICI CEO Chanda Kochhar and her husband Deepak Kochhar find themselves in a huge controversy. Residents of the tony CCI Chambers, opposite Cricket Club of India, in......

Deepak Kochhar, the man in the muddle

Dev Chatterjee reveals how ICICI CEO Chanda Kochhar and her husband Deepak Kochhar find themselves in a huge controversy. Residents of the tony CCI Chambers, opposite Cricket Club of India, in......

Experts share their view on the Budget

It is surprising to see that there is no direct focus being given to the IT industry in the budget this year.World over, this decade is defined as a decade of information technology driven......

GR8 women steal the show

The ninth GR8 Women Achievers Awards felicitated 24 top women achievers for their contribution to their respective professions. The glittering function was held at ITC Grand Maratha on February 26......

Welcome packs in a lot of masala

Sure, it's the A to Z of frivolous. Then again, Welcome proudly projects itself as a 'leave-your brains-behind' brand of cinema.Who's complaining anyway? This one makes you scream. Both, with......

How Esha lost to Priyanka

Director Rajiv Rai was keen to cast Esha Deol as the female lead opposite Arjun Rampal (Dil Ka Rishta) in his new film, Asambhav, according to the grapevine.But Esha stunned him by demanding Rs 50......

Sports awards function on Aug 31; no Khel Ratna for Poonia

The Sports Ministry confirmed on Thursday that it will stick to the original list of winners for the Khel Ratna and Arjuna awards, thereby dashing discus thrower Krishna Poonia's hopes of being......

BCCI committees for 2011-12

Following are the various committees and sub-committees of the Board of Control for Cricket in India for the year 2011-12, selected at its 82nd AGM, in Mumbai, on Monday. Working Committee for......

101 cricketers sever ties with ICL

Former internationals Rohan Gavaskar, Deep Dasgupta and Hemang Badani are among 101 cricketers who have severed links with the rebel Indian Cricket League and applied to the Board of Control for......

Kalmadi re-elected IOA president

In whatturned out to be a formality, the Indian Olympic Association elections returned the same office-bearers, with Suresh Kalmadi as president for a fourth consecutive term. The long list of......

Readers wishes to John Wright

Name:Balakrishnan Sreenivas Message:May this genial man continue as our cricket team for many for years to come. He taught us what real professionalism is. A nation of 1 billion people who are......