Mission for a mandate

It is hard to believe that barely two months ago Manmohan Singh was having quintuple heart bypass surgery. The Indian prime minister appears robust, if a little tired, as he pursues a punishing......

Sensex ends 118 points higher, Nifty regains 8,100

With rate cut expectations running high ahead of RBI meet this week, risk appetite improved especially in rate sensitive stocks Benchmark indices pared all losses to settle on a higher note in......

Indra Nooyi is world's third most powerful woman in business

PepsiCo's India-born CEO Indra Nooyi has been ranked third most powerful businesswoman by Fortune, the only Indian-origin woman on the 2014 list topped by IBM Chairman and CEO Ginni Rometty......

A rare look inside world's most spectacular gambling den

It may not be the biggest casino in the world or the most expensive one but Monte Carlo Casino is surely among the grandest. And it has rarely been photographed from inside. Reuters’......

Oracle's Ellison highest paid CEO in US

With a pay packet of $84.5 million, software major Oracle's Larry Ellison has emerged as the highest paid CEO in the US last year, according to executive compensation research firm Equilar. In the......

The BEST FOREIGN Films of 2017

Aseem Chhabra gives us the top films that enriched his year. There was a lot of love in different shades in the films of 2017 that I liked -- from a mute woman falling in love with an alien, to a......

'I was trying to do something new but it went wrong'

'I told Ibrahim that people are interested in him today because of his family.''If Sara wants to act, I will support it. But sometimes, it’s nice to have a stable job with normal......

Review: Rajinikanth's Kochadaiiyaan is a bad puppet show

Kochadaiiyaan is a fundamentally flawed dud, one without anything to applaud besides grand (if self-glorifying) ambition, rants Raja Sen. Rajinikanth stands amid a collection of statues,......

John Carter: First flop of 2012?

The much maligned John Carter might have opened to ho-hum business in North America but its three day worldwide gross was over $102 million. And while it made just about $30 million on home turf,......

India look to maintain stranglehold over England in Ranchi

IMAGE: Rohit Sharma bats during a nets session in Ranchi on Wednesday, ahead of the 4th Test on Friday. Photograph: BCCI/X Pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah's absence is a concern but an assertive and......

Rajkot Test: Will India Bring In Jadeja And Jurel?

IMAGE: Ravindra Jadeja is set to make a comeback after missing the second Test in Visakhapatnam with a hamstring injury. Photograph: Ravindra Jadeja/Instagram   Following their resounding......

PIX: Magnificent Pant takes India to 338/7 on Day 1

IMAGES from Day 1 of the rescheduled 5th Test between England  and India at Edgbaston in Birmingham on Friday.  Scorecard IMAGE: Rishabh Pant of India celebrates on completing his......

How Pollard, Pandya tore Kings XI apart

IMAGE: Mumbai Indians Kieron Pollard and Hardik Pandya during their partnership against the Kings XI Punjab in Abu Dhabi on Thursday night. Photograph: BCCI/IPL   It was an exhibition of......

In coronavirus-hit world, sponsors to stand by delayed Olympics

Five major sponsors, Procter & Gamble, Intel, Airbnb, Coca-Cola and Samsung Electronics reaffirmed their commitment to the Tokyo Olympics despite the postponement. IMAGE: Miraitowa, left, the......