It will be difficult to fill Hamid Ansari's shoes

'It is to be fervently hoped that a person as rational and brilliant as Hamid Ansari will not be allowed to wilt and simply wither away,' says Aditi Phadnis.   He has done his work quietly......

Bilawal returns to Pak but will not lead party's campaign

Pakistan Peoples Party chief Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Monday returned to the country after spending over a week in Dubai but will not lead the party's campaign for the May 11 general election, one......

Take care of Bilawal if anything happens to me: Zardari to aide

Pakistan's embattled President Asif Ali Zardari has asked former minister Aitzaz Ahsan to act as a mentor to his son Bilawal if "anything were to happen to him," sources said, amid reports that the......

'Pak, India should resolve outstanding issues'

Pakistan and India should move forward together to resolve their outstanding issues through dialogue as wars offer no solutions, Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said days ahead of......

'It's a dream come true to win Indian idol'

'When I started my journey in Indian Idol, a lot of people laughed at me for not knowing Hindi well. I did feel bad but I did not let anything negative affect me and took it as a......

Did Jodhabai really exist?

Even as director Ashutosh Gowarikar is all set to release his film, Jodhaa Akbar, controversies dog the leading character. It is claimed by some historians that Jodha was not Akbar's wife, as is......

'Khuda unhe jannnat bakshe'

On the sad occasion of Naushad's death, music composer Ravi (Chaudhvin Ka Chand, Gumraah and Waqt) looks back at the past. Naushad was like a big brother to me. When I was young, I would listen to......