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North East Win Modi's Success Story

The North East is a sizeable success story for the Modi government politically and for the BJP electorally.It will be an unpleasant surprise if they choose to blow it, bowing to their basic,......

Deadly blast at building in Dhaka kills 16, over 100 injured

At least 16 people, including two women, were killed and over 100 others injured on Tuesday in a powerful "earthquake-like" explosion at a seven-storey building here in Bangladesh's capital city,......

Meet Bobi, AAP's first transperson councillor in MCD

Sultanpuri's Bobi, who on Wednesday shattered the proverbial glass ceiling to become the Aam Aadmi Party's first councillor in Delhi from the transgender community, believes her victory was a......

How The Pakistanis Surrendered In 1971

'We are ready to surrender,' Lieutenant General A A K Niazi said over the phone from Dhaka. IMAGE: Lieutenant General Kuldip Singh Brar (retd). Photograph: Rajesh Karkera/Rediff.com Major General......

Autopsy shows injuries on Sonali Phogat's body, police arrest 2 aides for murder

The Goa police on Thursday arrested two associates of Bharatiya Janata Party leader Sonali Phogat and charged them with murder after a post-mortem report mentioned that there were "multiple blunt......

'Without creating jobs and output, we are waiting for a disaster'

'We first need to acknowledge the truth.' 'We are trying to diminish the problem and say, everything is okay and green shoots are emerging.' 'Imagine you are a doctor and not getting accurate......

The Night Manager Review: Thrilling, And Yet...

The Night Manager has no surprises, observes Deepa Gahlot. For those who may have read the book by spy thriller maestro John Le Carré and watched the 2016 series, The Night Manager based on......

10 Films that Amazed Me at Cannes

The 74th Cannes Film Festival ended with the jury -- headed by Spike Lee -- handing out awards to a number of international films from France, Iran, Finland, Israel, Norway, Japan and the US. But......

Can you watch 425 films in a year?

Aseem Chhabra watched some great films and some huge disappointments in 2020. IMAGE: Danesh Razvi and Tanya Maniktala in A Suitable Boy. It was the year of staying at home and watching films......

What Thor likes about India

'It was like being in the Colosseum.' Shooting in India was like doing live theatre with thousands of people watching and cheering every take, Chris Hemsworth says, as he looks back at the making......

Guess whose biopic Varun Dhawan stars in?

Get your low down on what's happening in the world of Bollywood, right here! Photograph: Kind courtesy Varun Dhawan/Instagram Sriram Raghavan reunites with his Badlapur actor Varun Dhawan to make......

Record-setting Shakib stars as B'desh down England

IMAGE: Bangladesh's Shakib Al Hasan celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of England's Rehan Ahmed during the third ODI at ZAC Stadium in Chattogram, Bangladesh, on Monday. Photograph:......

Remembering Football Legend Tulsidas Balaram

Tulsidas Balaram, who passed into the ages last week, was a member of the Indian football team which reached the semis at the Olympics and won an Asian Games gold medal. IMAGE: Tulsidas Balaram,......

Why Jaydev Undakat was released from 2nd Test squad

IMAGE: Jaydev Undakat will add more firepower to Saurashtra. Photograph: BCCI/Twitter Pace bowler Jaydev Unadkat was on Sunday released from the Indian squad for the second Test against......

Arshdeep, Renuka in line for ICC Emerging Cricketer honour

IMAGE: India's Arshdeep Singh has performed spectacularly in the six months since his international debut. Photograph: Kerry Marshall/Getty Images India left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh was on......

Dropping man of the match Kuldeep is unbelievable: Gavaskar

IMAGE: Kuldeep Yadav was dropped despite registering match-winning figures of 8/113 in the first Test against Bangladesh. Photograph: BCCI/Twitter Spinner Kuldeep Yadav's surprise exclusion from......

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