Mulayam, Ustad Zakir Hussain, SM Krishna get Padma Vibhushan

Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav, former external affairs minister in the UPA government S M Krishna and tabla maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain were among six luminaries selected......

Big jolt to Congress as 26 leaders join BJP ahead of HP polls

Days ahead of the assembly elections in Himachal Pradesh, several Congress leaders and members of the state including Dharampal Thakur Khand, former general secretary of the Pradesh Congress......

Russia's Ukraine attack: It is a tightrope walk for India, say ex-envoys

Advocating a wait and watch approach for India on the Ukraine conflict, former Indian diplomats on Thursday said New Delhi has to "walk a tightrope" diplomatically as Moscow has been its "steadfast......

Two Congress turncoats in BJP's Punjab 2nd list

The Bharatiya Janata Party has fielded two Congress turncoats and its former Union minister Vijay Sampla for next month's Punjab assembly polls as it released its second list of 27 candidates on......

Steel amid adversity: Tata after Mumbai

Ratan Tata was at home in south Mumbai late on November 26 when the call came. On the line was a frantic R K Krishna Kumar, head of the Tata group unit that owns the city's luxury Taj Mahal Palace......

Divestment door open, Govt tells US firms

The government on Tuesday said that it had not abandoned divestment and assured overseas investors that there were many opportunities for them to participate in the privatisation process."It would......

'South Asia FTA to benefit region'

The proposed South Asia Free Trade Agreement, which will come into effect according to the timetable set out at the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation summit in Islamabad, will......

Zara Hatke Zara Bachke Review: Wah Vicky! Wah Sara!

Not so hatke after all, but no reason to stay bachke either, notes Sukanya Verma. Innocent lies, trivial conflicts and copious confusion led to much mirth in Hrishikesh Mukherjee and Basu......

Kajol-Ajay At A Diwali Party

And the starry Diwali parties continue! Producer Anand Pandit invited Bollywood's A-listers for a grand get-together and they arrived in their glamorous avatars.   Ajay Devgn's Diwali release......

Kangana's Box Office Journey: Queen to Dhaakad

After Dhaakad failed at the box office, some social media accounts claimed that Kangana Ranaut hasn't had a single success since Queen.True or False?Find out for yourself in this box office ledger.......

PIX: Abhishek-Aishwarya at Vinod Khanna's prayer meet

Bollywood celebrities offered their condolences to Vinod Khanna, who passed away on April 27, at a prayer meet held at Nehru Centre in Worli, Mumbai. Not many people from the film......

Mushtaq Ali Trophy: Haryana beat Delhi to top Group E

IMAGE: Nitish Rana scored 66 for Delhi, but in vain. Photograph: BCCI Domestic/Twitter In-form Haryana defeated Delhi by five wickets to register their third consecutive win and jump to the top......

Ranji Trophy: New skipper Tare puts Mumbai in strong position

Skipper Aditya Tare struck an unbeaten century before Mumbai shot out Baroda for 184 and took a big first innings lead on the second day of their Ranji Trophy match in Vadodara on Friday. Tare, who......

Ranji Trophy: Yuvraj ton gives Punjab upperhand

On a day when he was dropped from the BCCI's graded retainership, Yuvraj Singh came to his own as he blasted Maharashtra attack into submission with an attractive 136 to guide Punjab to a......

Ranji Trophy: Delhi out of the race as Sehwag, Gauti flop yet again

Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir were dismissed cheaply in yet another pathetic batting show by Delhi, who are now staring at a big defeat against table toppers Karnataka in their final Tanji......

Easy for Devendra Joshi

Devendra Joshi of Petroleum Sports Promotion Board fashioned a facile victory in his second round-robin tie to book a berth in the knock-out round, on a day of close encounters in the BPCL- ONGC......