Reliving the Portuguese terror in Goa

  Published in Britain by Constable & Robinson and in America and Canada by Dell in July 2005, this is an excerpt from Richard Zimler's novel, Guardian of the Dawn, set during the Inquisition......

'Chandrayaan demonstrates the skill of India, and its people'

'ISRO's style is a terrific example of being able to survive, acknowledge failures, and then most importantly of all, learn from them to ensure that subsequent missions are successful.' IMAGE:......

Politicians skip this remote MP village even during poll time

For reaching the polling station at Jhandana village ahead of the November 17 Madhya Pradesh assembly elections, poll officials will have to first ride in a boat carrying the electronic voting......

Delhi woman shot dead at her house by lover's brother

A 24-year-old woman was shot dead allegedly by a man in front of her brother and mother inside her house in the southeast Delhi's Jaitpur area, police said on Saturday. Image used only for......

Ananya, Janhvi, Kiara Get Gorgeous

The Pinkvilla Screen and Style Icons Awards were held in Mumbai, and Bollywood suitably glammed up for the night. Kiara Advani wins the Best Actor Female Popular Choice award for Satyaprem Ki......

Ananya, Alia, Adah Win Awards

While Hollywood attended the Oscars on Sunday night, film folk back home were busy getting glam for the Zee Cine Awards in Mumbai. Kriti, Mouni Win Hearts   Alia Bhatt continues to win......

Fighter: Blood On The Dance Floor

Siddharth Anand's artistry bespeaks an upbringing filled with GI Joes, plastic combat boots and plastic bayonets, fake punching noises and fake sounds of gunshots, rudely interrupted by an adult......

Mouni, Shriya, Emraan Glam Up In Showtime

Photograph: Kind courtesy Shriya Saran/Instagram Now, here's a show that will show off the power struggles on and off the camera in the backstage areas of Bollywood. Showtime has an interesting......

KKR Vs LSG: Who Bowled Best Spell? Vote!

IMAGE: KKR downed LSG to pick up their fourth win of the season. Photographs: BCCI Under the hot Kolkata sun, Kolkata Knight Riders bowlers put up a sizzling show to set up the hosts for a......

'Matter of time before Starc returns to his elements'

IMAGE: KKR bowling coach Bharat Arun backed Mitchell Starc after his rocky start to the ongoing IPL season. Photograph: BCCI Mitchell Starc has not lived up to his astronomical price tag so far in......

Block it out, it's all irrelevant: Smith on Hardik facing boos

IMAGE: Hardik Pandya’s journey as Mumbai Indians skipper has gotten off to a rocky start. Photograph: BCCI Australian star batter Steve Smith has advised Hardik Pandya to simply "block out"......

Ranji Trophy: Pujara slams second ton of season; Shaw hammers century on comeback

IMAGE: Cheteshwar Pujara struck a 230-ball 110. Photograph: BCCI Domestic/X Veteran batter Cheteshwar Pujara slammed his second hundred of the ongoing Ranji Trophy season, guiding Saurashtra to a......

When England Stunned India!

IMAGE: Alastair Cook led England to a historic Test series win over India in 2012. Photograph: Paul Childs/Reuters Ben Stokes and his team-mates have their task cut out as they look to emulate......