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Remembering The Aga Khan

His Highness Prince Karim Al-Hussaini, Aga Khan IV, the 49th hereditary Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims, passed away in Lisbon on Tuesday, February 4, 2025, at the age of 88. The Aga Khan --......

Karim Al-Hussaini, Aga Khan IV, the 49th hereditary Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims and a direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad, passed away in Lisbon on 4 February 2025, aged 88, surrounded......

Prince Karim Aga Khan conferred Padma Vibhushan

Prince Karim Aga Khan was accorded with the prestigious Padma Vibhushan award by President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday. On Tuesday, the prince had called on the President, assuring......

Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan dies

Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan has died at age 70, a spokeswoman at his Geneva officesaid on Tuesday.Sadruddin was (paternal) uncle to the current Aga Khan, Prince Karim.Swiss news agency ATS reported......

Aga Khan lays foundation stone for academy

His Highness the Aga Khan and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Dr Y S Rajasekhar Reddy on Friday laid the foundation stone for the Aga Khan Academy, which would be dedicated to preparing talented......

Ratan Tata: A Corporate Titan Like None Other

Ratan Tata was one of the world's most influential industrialists yet he never appeared on any list of billionaires. Photograph: ANI Photo He controlled over 30 companies that operated in over......

Microsoft to award $350,000 grant to NGOs

Microsoftsaid on Wednesday it will award cash grants worth $350,000 in 2012-13 to non-government organisations in the country which work for the empowerment of youth.Launching the first centre in......

Development Credit Bank plans IPO

The Development Credit Bank, an emerging private sector bank in India, would shortly go in for its IPO to raise Rs 300 crore (Rs 3 billion). The Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development, an......

Bank of Pakistan may set up arm in India

The Reserve Bank of India's cross holding norms for private sector banks do not permit Habib Bank of Pakistan to come to India, because of which only one bank from the neighbouring......

Eminent economist A M Khusro passes away

Former Finance Commission chairman A M Khusro, who died in New Delhi on Sunday night, was a distinguished academic, scholar and a towering personality.Besides heading the 11th Finance Commission,......

What Shahid Finds 'Really Tough'

IMAGE: Shahid Kapoor. Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com Shahid Kapoor packs in a lot of blood and gore in his new film, Bloody Daddy, directed by Ali Abbas Zafar (Tiger Zinda Hai,......

IB 71 Review: Riveting Plot, Poor Execution

One-time watch for all those wear their patriotism up their sleeve, don't bother about checking the facts, and want to enjoy a dramatic mix of fact and fiction, notes Prasanna D Zore. Thirty......

'Lagaan destroyed me'

'As an actor, it gave me such a great role that after that whatever, work I was offered, it was never fulfilling.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Amin Hajee "I call myself the Lagaan University......

Salman: I will never be able to forgive

There's a new maturity about Salman Khan, one that goes beyond the jetlagged sleep-deprivation and which energetic exertions on stage can't quite veil."Hey, what do you expect; I'm 40 years old,"......

Eye-candy, skin and a lot of Fardeen!

Lucky (Fardeen Khan) has lucked out in the father department of his life. He has never had a 'proper' father. Janasheen, the two-and-a-half-hour film, deals with Lucky's lack ofa definitive father......

Aga Khan hockey: RCF, Karnataka score

Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers, Mumbai, powered by Shiva Kumar's double strikes, overcame hosts Bombay Gymkhana President's XI 4-1 in a first round match of the DCB Presents Aga Khan hockey......

Aga Khan hockey from May 15

Unfazed by an Indian Hockey Federation directive to not revive the century-old Aga Khan tournament, the Bombay Gynmkhana is going ahead with its plan to hold the event from May 15-21. "We are going......

Aga Khan hockey: Viren, Dhanraj for Bombay Gym

Three petroleum teams -- Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) and Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) -- all boasting experienced Indian stars in their......

South Central Railway in Aga Khan hockey semis

South Central Railway (SCR), Chennai, combined well to derail Rail Coach Factory (RCF), Kapurthala, with a 4-1 defeat in a quarter-final match of the DCB Presents Aga Khan hockey tournament - 2011,......

BPCL stun ONGC to lift Aga Khan trophy

Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), Bangalore scored a surprise 4-1 win against Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), Delhi in the final of the DCB Presents Aga Khan hockey tournament --......