The changing fortunes of Lalit Modi

Prakash Bhandari chalks the journey of Lalit Modi from his troubled adolescent days to his mid-life crisis, from his grand success at the India Premier League to his dramatic exit from it. Former......

AirAsia QZ8501: First bodies returned to airport; bad weather hampers recovery of wreckage

Bad weather on Wednesday hampered the recovery of scores of bodies and the wreckage of the AirAsia plane that drifted away from the crash site due to strong tides in the JavaSea off Indonesia after......

219 bodies retrieved from MH17 crash site

Pro-Moscow insurgents on Sunday took  control of the 219 bodies recovered so far from the debris of the downed Malaysian jet, even as global pressure mounted on Russian President Vladimir......

MH-370 enigma: Is there a top-secret India angle?

Two months after the Malaysia Airlines plane vanished from radar screens, conspiracies have been floated to explain the enigma of the vanishing flight. Amid these claims, one is that the plane was......

Truth behind SRK's business ventures

Khan seems to be sitting on significant gains on account of exchange rate gains as the pound has strengthened from Rs 60 to Rs 100 during the period. The Enforcement Directorate suspects that Khan......

Here's how Suresh Prabhu can reengineer the Railways

The railway minister knows that he has to tap resources outside the government, which is why he has announced a slew of direct investment opportunities. Suresh Prabhu knows that he has to tap......

Entire text of finance minister's Budget Speech

Budget 2010-11 provided considerable relief to income tax payers by raising the slabs at two levels but hiked the central excise duty on non-petroleum products across the board from 8 to 10 per......

How big brands get hijacked online

Late last year, 57-year-old Marcia Bergeron ordered a package of what she thought was a generic form of the sleeping pill Ambien from an online pharmacy based in Eastern Europe. A few days after......

Guarding the face: ex-boxer Haye launches mask to fight COVID-19

  IMAGE: Former boxing heavyweight world champion David Haye poses for a photograph following the launch of his premium range of high-tech face masks. Photograph: Peter Nicholls/Reuters......

Boxing champ loses licence for promoting domestic abuse

WBO super middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders apologised for his social media post on the weekend and then on Monday: ‘I just want to say sorry again for everyone I've offended’.......

Sports Shorts: Advani-Mehta win World Team Snooker title

IMAGE: This takes Advani's world title tally to a phenomenal 23 while Aditya claimed his maiden. Photograph: IBSF/Twitter The Indian duo of Pankaj Advani and Aditya Mehta overcame a tough Thai......

Sports Shorts: Easy day for Bajrang, Ravi excels in Worlds trials

IMAGE: Star Indian wrestler Bajrang Punia. Photograph: Bajrang Punia/Twitter Star wrestler Bajrang Punia needed less than four minutes to book a berth in India's World Championship squad while......

Soccer Extras: Spain striker Torres announces retirement

News of all that's transpired on and off the football field IMAGE: Fernando Torres, who scored more than 100 goals across two spells at his boyhood club Atletico Madrid, also played for Premier......