Dawoodi Bohra head to be conferred Nishan-e-Pakistan award

Dr Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin, head of the Mumbai-based Dawoodi Bohra sect of Islam, will be conferred ‘Nishan-e-Pakistan', making him the fourth Indian to be honoured with Pakistan's highest......

Should Governors Be Legally Given Time Limit To Act?

Given the politics behind it all, one possibility is for binding the governor to act according to the decisions of the state government and clarifying his position vis a vis bills and resolutions......

'I was told not to accept money from Gandhiji'

'Even though Gandhiji did not know me well, Sardar knew and remembered me working with him till the Congress was banned.' Glimpses from the fascinating memoirs of Chakkedath Sankarankutty Menon,......

'Believe me, nobody can do reassurance better than Mr Modi'

'You ain't seen anything yet,' EAM Jaishankar says about the India-US relationship.Abhijit J Masih reports from the Colors of Friendship event at India House in Washington, DC. IMAGE: External......

V Krishnamurthy, PSUs' turnaround man, dies at 97

Venkataraman Krishnamurthy, who is considered as the turnaround man of several Indian corporate houses like BHEL, Maruti Udyog, SAIL and Gail (India), passed away on Sunday at the age of 97.......

Budget: Concessional rate dumped, foreign dividends now under tax ambit

Concessional rate of tax on dividends received by Indian companies from foreign subsidiaries will be done away with from April 1, a change that may hamper global expansion of Indian companies and......

Time to END Bank Nationalisation

Nationalisation has served its purpose.It's time to move ahead, keeping majority ownership of the government in a few banks to serve the people, argues Tamal Bandyopadhyay. Illustration: Uttam......

When Pranab clashed with Manmohan, twice

Pranab Mukherjee's stewardship of the economy will stand out as much for the manner in which he managed controversies as for creating quite a few of them, says A K Bhattacharya. IMAGE: Then prime......

Zeenat Aman Opens Up About Her Eye Injury

'Despite the gossip, the comments, and the questions, I never felt diminished by it.' IMAGE: Zeenat Aman with her son Zahaan Khan. Photograph: Kind courtesy Zeenat Aman/Instagram In her latest......

Mumbai Diaries 2 Review: Too Dramatic!

Season two once again goes for dramatic overkill despite the spine-chilling gravity of the true events it is based on, observes Mayur Sanap. After capturing the fretful night of 26/11 in its debut......

Salman-Shah Rukh Pray With Eknath Shinde

Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan visited Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde's home to attend Ganpati pooja on Sunday. It was a houseful event, as Asha Bhosle, Jackie Shroff, Rajkummar......

Remembering Nitin Desai's Magic

There's a moment in Jodhaa Akbar when Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's newly married queen is offered a tour of her marital abode by the palace help. Luxury isn't new for her, but the unmistakable awe in......

Vijay Hazare: Samarth Vyas hits blazing double century

IMAGE: Samarth Vyas hit a blazing 200 off 130 balls. Photograph: IDCF Twitter Saurashtra opener Samarth Vyas recorded a magnificent double century while Dharmendrasinh Jadeja bagged an incredible......

Ganguly stable after angioplasty, under close observation: hospital

IMAGE: BCCI president Sourav Ganguly. Photograph: BCCI BCCI president Sourav Ganguly is stable after undergoing angioplasty and is currently under close observation, said the medical bulletin......

Windies cricketers depart for 'bio-secure' Test tour of England

IMAGE: West Indies batsman Shai Hope onboard the private charter flight to the UK. Photograph: Kind courtesy, Windiescricket.com The West Indies cricket team on Monday departed from Antigua for......