Nawaz Sharif invites rival parties to form joint govt in Pakistan

Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif Friday called for a unity government as the cash-strapped Pakistan appeared to be heading towards a hung parliament, with independent candidates backed by jailed......

Khalistan Tiger Force chief shot dead outside gurdwara in Canada

Canada-based chief of banned Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF) Hardeep Singh Nijjar, one of India's most-wanted terrorists who carried a cash reward of Rs 10 lakh on his head, was shot dead outside a......

Disastrous Decisions, Achievements: Pervez Musharraf's Mixed Legacy

Learning perhaps from the Kargil debacle, Musharraf tried hard to evolve as a statesman in his dealings with India, recalls Rana Banerji, who headed the Pakistan desk at RA&W. IMAGE: Former......

2 groups linked to LeT, Jaish banned; IS recruiter among 4 declared terrorists

Continuing its crackdown on terrorism sponsored from across the border, the Centre banned two proxy organisations of the dreaded Lashkar-e-Tayiba and Jaish-e-Mohammad and declared four individuals......

SBI declines to share quantum of money in suspended accounts

The interest money which is not claimed by people due to religious obligations is kept in suspended bank accounts. State Bank of India has declined to share the quantum of money lying in suspended......

RBI 'no' to sharing FinMin reply on Islamic banking

The response from the finance ministry on a Reserve Bank of India report about the introduction of Sharia banking in India cannot be disclosed, the central bank has said. The RBI was asked to......

Four US investment banks offer support for London after Brexit vote

JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley, as well as Britain's Asia-focused Standard Chartered said they would try to support London's financial sector Four US......

What led BJP towards this harakiri?

'You want a steady, confident, self-assured and highly skilful hand at the till.''It is a pity that the BJP has decided to deprive itself of such a hand at this politically sensitive time.''It is......

Review: The Reluctant Fundamentalist is a powerful film

The Reluctant Fundamentalist has its cinematic moments but is too simplistic in places, Vaihayasi Pande Daniel writes.Do you know what a janissary is? Before you head out to see the new Mira Nair......

When I met Robert De Niro

Robert De Niro launched the Tribeca Film Festival as a measure to revive the lower Manhattan area devastated by the terrorist attacks of 9/11.Seven years later, the festival has become the largest......

2007: The year that was at the movies

With 2008 just around the corner, we decided to get together an interesting bunch of people to chat about cinema in the year gone by.Director Suparn Verma and resident film critic Raja Sen got......