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Why did Pranab not reveal all in his book?

What Shekhar Gupta would have liked to know more about from Pranabda: Why did Sonia prefer Dr Singh to him as PM? Why did he deny finance first, why did he accept it 5 years later, and why did he......

How the British stole the Kohinoor from a child

'I can tell you the case that hurts me the most is the one in which the little boy is forced to sign the Kohinoor over.''You take a mother away from a child, you surround him with grown ups......

A flight to Pakistan: Old world charm in a modernising State

'The Pakistan government, we were told, has a plan to renovate several Hindu temples and Buddhist sites, which over the years have fallen into disrepair.''The aim is to create a pilgrimage circuit......

NY: Indian-origin jewellers on trial

Guy Ritchie's cult film Snatch detailed the misadventures of amoral boxing promoters, violent bookmakers, a Russian gangster, incompetent robbers, and 'Jewish jewelers' in the race to track down a......

Khost deaths: A point of inflexion in Obama's war?

The Jordanian suicide bomber, Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi, who infiltrated the CIA's Forward Base Chapman in Khost, Afghanistan, and killed seven CIA operatives and his Jordanian handler on......

Amazon announces $250 mn fund for SMEs in India

E-commerce giant Amazon on Thursday announced a $250 million (about Rs 1,873 crore) fund that will focus on digitising small and medium businesses, and driving innovation in the areas of agri-tech......

The mighty fall of India's business czars

Who is to take their place?Will a new generation of entrepreneurs start up with better business sense, or at least better luck?But the so-called unicorns are mostly copy-cat entrepreneurs whose......

Move over Apple, India has its own share of super stocks

Four stocks in the BSE 100 index have given better returns in dollar terms Investors around the world want to take a bite of Apple Inc. Besides its iconic products, the company has a market......

Now, book an Uber ride for your next dinner via Zomato

The partnership has been rolled out by Zomato to users in 27 cities across 13 countries Post closing it's ninth deal on Tuesday, Zomato has now signed up for a global tie up with cab aggregator......

'Mudra Bank will change the way India is functioning'

'Unlike money stashed abroad, domestic black money is not idle' 'Black money that is stashed abroad is around $1.5 trillion' R Vaidyanathan (bottom, left) has been a professor of finance and......

30 RD Burman Gems You May Not Have Heard

Rahul Dev Burman made enough music to last a million lifetimes. As it happens in the case of every prolific artist, some of his work received more love than others. When one thinks of RD classics,......

Lata-S D Burman: 9 Hidden Gems

We celebrate S D Burman's 117th birth anniversary and Lata Mangeshkar's 94th birth anniversary with nine priceless SD-Lata gems. IMAGE: Lata Mangeshkar with S D Burman. Photograph: Kind courtesy......

Recognise These Stars?

Raima Sen surprised her social media followers by revealing some 'hidden gems' from her albums. Raima posted pictures from her childhood, where she casually posed with stars from different walks of......

Radhika-Sanya Go Disco Dancing!

Shraddha gets the blues... Kajol spends the day with her love... Mini shares her memories... Photograph: Kind courtesy Radhika Madan/Instagram Radhika Madan shares a picture from Sanya Malhotra's......

S P Balasubrahmanyam's TOP 25 Songs

Siva Sankar looks at S P Balasubrahmanyam's fantastic repertoire. S P Balasubrahmanyam passed away in his 75th year, and so we celebrate the singer with 75 of his top songs, in a multi-part......

'Didn't expect this would happen but Gopi sir kept pushing me'

IMAGE: HS Prannoy broke a six-year long title drought. Photograph: BAI/Twitter Sleep-deprived Indian shuttler HS Prannoy had almost given up on winning his next title and breaking a six-year long......

Day 8: What's hot at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics

South Korea's 'Iron Man' wins first Asian sliding gold IMAGE: Yun Sung-bin celebrates winning the Men's Skeleton at Olympic Sliding Centre. Photograph: Richard Heathcote/Getty Images South......

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