Why's Pak Army Chief Shuffling Generals?

Significantly, these 12 officers would form a major part of the team that the new army chief will inherit, observes Rana Banerji, who headed the Pakistan desk at RA&W, India's external intelligence......

Saeed spreading terror in the name of jihad, Pak tells judicial panel

Mumbai terror attack mastermind and Jamat-ud Dawah chief Hafiz Saeed and his four aides have been detained for ‘spreading terrorism in the name of jihad’, Pakistan’s interior......

Award wapasi continues: Kundan Shah, 23 others return National Awards

Another 24 filmmakers including Kundan Shah of Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro fame and Saeed Mirza and writer Arundhati Roy on Thursday returned their National Awards over "growing intolerance", voicing......

Pakistan's 14-member caretaker cabinet sworn in

Pakistan's 14-member interim cabinet of caretaker premier Mir Hazar Khan Khoso was on Tuesday sworn-in by President Asif Ali Zardari, with ministers drawn from all four provinces of the country.......

What lies behind the rising rupee

Committed readers of these pages would by now be aware that there is a war on out there, and I'm not talking about Iraq. The past one month has witnessed a truly astonishing outpouring of......

An India where anything is possible

Early last September when I headed to the Telluride Film Festival in Colorado, a film publicist asked me to look out for a film called Slumdog Millionaire. When I asked him what the film was about,......

2-7 odds of Slumdog winning an Oscar

If experts are to be believed, critically acclaimed Slumdog Millionaire is at 2-7 odds of winning the prestigious Academy Award for the Best Motion Picture. The film, which has won four Golden......

When Slumdog got a makeover

Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire is fast becoming a rage. After winning four Golden Globe awards recently, the Mumbai-based rags-to-riches story staring Irrfan Khan, Dev Patel and Freida Pinto has......

Slumdog Millionaire is just a masala film

Warning: Spoiler alert Blame it on the hype. The reviews -- mainly from the United Kingdom and the United States, where the film was released first -- for Slumdog Millionaire compete with each......

PCB, players on confrontation path

IMAGE: Trouble is brewing between the country’s cricket board and the Pakistan players. Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Reuters A severe discord is brewing between the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)......

World Cup 2015: Know the Afghanistan cricket team

Penpix of the Afghanistan squad for the 2015 cricket World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. Nasir Jamal, Najibullah Zadran and Shafiqullah Shafaq of Afghanistan chat. Photograph: Paul Kane/Getty......

Jayawardene, Afridi will be most experienced players at 2015 World Cup

Australia and Ireland submit provisional squad for the tournament Down Under, but do not release names. The UAE's Khurram Khan, at 43, will be the oldest player (born 21 June 1971) while Yodhin......

Pak retain Misbah, Hafeez for SA Tests; omit openers Farhat, Umar

Pakistan retained under-fire skipper Misbah-ul Haq and out-of-form Muhammad Hafeez, but dropped tall left-arm pacer Muhammad Irfan from the 28-man probables’ list for the two-Test series......

National squash: Smooth sailing for men's seeds

The top 16 seeds in the men's section, including Saurav Ghosal and Gaurav Nandrajog of Delhi, sailed into the second round, evens as the women side saw a few upsets in the 55th Senior ICL National......