Phone-hacking: Rebekah Brooks, husband get bail

Rebekah Brooks, the former top executive of News International and a close aide of Rupert Murdoch, and her husband were bailed on Wednesday, along with four other persons charged with perverting......

An encounter with Jeffrey Archer

Jeffrey Archer speaks with Sudarshna Dwivedi about the first book of his five part The Clifton Chronicles series, what pushes him to keeps writing at 70, his fitness routine, cricket and India!......

Jeffrey Archer on his Indian love story

English author Lord Jeffrey Archer loves India with all of his heart, but knows he'll never write a broad sweeping novel set in the subcontinent. "To write about India like that, I think you have......

Jeffrey Archer wants to be transport minister

Like many of my contemporaries, I discovered Jeffrey Archer way before I was meant to. In my uncle's forgotten bookshelf dating back to his uncle's bachelor days, I had chanced upon this row of......

Child labour ban fine but how to feed them

One of the most painfully funny sights I see most mornings is a fat little boy in a smart starched uniform waddling past my house to his school followed by a ragged child, smaller and much thinner......

Ambani rivalry under Western media scanner

More than the potential deal between South African telecom giant MTN and Anil Ambani group firm Rcom, it's the rivalry between the Ambani brothers that has caught the fancy of Western media which......

Digital publishing coming of age

When Brian Murray, group president of HarperCollins, said, "The younger generations are consuming information in a different way. They may not necessarily be going into bookshops. They are spending......

Indra Nooyi, world's 4th most powerful woman

Chief Executive-designate of PepsiCo Indra Nooyi, Congress President Sonia Gandhi, and ICICI Bank's Lalita Gupte and Kalpana Morparia are among the 100 most powerful women in the world.India-born......

'We'd have never known there was a brilliant actor lurking inside him'

'I was so nervous and embarrassed that I hid behind a pillar, just watching my son quietly.''I could see him very quiet, not communicating with anybody.''I thought he was not interested. But when......

Jeetendra's TOP 15 Films

The legendary star turns 75 today! Not many can boast of a success like Jeetendra's. To understand the pulse of your audience is equivalent to a super power in showbusiness and the star's 'acting......

Review: Rocket Singh is refreshingly different

How in the world does Jaideep Sahni do it? Really, how? At a time when our cinema attempts to either be shampoo-commercial glossy or marijuana-rolling edgy, the ace screenwriter hammers out his......

First Look: Meet Shilpa's new shark

They call him Max Clifford. 'They' being the UK tabloids, a massive industry owing its most sensational stories to this always controversial publicist. Clifford has promoted tremendously popular......

PIX: City thrashes Bournemouth 6-0; United back in form

IMAGE: Manchester City's Phil Foden celebrates scoring their fourth goal with Jeremy Doku. Photograph: Molly Darlington/Reuters Manchester City roared back to the top of the Premier League......

Sri Lanka face steely England as they fight to survive

IMAGE: To stop this brute force called England, Sri Lanka will have to play out of their skins with the onus resting on the pace duo of Lasith Malinga and Nuwan Pradeep. Photograph: David......

How many 2019 World Cup players have scored 10,000 ODI runs?

Rajneesh Gupta presents all the fascinating career numbers of players in the World Cup.   Afghanistan: ODI career records IMAGE: Afghanistan's magical spinner Rashid Khan. Photograph:......

Meet the World Cup players

Rajneesh Gupta profiles the cricketers playing the World Cup 2019.   Afghanistan IMAGE: Gulbadin Naib of Afghanistan celebrates taking a wicket in World Cup 2019 match against Australia.......

Cyclone could affect West Indies quarter-final chances

West Indies captain Jason Holder (left) with Chris Gayle (right) and a team mate. Photograph: Anthony Phelps/Reuters The remnants of Cyclone Pam may play a part in determining whether West Indies......