Once Mazar-i-Sharif falls, some isolate pockets of resistance may remain, which the Taliban would tackle through political work or coercion, asserts Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
And more importantly who's keeping her company?
Let's take a look at how India's millionaires and billionaires spend their money.
Yesterday was premiered in London, and quite a few celebrities made sure to attend.
From victories to deaths, 2009 has seen its share of headlines. Here's a look at the year's most memorable stories.
Kamala succeeded as she identified herself with the larger minority groups rather than narrow ethnicity, prodded by her mother who did not want to return to India, observes Ambassador T P Sreenivasan, who has done multiple stints in India's embassy in Washington, DC.
We are today carrying out the reconstruction of New Delhi which will cost us Rs 20,000 crore and give the prime minister a new house while crores of people have no means and no money to buy vaccines for their children, observes Aakar Patel.
Mumbai get the money-spinning tournament rolling in Chennai on Friday, just four months after claiming their second successive title, with a match against Royal Challengers Bangalore, led by India captain Virat Kohli.
Here's why A R Rahman is the musical genius that he is.
Slumdog Millionaire, which was orphaned a few months ago when distributor Warner Independent folded into the parent company, consolidated its Oscar nomination chances last week winning a slew of key awards and being nominated for four Golden Globes.
The Prime Minister "congratulates A R Rahman, Resul Pookutty (sound engineer), Gulzar (lyricist), and entire Slumdog Millionaire team for the success at the Oscars," a PMO spokesperson said. Singh said "they have done India proud".
In addition to being nominated in the best picture, director, adapted screenplay and music categories for the Oscars, Slumdog Millionaire is also expected to be nominated for cinematography, editing and costumes.
Aravind Adiga's Man Booker Prize winner The White Tiger will now be seen in a theatre near you.
'Life should never be unidimensional.' 'While I enjoy doing films, there's still a lot more that I want to experience.'
Petite Freida looked a million bucks in her frilly mini-dress, as she appeared on the ramp at the Milan fashion week, reports The Sun. he was flanked by Hollywood actress Scarlet Johansson and Kate Hudson, as she flaunted the frilly dress onstage.
The actress will be presenting Malala at the concert to the crowds.
Mahesh Thorat keeps toiling in the city's sludge with the hope for his pot of gold someday.
Slumdog Millionaire might have won accolades the world over but parents of two children starring in the rags-to-riches tale set in Mumbai have accused the producers of exploitation.
An office bearer of a slum dwellers' body has filed a defamation case against music director A R Rahman and actor Anil Kapoor alleging that the award winning film Slumdog Millionaire calls Indians dogs and slum dwellers slum dogs.
The composer becomes the first Indian to win a Golden Globe award.
Slumdog Millionaire has bagged five prestigious prizes including Best Composer award for Indian music maestro A R Rahman at Broadcast Film Critics Association's 14th annual Critics Choice Awards.
Lewis Hamilton has apologised to residents of his boyhood home town Stevenage for suggesting he grew up in a slum.
'Slumdog Millionaire' actress Freida Pinto has reportedly landed herself a deal to front cosmetics giant Estee Lauder.
Dancing to the tunes of Slumdog Millionaire has become a craze at many fitness and dance schools across the US.
With two of the three Oscar-nominated songs being in Hindi and performed with colourful and vigorous Bollywood dances, and with Rahman invoking in Tamil a saying about divine greatness, the proceedings at times looked like a Bollywood event held in Los Angeles.
Simbu dubs for Dev Patel while S P Balasubramanian dubs for Anil Kapoor in the Tamil version of the hit film.
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.
Let's take a look at income inequality in India and rest of the world.
It seems British director Danny Boyle has fallen in love with Mumbai while shooting for his award-winning film 'Slumdog Millionaire'. Boyle wants to get back to the city once more to make to make another film.
The Porsche 911 RS is fast becoming a collector's item among India's high net worth individuals.
AR Rahman performed at the UN General Assembly hall at a concert to mark India's 70th Independence Day in New York.
India with its increasing number of millionaires is projected to be in the 8th position among the world's top 10 wealth centres by 2017, says a report by banking giant Barclays.The report further says that emerging markets like India, China and Russia are fast catching up with the rich countries in terms of their wealth.
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The actor, 54, passed away early morning today after battling kidney and lung cancer.
Here's the father of the world's first digital currency.
Reader Arjjun Kodoth has sent us this photograph with the Oscar winning sound engineer.
We look back at international movies shot in India.
For most people, there are five legal ways of becoming rich; some of these might be faster than the other. I have arranged the five in the descending order, starting from the fastest and probably the easiest.
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