Is Congress serious about elections?

'What do you think the Congress is today?''Is it a political party heading for a life-and-death battle?''Or an NGO, just doing its thing and hoping it will improve the state of the world?' asks......

Rambo rides again

'From his persistent fuelling of pan-Hindu nationalism to pandering to narrow Gujarati chauvinism, Rambo rides again, using fair means and foul -- and often foul -- to gain the battleground,' says......

Hate crime charges filed against attackers of Sikh man

Hate crime charges have been filed by authorities against a group of men who brutally attacked a 41-year-old Sikh-American man, knocking off his turban and cutting his unshorn hair with a knife.......

Who will benefit from a BJP-DMDK tieup in TN polls

Subramanian Swamy stole the BJP's thunder in Tamil Nadu by meeting the DMDK’s Vijaykanth in Chennai, and his efforts seem to have paid off, at least in the interim, says N Sathiya Moorthy.......

From 2 lakhs to 3,300 crores! How A Velumani did it!

Thyrocare founder Arokiaswamy Velumani shares his success story with Anjuli Bhargava as he remembers the one person who stood by him through it all. IMAGE: Arokiaswamy Velumani with his wife......

A disciple of Japanese quality management

Order and efficiency are hallmarks of the TVS motorbike factory near Bangalore in southern India. To direct foot traffic, arrows are painted on the shiny shop floor of India's third-largest......

Bebo developers deal blow to Google

Bebo, the third-largest social networking site in the US, on Wednesday dealt a blow to Google's ambitions in the sector by adopting Facebook's open standards for applications. Bebo, founded by......

Will India be a global pygmy?

Only recently we celebrated the 57th anniversary of our Independence. Just as the national flag was raised onAugust 15, 1947 with those striking and emotional words ofthen prime minister Jawaharlal......

Remember these AMAZING MOMENTS from 25 years ago?

1995 was a year of big films and bad, resurgence of stardom as well as decline, winds of change amidst intense adherence to dreadful formula. Bollywood discovered the magic of A R Rahman and the......

The A to Z of Shah Rukh Khan

'Tu toh bilkul hero nahi lagta (you don't look like a hero at all).' In candid interviews over the years, an amused Shah Rukh Khan has often recalled this observation, made by a security guard......

20 scenes that took our breath away!

The entry scene is star. Things are off to a good start when a lead movie character appears for the first time against strategic music or swaggering drama and the audience bursts into wholehearted......

Meet Bollywood's filmi photographers

Say CHEESE! Constantly exposed to the shutterbugs, the camera might not be their best friend. But when it comes to playing a photographer on celluloid, Bollywood's famous faces are more than......

Football Extras: 'Trophies more important for United than top four'

News of all that's transpired on and off the football field IMAGE: Although Manchester United coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer admits a league title challenge is unrealistic this season, he backs the......

Waqar refuses to go out as 'villain'

'I am being portrayed as the villain. If the Board wants to remove me they first have to inform me in writing' 'Leakage of confidential reports is a crime and first I want the people or person who......

From 'Mr Tuck Tuck' to 'Go Misbah Go'

The cricket career of Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq has come a full circle. Misbah is no longer ‘Mr Tuck Tuck’ Misbah-ul-Haq, Pakistan captain celebrates. Photograph: Warren......

Ishant Sharma: Indian cricket's Mr Inconsistent!

Some say the lanky cricketer is an enigma, but most swear that Ishant Sharma is the country's best death bowler ("because he can kill India from any position"). On July 21, jokesters, of course,......

Stop misleading the public: ICC tells Asif, Butt

With the Court of Arbitration for Sport recently dismissing the appeals of Mohammad Asif and Salman Butt, the ICC on Tuesday asked the two banned Pakistan cricketers to stop "misleading the public"......