Jnanpith Awards for ONV Kurup, Akhlaq Shahryar

Eminent Malayalam litterateur O N V Kurup and noted Urdu poet Akhlaq Khan Shahryar have been chosen for the Jnanpith Award for the year 2007 and 2008 respectively for their contribution to......

Dawood has been chased out of Pakistan: Shahryar Khan

For the first time, Pakistan has admitted to the presence of one of India's most-wanted terrorists Dawood Ibrahim, but said he has been "chased out" and could be in the "UAE". "Dawood (Ibrahim) was......

If Dawood is in Pak, he should be hounded, arrested: Shahryar

Islamabad's point man for track-II dialogue with India, Shahryar Khan, has made a U-turn on his earlier remarks, when he acknowledged the presence of India's most wanted terrorist Dawood Ibrahim in......

Aryan today, tomorrow it can be your child

You aren't dealing with a normal, civilised, law.The NDPS Act, in its preconditions for bail, and insistence on evidence of innocence rather than guilt, is worse than UAPA.Imagine yourself or your......

Shabana Azmi mourns the death of Umrao Jaan writer

Urdu poet Shahryar, whose lines resonated across Hindi cinema when he worked with filmmaker Muzaffar Ali in Gaman (1978), Umrao Jaan (1981) and Anjuman (1986), is no more.Shabana Azmi, who sang......

Umrao Jaan music: Not quite the same

Muzzafar Ali's Umrao Jaan was an unusual feat. It seamlessly merged the aesthetics of an art film with the gloss of a commercial one.Thoughits ornate visuals and gorgeous cast made it an entrancing......

Watch! When Khayyam spoke about his favourite song

Khayyam, the legendary composer, passed into the ages in a Mumbai hospital on August 19.Two years ago, on February 18, 2017, he spoke to Rediff.com's Patcy N on the occasion of his 91st......

Review: Daawat-E-Ishq's best ingredient is charm!

Even though its not completely the foodie feast the title suggests, Daawat-E-Ishq is a breezy exercise, feels Sukanya Verma. Daawat-E-Ishq is like an exuberant menu of a newly opened......

Shahryar Khan upset with India's response to reviving cricket ties

Pakistan Cricket Board chief Shahryar Khan along with BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya. Photograph: PTI The PCB chairman Shahryar Khan has expressed disappointment over BCCI’s lukewarm......

PCB wants Misbah to retire

IMAGE: Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq. Photograph: Kai Schwoerer/Getty Images The chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Shahryar Khan has conveyed to Test captain Misbah-ul-Haq that the......

Pakistan to push towards ending India's domination in ICC

'Under the current formula we will end up with just around 98 million dollars while India stands to get around 500 million. We don't see this as an system based on equality.' The Pakistan Cricket......

Pakistan players could refuse to tour India for World T20: Abbas

IMAGE: Virat Kohli with Misbah-ul Haq. Photograph: Reuters Citing the incident of Shiv Sena activists storming the BCCI headquarters in Mumbai protesting against the resumption of......

'Hoping India will give good news to cricketing world'

‘Politics and cricket are two different things’ IMAGE: ICC president Zaheer Abbas with veteran cricketer Syed Kirmani at a media conference. Photograph: PTI Condemning the attack on......