Yeh Hai India: It's Time For Lohri

Please click on the images for a look at the latest in our Yeh Hai India series: Capturing the events and moods across our incredible country. Yeh Hai India IMAGE: A man carries a large kite......

Massive blast in Assam oil well, 3 foreign experts injured

A massive blast occurred near the Oil India Limited's Baghjan well in Assam's Tinsukia district on Wednesday, injuring three foreign experts involved in the dousing of the well fire raging for over......

Assam gas well 'killed', fire fully doused after over 5 months

The damaged gas well at Baghjan in Assam was successfully 'killed' and the blaze was fully doused on Sunday after over five months of a blowout, Oil India said. The worst industrial disaster of......

Why Is The Taliban Angry With Pakistan?

The Taliban is showing its strong discontent as the high hopes given to it by the Pakistani military have been dashed, observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar. IMAGE: A Talib stands guard at the......

New chit fund Bill to have more teeth

Stringent measures, including seizure and confiscation of property, have been proposed to protect investors from money spooling companies in the much-awaited bill being moved by the West Bengal......

How digital era is changing Bollywood

Movies, that were shot on celluloid film and reached cinema theatres on spools packed in grey coloured tin cans, may soon be part of the coveted film memorabilia found at auctions. The old......

Mahindra XUV700: A powerhouse that ushers in a new era of excellence

Is the XUV700 just a facelifted XUV500 or is it a completely new breed in the vast range of SUVs available today? Rajesh Karkera takes the latest offering from the Mahindra stable for a spin to......

The funky Maruti Ignis may not impress all, but...

Small cars are a boon in day-to-day city driving as manoeuvring and parking is quite easy because of their compact footprint. One fine day, a blue Maruti Ignis arrived at MotorBeam's garage and we......

When Kishore Kumar created magic with the Burmans!

If Kishore Kumar were alive today, he would have turned 90 on August 4. We celebrate the genius with several special features dedicated to him. We start with Raju Bharatan's beautiful insight into......

Soni: Outrage, unedited

'Soni is a soft treatment of a very complex subject,' feels Sreehari Nair. One tweet proclaims Ivan Ayr's Soni 'the only kind of film I want to watch'. To this, a reply: 'Only those who like......

S D Burman's proudest moment

'His son had become a composer after all, and one now chased by producers.' 'But while finding peace in one quarter, he had lost it in another. Jet was not a home any more. The room across his was......