Ajmer blast: Cops named victim a suicide bomber

Syed Salim was at the Ajmer Dargah on October 11, 2007, like a lot of others offer his prayers on Ramazan, when a bomb ripped through the shrine. However, little did he know that he would be tagged......

Hurriyat to meet Pandit leaders in Jan

The Hurriyat's moderate faction is planning another meeting in January with the Pandit leadership on the issue of return of migrants to the Kashmir Valley."After the successful parleys between......

7 separatists quit Mirwaiz-led Hurriyat faction

Seven members of the moderate All Parties Hurriyat Conference general council have quit the conglomerate over differences with the top leadership on “restoration of the Hurriyat......

'Husain left India because he felt insulted'

He does not remember exactly when he had met Husain for the first time, but does say it was in the 1940s in Mumbai. Rediff.com's Sahim Salim talks to Syed Haider Raza, probably the only other......

Taj: Divided By Blood: History In A Mess

This Web series is more about wine, opium, sex, more sex, gay love and incest, rues Syed Firdaus Ashraf. The Janissaries were members of an elite corps of the Ottoman army, the first to lay down......

The Man Who Gave Pathaan Its Heartbeat

'Every story has a heartbeat of its own.''Sometimes you want to go thak thak thak and finish the screenplay fast.''In other stories, you go thak (pause), thak (pause), thak (pause). That also......

PIX: Guess who Urmila is partying with?

Every year, Bollywood's stars glitter at Baba Siddique's Iftar party. This year too, Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan made their presence felt. Here are some more stars who joined the......

Zanjeer And The Birth Of A Star

'The bad time Zanjeer was having affected Amitabh so badly that he went down with a fever.''When the booking for the second week began, I happened to pass by the Gaiety-Galaxy theatre.''There was a......

Syed Abid Ali: A Panther On The Field

Abid Ali's contributions to Indian cricket remain etched in history.His spirit, sportsmanship, and selfless play defined an era, and his legacy will endure in the annals of the game.Prakash......

'There was no one like Bishan paaji'

'I have seen Bishan paaji get worked up when he felt the game was losing its character because of some individual.' IMAGE: Bishan Singh Bedi in action, August 2, 1971. Photograph: Dennis......

Prithvi Shaw made history: In Numbers

The peaks Prithvi Shaw scaled on the first day of his Test career in numbers, via Rajneesh Gupta. IMAGE: Prithvi Shaw hits a boundary on the way to his 100. Photograph: PTI Prithvi Shaw became the......

Maybe India needs this Dream XI!

So India lost its first World Twenty20 game on Tuesday night.Maybe, we fielded the wrong team :)Haresh Pandya picks 11 India greats who never played the shortest format, but can take on any team in......

Choose your Dream Indian Team

Image: Kapil Dev. Photograph: Allsport UK Haresh Pandya picks his all-time best Indian Test team which is packed with some exciting stroke-players, a couple of heavy-scorers known to play......