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'BJP's Greater Control In Bihar Marks A Fundamental Shift'

'Nitish Kumar previously held tight control over key ministries, but this concession (giving the home portfolio to the BJP) reflects either his weakened political position or a pragmatic......

'China's Dams Won't Dry Out India, But...'

'China could intentionally release excess water.''The North East is already flood-prone during the monsoon, and even a controlled release from Chinese dams (during the monsoon) could worsen......

BJP And The Long-Standing Preamble Dream

BJP and RSS leaders are once again pushing to remove the words 'secular' and 'socialist' from the Constitution's Preamble, showing a deeper effort to change India's identity from a diverse,......

India-Pakistan: 'China Could Create Problems'

'If there is a military standoff eyeball to eyeball on the western border, the Chinese could create problems by making movements in the north, in our northeast, which could involve us tying down......

Will Trump-Putin Reach A Deal On Ukraine?

Putin is keen on establishing a good personal rapport with Trump and anchor a meaningful US-Russia partnership, realistic enough to accept that Trump is as good an American president as Russia......

Cosmetics pioneer Estee Lauder dead

Estee Lauder, the pioneering queen of the global beauty products industry, who over decades turned her small face creams business into a multi-million-dollar cosmetics empire, has died. She was......

Sunil Mittal's $2 bn gamble on space

Bharti Global is planning to put up more satellites and has set a stiff deadline to launch commercial Internet services by October in the UK, Alaska, northern Russia and northern Europe.Surajeet......

Indian economy is like a man with aggravated hydrocele

'The Indian economy has become like a car that has the appropriate wheels on one side -- political liberalism -- and scooter wheels -- economic illiberalism -- on the other,' points out T C A......

'Wipro is an execution company'

'We are not in the race of how much is the revenue, but how good is the revenue.' Wipro CEO Abidali Neemuchwala, tells Debasis Mohapatra and Bibhu Ranjan Mishra that the company's order book is......

Finally, buyers become the king in realty deals

The judiciary has started going beyond the technicalities of the agreements and awarding compensation to buyers. Recently, courts have ignored agreements between developers and......

Hollywood A-listers fled homes after Sandy hit NYC

Hollywood A-listers fled New York's hip downtown for the Upper East Side, following the power failure caused by monster storm Sandy.TriBeCa residents Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber checked into The......

Beyonce, Jay-Z welcome baby girl Ivy Blue Carter

Beyonce gave birth to a baby girl, Ivy Blue Carter, at New York's Lenox Hill Hospital on January 7 -- her and rapper husband Jay-Z's first child.Music mogul Russell Simmons has also confirmed the......

Shekhar Kapur shines in New York, I Love You

Towards the middle of New York, I Love You -- an ode to the romantic, sometimes wildly crazy and other times quietly charming city, a retired opera singer, played by the stunning Julie Christie,......

'American films would make fun of India'

Five years ago scriptwriter Tracey Jackson went to Hollywood with a clipping from The New York Times, perhaps the first article to report on the call centres in India. The article talked about......

McCartney planning to wed Nancy Shevell

Sir Paul McCartney may be in the final stages of a plan to marry Nancy Shevell, with the American heiress said to be finalising her divorce from husband Bruce Blakeman. According to reports, the......

UAE become last team to qualify for T20 World Cup

IMAGE: UAE players celebrate after booking their spot in the 2026 T20 World Cup with a win over Japan in Dubai on Thursday. Photograph: Emirates Cricket/X The United Arab Emirates became the 20th......

Defying age: Chhetri breaks ISL records

Sunil Chhetri creates history, becomes oldest hat-trick scorer in ISL in Bengaluru's win IMAGE: Sunil Chhetri became the oldest hat-trick scorer in the ISL history. Photograph: ISL/X The......

Durand Cup: Parthib 'tricks in NorthEast United's win

IMAGE: Action from the Durand Cup match between NorthEast United FC and Shillong Lajong in Guwahati on Friday. Photograph: Durand Cup/Twitter Home side NorthEast United FC (NEUFC) got their 132nd......

ISL: Mumbai City's unbeaten streak continues

Mumbai City extend unbeaten streak against FC Goa to 13 games with 2-1 win IMAGE: Mumbai City extended their unbeaten streak to 13 games against FC Goa. Photograph: Mumbai City FC/X Mumbai City FC......

ISL: Chennaiyin FC break NorthEast jinx

IMAGE: NorthEast United FC and Chennaiyin FC players vie for the ball. Photograph: ISL. Defending champions Chennaiyin FC broke their Guwahati jinks with a hard-fought 1-0 victory......