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CJI Chandrachud opens up on retirement age of judges

Judges must retire so the succeeding generations point out errors of the past and rejig legal principles for society to evolve, Chief Justice DY Chandrachud said on Saturday. IMAGE: Chief Justice......

Why the US navy's actions must worry India

'I do not that the intent was to send a political message to China that the US treats friends and foes alike.''In any case, such acts do not ruffle a feather in China,' observes Commodore Venugopal......

Pakistan's devotion to LeT's Saeed runs deep

The perpetrators of the 2008 Mumbai attack, who shot dead 166 people, had confessed to details that should have been enough to hang him, but Pakistan enjoyed his anti-India rhetoric and let him......

Abrogation of Article 370 damaged India-China relationship

When China protested strongly over the August decision on J&K -- not once but twice -- we ignored it.And to compound matters, we simply turned our back and walked over to the 'Quad' alliance with......

Nehru's vision for India was unique

'No other leader in our history, or that of our neighbours, has been able to produce anything of the quality that Nehru did,' says Aakar Patel. Photograph: Baron/Getty Images Somewhere in......

Government is playing poker with banks

'By not letting bankrupt banks fail, we have discouraged ordinary folk from taking precautions while choosing their bank or at least when they hear bad news about their bank,' says S Muralidharan,......

Wipro sacks 600 employees post performance appraisal

Speculation is rife that the number could go as high as 2,000. The country's third largest software services firm Wipro is learnt to have fired hundreds of employees as part of its annual......

Why Aditya Puri is one of the world's top CEOs

On Sunday, PTI reported: HDFC Bank Managing Director Aditya Puri's name has featured in the list of the world's 30 best CEOs, published by the American financial magazine Barron's.'Puri, 66, has......

IT margin pressure rises on US visa norms, technology shift

Software services industry may have to relook its cost structure to maintain a higher margin. The $108 billion Indian IT services industry is bracing for tough times ahead as potential visa......

Apple eyes India road map with cricket, entertainment

Tech major is in discussion with film-makers, sport administrators to enter the fast-growing sectors. IMAGE: Apple CEO Tim Cook instructs PM Modi on the use of the new features in the updated......

Top 10 Moments From Oscars 2024

IMAGE: Emma Stone celebrates her Best Actress win with presenters, Jennifer Lawrence, Michelle Yeoh, Charlize Theron and Jessica Lange. Photograph: Mike Blake/Reuters Love them,......

The photographer who wanted revenge

'Mahesh Bhavana is a young man who is beaten up in the town's marketplace and who consequently pledges that he won't wear his slippers again, till he avenges the beating.' 'But Mahesh can't get his......

Images: Celebrities' Day Out

Rani Mukerji was spotted at the Shirdi Sai Baba temple in Mumbai on Tuesday. Is the actress praying for a new lease of life for her career with her upcoming film, Dil Bole Hadippa,......

Michael Jackson's Top Videos

Fans of King of Pop Michael Jackson have voted Thriller his best ever track in a poll after his sudden death in Los Angeles last week. Fans flocked to AOL Radio to......

Meet the sexy siren in Black Stallion

After sizzling in Tamil and Telugu films, sexy Namitha has now set her sights on Malayalam. The sexy siren is currently shooting for her maiden venture in Malayalam, Black Stallion, directed by......

Is Virat better than Sachin?

'This was Kohli's veneration for his master: The man who had inspired him to pick up a cricket bat in the first place, the man he had grown up watching.''Just that now, he was exactly like him, or,......

Track and field goes nuts over Bolt

When Usain Bolt blazed to glory at the Beijing Olympics, he was feted as the hero his tainted sport had been crying out for. Now, having repeated them in Berlin, he can consider himself the saviour......

Spotted: Sourav Ganguly at Vienna airport

Reader Shahid Kazi sent us these photographs from Vienna. 'We ran into Sourav Ganguly at the Vienna airport on Saturday, June 15, 2009,' writes...

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