Australia to shoot down 650,000 camels

It is trouble for camels in the Kangaroo Land. Amid widespread criticism, Australia has decided to slaughter as many as 650, 000 camels in the remote Outback area of the country. Why this step?......

Death for all three accused in 2003 Mumbai blasts case

Six years after the twin blasts at Gateway of India and Zaveri Bazaar, a special Prevention of Terrorism Act Court in Mumbai has given death sentence to all the three accused in the......

The confession of a caught terrorist

Ajmal Kasab is the lone surviving terrorist in the custody of the Mumbai police. After days of interrogation by several agencies such as the Mumbai Crime branch, the Intelligence Bureau, RAW,......

How the Delhi blasts case was cracked

A tapped conversation of a call made by a Thuraya satellite phone number 008821621523999 was the first breakthrough for the Delhi police investigating the serial bomb blasts that rocked Delhi on......

$10 laptop flops, India orders 250,000 OLPC laptops

The '$10, world's cheapest laptop', developed in India has been given a quiet burial with the government placing an order for 250,000 XO laptops from the Nicholas Negroponte-led One Laptop Per......

Laapataa Ladies Review: Cheerful Ode To Sisterhood

Laapataa Ladies is gentle yet firm in calling out the hypocrisies colouring everyday mindsets and prejudices without acquiring the high-handedness of a crusader, observes Sukanya Verma. What are......

The Incomparable Waheeda Rehman

Dinesh Raheja doffs his hat to the movie legend, who will be honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award this year. IMAGE: Waheeda Rehman in Guide. Rati Agnihotri confides breathlessly, "I was......

Gangubai Kathiawadi Review

Something in Alia has surely changed after Gangubai.Her entire performance is about proving to herself and not to the world what she can do, feels Sukanya Verma. A Ghalib ghazal fills the rotten......

'Lataji was sakshaat Saraswati'

'I tell the next generation of singers to take a leaf out of Lataji's book.''Be it Kavita or Alka, every time I give a song to a singer, I tell them, 'Dhyaan se suno, listen attentively, phir......