India-born media veteran selected as new BBC chairman

An India-born media executive who has worked in United Kingdom broadcasting for over 40 years, Dr Samir Shah, has been announced as the UK government's preferred candidate to take over as the new......

Fully cooperating, hope to resolve soon: BBC on tax survey

The BBC said on Tuesday that it is "fully cooperating" with the Income Tax authorities who are at its offices in New Delhi and Mumbai and hoped that the situation will be resolved "as soon as......

The Truth BBC Will Not Tell You...

If Mr Modi is to be blamed for the post-Godhra riots, he should also be given credit for maintaining peace after the Akshardham and Ahmedabad terror attacks.The BBC will never tell you that, points......

Twitter labels BBC as 'government-funded media'

Elon Musk-owned Twitter has labelled the BBC as a "government funded media" on the microblogging site, leading to a sharp reaction from British public broadcaster which on Monday objected to the......

Satellite radio policy allowing news mooted

The government is working on a satellite radio policy under which broadcasting news and current affairs programmes will be permitted, though with several restrictions. Satellite radio companies......

Global investment boosts FM radio

Even as Rupert Murdoch's STAR TV prepares to acquire a 20 percent stake in Music Broadcast Pvt Ltd, which runs Radio City, a large number of global FM radio companies are jockeying hard to forge......

A few things that you don't know about Bill Gates

Bill Gates dropped out of Harvard when he was just 19 to start Microsoft with Paul Allen in 1975. Image: Bill and Melinda Gates. Photograph: Getty Images     Microsoft co-founder Bill......

'I travel the world with a piece of bamboo'

'I will always cherish the fact that I received the first big award of my life, actually two, in the company of legends for an incredible collaboration.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Rakesh Chaurasia......

'The trick is to look forward with excitement, then you're alive all the time'

Varsha Bhosle salutes that effervescent icon of Indian cinema, Dev Anand, who would have turned 99 today, September 26. IMAGE: Dev Anand. This feature was first posted on Rediff.com on April 4,......

British pop singer George Michael dies at age 53

British pop singer George Michael, who rose to fame with the band Wham! and sold more than 100 million albums in his career, has died aged 53, his publicist said. 'It is with great sadness that we......

Anderson to CSK? A match made in cricket heaven?

‘It would not surprise me if Jimmy Anderson ends up at Chennai’ IMAGE: The 42-year-old James Anderson, who retired from Test cricket earlier this year, surprised everyone by......

Why Anderson, 42, registered for IPL mega auction

IMAGE: James Anderson retired from Test cricket earlier this year after a stellar career of 188 matches in which he took 704 wickets. Photograph: BCCI England's pace great James Anderson says he......

EPL PIX: City crush West Ham; Arsenal, Chelsea held

Images from the English Premier League matches played on Saturday.Haaland double steers City to victory IMAGE: Erling Haaland celebrates scoring Manchester City's second goal against West Ham......

Mott downplays Hazlewood's 'knock out England' talk

IMAGE: England face a fear of being eliminated from the marquee tournament as they sit in fourth place in the Group B standings after a no-result against Scotland and a loss to......

EPL PIX: Palmer stars again as Chelsea beat Newcastle 3-2

The win left Chelsea in 11th position, a point and one place behind Newcastle but with a game in hand. IMAGE: Chelsea's Cole Palmer struck in the 57th minute to put his club in the lead against......