'Hindu Rashtra' against Mahatma Gandhi's ideals: Nitish

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday frowned upon the Sangh Parivar's concept of India as a 'Hindu' nation, underscoring that this militated against what Mahatma Gandhi stood for. IMAGE:......

Kerala Boatrace

Congress president Sonia Gandhi will inaugurate the 57th edition of Nehru Trophy boat race, the country's biggest and popular water sporting event at Alappuzha in Kerala on August...

India in Top 10 list of military spenders

1464 billion dollars -- that's what nations around the world spent to secure themselves from their adversaries. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute has compiled a list of......

'Lashkar moving into mainstream of global jihad'

Bruce Riedel, the former senior National Security Council official in the Clinton administration, says notwithstanding Pakistan's paranoia about India's role in Afghanistan, the United States......

Surat's diamond industry recovering

Surat's diamond industry -- which had been severely hit by the global slowdown -- is slowly gaining momentum with demand from domestic, international and emerging markets, like China, rising,......

World's 10 most innovative nations

Does the 21st century belong to the Asian nations? Time only will tell, but there is little doubt that the world's only superpower -- the United States of America -- is indeed in deep trouble. Not......

Manmohan meets Obama at G8-G5 summit

US President Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh cozied up to each other at a summit of the G8-G5 groupings at L'Aquila in Italy on Thursday. Leaders of the world's......

Budget 2009 faces flak from opposition parties

India's opposition parties have strongly criticised the General Budget presented by the Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday. CPI (M) leader Brinda Karat felt the......

What's Vaani Doing?

How Allu Arjun starts his mornings... Hina's health update... Tiger goes black... Photograph: Kind courtesy Vaani Kapoor/Instagram Here[s Vaani Kapoor 'collecting serotonin' (go ahead, look it......

Quiz: Bollywood's Goodbye Special

Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies. 2024 is coming to an end. It's time to bid the year a fond farewell. And what better way to do that than our Goodbye......

Kho Gaye Hum Kahan Review: Dil Chahta Hai In The Digital Age

Kho Gaye Hum Kahan is a light glimpse into healthy young lives ready to soar in their own sweet skin, applauds Sukanya Verma. 'Ya toh dosti gehri hai ya yeh photo 3D hai.' One of the definitive......

Will Poonawalla Let Karan Johar Thrive?

A non-strategic investor like Adar Poonawalla brings in not only capital but also creative freedom.Indian cinema needs more investors like him, reports Vanita Kohli Khandekar. IMAGE: Karan Johar......

Spotted: Sehwag in Nottingham

Reader Surinder Singh Happy sent us this photograph from Nottingham. 'We met Virender Shewag at Hotel Chutney, Nottingham, UK, on June 16, 2009 after India vs South Africa match,' writes Surinder.......

Jayasuriya sets up Sri Lanka win

Sanath Jayasuriya reverse sweeps Sulieman Benn for a boundary. Sri Lanka warmed up for the Super Eights in style, outclassing the West Indies by 15 runs in an inconsequential Group C match of the......

Images: Kings XI Punjab beat Deccan Chargers

Luke Pomersbach of the Kings XI Punjab is run out by Herschelle Gibbs of Deccan Chargers during the Indian Premier League (IPL) T20 match in Johannesburg on Sunday. ...