We must heed what the CJI has said. Challenging every judgment of the central government is inviting chaos, asserts Shreekant Sambrani. IMAGE: A five-judge Constitution bench comprising Chief......
A top political leader of the Central Tibetan Administration in India Thursday said the Tibetan people were hurt by the insinuations made over a recent viral video linked with the Dalai Lama and a......
Why has the BJP taken such great interest in the film?Not to put too fine a point on it, a possible reason is its propaganda value.Since the film shows the plight of the Kashmiri Pandits during......
Rajya Sabha chairman M Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday urged MPs to ensure smooth functioning and a productive budget session and said they should conduct themselves in a manner befitting the trust the......
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, South Africa's anti-apartheid icon who won the Nobel Peace Prize for fighting racial discrimination in the country, died on Sunday. He was 90. IMAGE: Archbishop Desmond......
Ratan Tata, Chairman Emeritus of the diversified conglomerate Tata Group, will receive the Growth, Innovation and Leadership Award 2014 by Frost & Sullivan. The award will be presented in Mumbai on......
Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown may have left Britain broke, but he is laughing all the way to the bank amid reports that he has been offered 70,000 pounds a night to tell Americans how......
With the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference less than a week away, global leaders are urging governments to meet the biggest challenge this generation faces by paving a way for a legally binding......
Essar Group Chairman Shashi Ruia has joined entrepreneur Richard Branson and activist Peter Gabriel to fund a group of world leaders -- The Elders -- who will contribute their wisdom to tackle some......
Medical tourism is booming in Karnataka and the prospects for growth are second only to the information technology sector.At least that's the word among tourism and medical care specialists who......
Barely two months ago, Oscar-winning film director Steven Spielberg withdrew as artistic adviser to the 2008 Olympics in Beijing over China's policy on the conflict in Sudan's Darfur region. On......
Earlier this week, a conversation about a ten-year old meditative film on the life of Dalai Lama brought a large number of New Yorkers to the Rubin Museum of Art.And as the gifted writer Pico Iyer......
Bollywood actor and former Rajya Sabha MP Shabana Azmi received the coveted Gandhi Foundation International Peace Award 2006 for her noteworthy two-decade struggle for slum dwellers through her......
Shabana Azmi makes every Indian stand six inches taller as she becomes the first Indian to receive the prestigious International Gandhi Peace Prize for her contribution in social work.Previous......
IMAGE: An MCC member since 2011, Stephen Fry said he was "honoured and proud" at the nomination. Photograph: MCC/Twitter British actor Stephen Fry will become the next president of the Marylebone......
IMAGE: Players and officials during a moment of silence for the passing of Archbishop Desmond Tutu before the start of play on Day 1 of the 1st Test at Centurion on Sunday. Photograph: Sumaya......
- 'It is a very special moment for me to be back here on this stage, winning again another Ballon d’Or after being there in the audience watching Cristiano win.' IMAGE: Lionel Messi holds......
Australian Simon Taufel will become the first umpire to give the prestigious MCC Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey Lecture, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced in London on Friday. The......
Sri Lankan wicket-keeper batsman Kumar Sangakkara will deliver the 11th MCC Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey Lecture at Lord's on July 4. The former Sri Lanka captain will be the first person from his......