Karti Chidambaram raises interest in the Sheena Bora trial

TRPs have a better affinity for Karti Chidambaram and his alleged timely assistance to INX Media, the company Peter and Indrani once ran, than the more recent murder of a 25-year-old......

How Mugabe plunged Zimbabwe into an abyss of despair

During his 37-year rule, the nation’s lush fields became wastelands, disease and hunger became rampant and the economy registered a negative growth of six per cent, says Shreekant Sambrani.......

The Man Who Changed India Forever

IMAGE: Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao: Would India be what it is had he not backed liberalisation?       25 years ago today -- June 21, 1991 -- P V Narasimha Rao became prime......

Minister part of $1million bribe to win Goa project: US firm

A New Jersey-based construction management firm has been charged with bribing Indian officials several crores of rupees to win two major water developmental projects in Goa and in Guwahati. The......

India Inc seeks ease of doing biz in return for 'Make in India' call

India Inc is looking at quarterly interactions with senior government representatives to establish a communication channel. Not amused by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent observation that......

US firm paid bribes to win water projects in Goa, Assam

Bribe for Goa project estimated at $976,630 A New Jersey-based construction management firm has been charged with bribing Indian officials to win two major water developmental projects in Goa and......

Give 195,000 H-1B visas: US think-tank

Asking the Obama Administration and Congress to increase the cap of H-1B work visas, popular among Indian professionals, from the present 65,000 to 195,000 per annum, two eminent scholars from a US......

IT firms to cut allowances of staff abroad

Faced with imminent recession in the United States, Indian IT services companies with major exposure to the North American markets are likely to cut the onsite allowances of employees deployed at......

90 UNFORGETTABLE Asha Bhosle Songs

Sukanya Verma celebrates the singing legend who turns 90 on September 8. IMAGE: Asha Bhosle in Mumbai, August 9, 2023. Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com Her voice reminds me of tiramisu.......

Zwigato Review: Kapil Sharma's Wow Performance!

A far cry from his playing-to-the-gallery comedian, Kapil Sharma emerges as a heartfelt picture of aspiration and annoyance, notes Sukanya Verma. A Nandita Das creation is as much craft as it is a......

30 SPECTACULAR FRAMES of Shah Rukh Khan

With his arms wide open and a smile so dimpled and dazzling, a zestful young man from Delhi walked right into our hearts. When he played a lover boy, we fell hook line and sinker for his charms.......

18 Films That Made Us Cry

Entertainment may be its raison d'etre, but the tears brought about by cinema are no less significant. Some movies are more sentimental than others -- they strike an instant chord, touch a raw......

Big bonanza for BCCI's office bearers

An office bearer of the all-powerful BCCI will now be paid a daily allowance of US$ 1000 on foreign tours and will fly first-class.The increase in allowances doled out to the BCCI office bearers......

Four Indian boxers enter final of Thailand Open

IMAGE: Ashish Kumar, 2nd right, celebrates with his coaching staff after winning his semi-final bout against Maikhel Roberrd Muskita of Indonesia. Photograph: Boxing Federation of India Ashish......

Monika stuns two-time World Championships medallist Josie

IMAGE: India's Monika pulled off an impressive 4-1 victory against two-time world championships medallist Josie Gabuco of Philippines to enter the women's 48kg semi-finals at the 2022 Thailand......

Why Bhupathi's IPTL shut shop

Mahesh Bhupathi admitted that the IPTL owes the players and the vendors about US$ five million. IMAGE: Mahesh Bhupathi has been accused of 'breaking the business code' by TV Production company......

Controversy as COA clears BCCI chief Khanna for Asia Cup

'I am the BCCI president and well within my rights to watch a tournament. I don't see anything illegal happening. Have I committed any crime?' IMAGE: BCCI president CK Khanna, right, with India......