'Dr Singh wanted to be treated in India, not abroad'

"Dr Manmohan Singh, soon after becoming the prime minister, had himself carried a small table for us to have tea comfortably at his Safdarjung Lane residence instead of asking his house help," Dr......

T'gana minister KTR escapes unhurt after almost falling off vehicle

Ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi working president and Telangana IT minister KT Rama Rao escaped unhurt when he almost fell off an open-top vehicle during a roadshow in Armoor town of Nizamabad......

Electoral bonds: Firm that built Zojila tunnel is 2nd-largest donor

Megha Engineering and Infrastructure, the little-known Hyderabad-based firm that in recent years won the prestigious Zojila tunnel deal among other projects, forayed into city gas and acquired a......

Parliamentary panel bats for simultaneous LS, state polls

Batting for holding of simultaneous elections in the country, a parliamentary committee on Tuesday said this will reduce the burden on the exchequer, expenditure of political parties and also......

Black money: SC appoints special probe team

The Supreme Court on Monday appointed a high-level special investigation team headed by former apex court judge B P Jeevan Reddy to monitor the investigation and the steps being taken to bring back......

Deadline to start probing black money extended

The Supreme Court on Friday granted one week's more time to the Centre to set up SIT under its former judge M B Shah to monitor all black money cases as per its direction. A vacation bench of......

3 ex-SC judges to decide Balco stake arbitration

V N Khare and S P Bharucha, both once Chief Justices of India, have been appointed to the arbitration panel to resolve the issue of sale of the government's residual 49 per cent stake in Bharat......

RCOM-MTN deal called off

The much-touted deal between Anil Ambani group company RCOM and South African telecom giant MTN was called off on Friday. "The two sides were unable to conclude the transaction due to certain......

When Bollywood made EVIL So Much FUN!

Every story needs a hero and a villain. But sometimes one antagonist is just not enough. Take Director Sujeeth's hugely hyped Saaho for instance. Releasing in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu, the Prabhas......

S P Balasubrahmanyam's TOP 25 Songs

Siva Sankar looks at S P Balasubrahmanyam's fantastic repertoire. S P Balasubrahmanyam passed away in his 75th year, and so we celebrate the singer with 75 of his top songs, in a multi-part......

Paes, Sania to lead Indian challenge at Asian Games

The Indian selectors reposed faith in Leander Paes as the 40-year-old veteran was on Saturday included in the Asian Games squad along with established stars Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna.The......

Sports Shorts: Meet India's new 400m champ

Vismaya beats Hima Das in 400m at Indian GP IMAGE: VK Vismaya crosses finish line. Photograph: PTI V K Vismaya stunned her fancied opponents, M R Poovamma and Hima Das, to win the gold medal in......

IPL: Hyderabad crush Delhi to rise to third

Sunrisers Hyderabad bowlers fired in unison as they posted a comprehensive six-wicket win over Delhi Daredevils in the Pepsi Indian Premier League in Hyderabad on Saturday, brightening their......

AITA defends Davis Cup selection

Taking strong exception to the comments made by its own vice president, the All India Tennis Association said it was "unethical" to label the team selected for Davis Cup tie against Korea as "third......

Bopanna advances to 2nd round

Rohan Bopanna lived up to his top billing as he scored a facile 6-2, 6-2 victory over Tushar Liberhan and moved into the men's singles second round of the State Bank of Saurashtra National Grass......