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Recalled envoy speaks out: Canada backstabbed India

Calling Canada's behaviour 'the pits', India's recalled high commissioner Sanjay Verma says India was backstabbed and treated in a most unprofessional manner by a country that is supposed to be a......

Does Rotational Chief Ministership Work In India?

A rotating chief ministership as a way to appease factions can work only if there is a credible guarantor, explains Aditi Phadnis. IMAGE: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, right, and Deputy......

'They could have been hired hitmen, who knows?'

'It's been several months now and they still haven't arrested anybody.''It's very possible that whoever was involved in the killing of Mr Nijjar are already gone.' IMAGE: Canada's Prime Minister......

UK bar worker attempts citizen's arrest of Tony Blair

Tony Blair was out for what he thought would be a quiet family meal at a trendy east London restaurant when a bar worker attempted a "citizen's arrest" of the former British prime minister. Twiggy......

Naidu's Arrest: Will TDP Implode?

Is Chandrababu Naidu being in jail an opportunity?How will the TDP capitalise on it?Or will it implode with nothing more than a sigh? IMAGE: Telugu Desam Party President Nara Chandrababu Naidu......

Hinduja group chairman Srichand Parmanand Hinduja dies in London at 87

His business successes which started with the international distribution rights for the Bollywood blockbuster movie 'Sangam' in 1964 made him one of the richest in Britain but it was the Bofors......

Tony Blair to open WEF Davos meet

British Prime Minister Tony Blair will address the opening session of the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting in Davos on January 26.Blair is expected to lay out the agenda for the G8 in the......

From the rich to the poor

A few weeks from now, the G-8 leaders will meet in the safe surroundings of the Gleneagles resort hotel in Scotland. After the mayhem of the Genoa G-8 summit in July 2001, these leaders of the rich......

SpiceJet resumes operation, pays cash to buy jet fuel

The Civil Aviation Ministry's decision not to allow SpiceJet to take bookings beyond 30 days turned counter-productive, affecting its daily earnings. Troubled airline SpiceJet on Thursday resumed......

Mukesh Ambani, Adani to join Modi's business meetings in US

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is not taking along an industry delegation to the US but top representatives of India Inc are likely to travel to New York and Washington to be part of the power-packed......

'Veer Savarkar is an anti-propaganda film'

'I owe it to Veer Savarkar, to his spirit, to his legacy and to his untold story so that I tell it well and it reaches people, and people absorb it and feel what he went through and all the......

Downton Abbey, Back Once More

As Downton Abbey: A New Era readies for its worldwide release -- the film premiered at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York on May 15 -- the cast were there to celebrate. Please click on the......

When Dennis Quaid became Bill Clinton

When filmmaker Peter Morgan approached veteran actor Dennis Quaid to play Bill Clinton in upcoming HBO special The Special Relationship, the third and final film of Morgan's Tony Blair trilogy,......

Review: Gunday is a mess!

'For all its swagger and insolence, the script is full of silly loopholes, annoying clichés and glaring superficiality.''No matter how hard director Zafar tries to create an action hero that......

Of Jethro Tull and Aishwarya Rai

U2 frontman and last year's Nobel Peace Prize nominee Bono goes about changing the world "unfortunately, in a kind of showbizy way".Heavy metal pioneers Metallica printed 5,000 t-shirts saying......

ICC hits back at Blair

Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair blamed the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Wednesday in the stand-off over whether England should tour Zimbabwe in October.But ICC president Ehsan Mani......

How Kirsten landed India coach job in 7 minutes

IMAGE: India had won the 2011 ICC World Cup under coach Gary Kirsten. Photograph: Hamish Blair/Getty Images He was never interested in coaching, neither did he apply for the job, but it took......

Should the national anthem be played before IPL games?

'It is the Indian Premier League after all. We should be proud of what we have, which is a wonderful national anthem and a wonderful league. In NBA too, national anthem is played before every game'......

Injured Saha doubtful for Afghanistan Test

His injury could pave way the for one of Parthiv Patel and Dinesh Karthik in the Indian squad. IMAGE: Wriddhiman Saha injured his right thumb while playing for Sunrisers Hyderabad against Kolkata......

Sports Shorts: Ricciardo joins Renault F1 team on a two-year deal

IMAGE: Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo. Photograph: Brandon Malone/Reuters Australian driver Daniel Ricciardo will join the Renault Formula One team next season after agreeing a two-year deal, the......

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