Devyani arrest: John Kerry calls NSA Menon, expresses regret

United States Secretary of State John Kerry spoke to National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon late Wednesday night and expressed regret over the arrest and strip-search of senior Indian diplomat......

'They don't see sunlight for years'

'Is it not deplorable that even after 75 years of Independence, there are people in our society who have been denied freedom?' IMAGE: The rescued people. All photographs: Kind courtesy Mahaboob......

Time for Congress to get down from high horse

What we have in the Congress is a useful glue to hold a non-cultural, unified Opposition together.That is the sacrifice the Congress must be willing to live with if showing the BJP the door is what......

British security service reviled V K Krishna Menon

Britain's security service MI5 literally pilloried V K Krishna Menon, veteran freedom fighter and India's first high commissioner to the UK, describing him as "dishonest, immoral and intriguer" and......

Govt eyes 300 mn people for health scheme

After the overwhelming success of its job cards scheme, which covered about 20 million households in villages, the UPA government is ready with yet another programme, health insurance for poor, and......

Corporates in social sector: NGOs to die?

Wal-Mart is opening schools, Vodafone is helping flood victims, Coke is digging wells and recycling plastic... the list of the good things companies are doing is growing longer by the second. Where......

All hay and no sunshine for paddy farmers

High food prices have driven inflation to new highs, leading the Centre to clamp down on export of farm commodities. But have the high retail prices in any way benefited the farmers? How has their......

The amazing story of Jignesh Shah and MCX

The meeting with Jignesh Shah, managing director, Multi Commodity Exchange of India, is scheduled for 4 p.m., and begins at five past. The man is not just prompt, he makes spending 90 minutes with......

What are Top Directors up to?

The current situation is not conducive for film shoots to resume but once the pandemic recedes, one can well expect a resurgence in the film-making business. Top directors are getting ready to put......

Read this before you watch Special Ops

IMAGE: 'From the camel race to the pulsating climax... the picturesque Wadi Rum desert in Jordan is where we shot these parts of Special Ops,' Neeraj Pandey posts. Photograph: Kind courtesy Neeraj......

Box Office: MS Dhoni gets a bumper opening!

The hits and misses of the week. A nation obsessed with cricket was in for a treat, with the release of Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni's biopic, M S Dhoni: The Untold Story. The film saw......

Was Kangana's National Award calculated?

'Of all artists who openly support the current political dispensation, she is far and away the finest,' argues Sreehari Nair.'With the exception of perhaps Tabu, no Indian actress has done more to......

Your next star might come from public ground: HC tells BCCI

IMAGE: The court also said cricket associations and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) could not cite lack of funds as a reason for not providing basic facilities. Photograph: PTI "Your......

The other side of Dhoni: When Captain Cool's temper flared up on field

IMAGE: MS Dhoni literally 'crossed the line' by entering the field of play during the IPL game between CSK and Rajasthan Royals. Photograph: BCCI For the major part of his international......