Time Has Come For Women's Reservation Bill

Women politicians bring to politics and policy a sensitivity that most of their male counterparts, at least until a generation back, lacked. IMAGE: Congress leader Sonia Gandhi prior to attending......

Who is to blame for the royal mess in Rajasthan?

The BJP may be ready and waiting to pounce on another key state of the Hindi heartland, but it is the Congress's holy trinity that issued them an invitation to the beheading, observes Sunil......

Tributes continue to pour in for Jayalalithaa

President Pranab Mukherjee, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Vice President Hamid Ansari, Union ministers, Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and various other top leaders have condoled......

L'affaire Sushma Swaraj marks end of Modi Sarkar's honeymoon

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has opted to disregard details of Sushma’s questionable act for long-term personal gain, even as his government will suffer a loss of face in the short term. Next......

Bad messengers can spoil the party

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh did not attend last week's annual meeting of the World Economic Forum at Davos.It is reasonable to assume that the organisers of the world's most powerful business and......

Does Priyanka love Rhinos?

Or does Priyanka Chopra's love for Assam go beyond that? Priyanka Chopra is the latest actor to join the list of actors promoting different Indian states. The Quantico actor will reportedly promote......

Hip-hop, according to Raje Shwari

Hip-hop's Indian flavour just got a whiff stronger. Philadelphia-based singer Raje Shwari features on a newsingle by rappers Timbaland and Magoo. The duo's recently released Indian flute is the......

Did Sania ask for money, private jet to be chief guest?

A day after Sania Mirza was accused of not attending the Madhya Pradesh government's sports awards ceremony owing to her unacceptable demands, the agency which manages the tennis star issued a......

IBL auction: Saina in Hyderabad, Lee Chong Wei goes to Mumbai

Star players Saina Nehwal and Lee Chong Wei fetched whopping prices of US $120,000 and 135,000 respectively, while unheralded Pradnya Gadre and K Maneesha received unexpected high bids in the......

Who has most sixes in the IPL? Check out the stats

Highest individual innings: Runs For Vs Venue Year BB McCullum 158* KKR RCB Bangalore 2008 M Vijay 127 CSK RR Chennai 2010 PC Valthaty 120* KXIP CSK Mohali 2011 V Sehwag 119 DD DC......

IPL: How are the countries faring?

After the first week of the DLF IPL, the Australians appeared to be dominating. From the second week onwards, especially after Matthew Hayden, Michael Hussey, Brett Lee and Andrew Symonds left, the......

Paisa Vasool Index: Captains check

Being captain in a 20-20 game requires exceptional skills; the task might be so onerous that captains may even find it difficult to concentrate on their basic cricketing skills involving batting,......