Twitter blocks IT minister's account for one hour over 'violations'

In the first instance of a Union Minister being blocked, Twitter on Friday briefly blocked IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad from accessing his account, ratcheting up tensions with the government as......

Parl panel to grill Twitter on blocking accounts of Prasad, Tharoor

After Twitter briefly blocked IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad from accessing his account for alleged copyrights violation, chairman of the parliamentary panel on information technology Shashi......

What remains of the October Revolution in St Petersburg

It's been 100 years since Lenin and the Bolsheviks overthrew the government, and its legacy remains visible even today in the buildings and monuments scattered throughout St Petersburg.T N Ninan......

'Indira played politics with the ease of a sleepwalker'

'She was once asked what the secret to political leadership was and she said it was the ability to like all kinds of people.''I don't think Rahul fundamentally likes people -- that's probably why......

'Demonetisation is theft'

'Demonetisation, is in principal, a mistake, because it involves a theft -- a taking of private property by the State.''It is one of those bad Indian ideas that has been tried twice in the past,......

PIX: Boney M rocks Mumbai

Boney M took Mumbai back in time with their magical concert at the Dublin Square, Phoenix Marketcity, in suburban Kurla, over the weekend. Liz Mitchell and the other band members -- Toni......

'We're surprised that India has not forgotten Boney M'

'Brown Girl In The Ring was a very simple song that children can sing but we gave it a beat that even the grown-ups thought they could sing and it was no longer a child's song. It became a......

Review: Rasputin fails to impress

Rasputin is long-delayed, and not meant for today's times, says Paresh C Palicha. You understand the importance of timing when you watch long-delayed Malayalam film Rasputin.......

'I have never tasted coffee or tea'

'Being a North Indian, all South Indian languages sound different to me. I found Kannada to be the easiest to learn because it is not a tongue twister,' Archana Gupta tells Srikanth Srinivasa.......