'I want to give media back to India'

Times Now, the English news channel Arnab Goswami headed until recently, had an average daily reach of 1.7 million people.That may be a fraction of the 48 million Aaj Tak reached every day in 2016,......

We must guard against ISIS clones in India

'Increasingly, there is a tendency to magnify 'victimhood' of the minority for electoral gains and vote bank politics.''There is no doubt that there is a worldwide rise in Islamophobia. There is a......

Prostrate before the Arnab experience

'While Television generally tends to Clarity,' says Sreehari Nair, 'Arnab Goswami's The Newshour Debate portrays our confusions. Each episode offers both the potency of an intensely-fought boxing......

Respect Supreme Court's wisdom, Mr Digvijaya!

Troubled with a variety of mind-boggling scams and executive overreach, the last thing a shaken United Progressive Alliance-II government needed was a dressing down from the Supreme Court. The......

Ashok Leyland eyes top 10 global CV makers' slot

The Hinduja Group said on Thursday that it is looking to expand the geographical reach and production capacity of flagship automobile firm Ashok Leyland in a big way to make the company one of the......

The sad saga of media regulation in India

Getting into audience measurement is not the govt's job, no matter how badly the private sector is doing it, writes Vanita Kohli-Khandekar. The story of media regulation is India would be funny if......

The real reason why stock markets are crashing

In a way it captures the irony of our times. Isn't it a bit strange that Saudi Arabia, the perceived beneficiary of the relentless oil price hike, should host a summit expressing 'concern' on the......

What's in a bread? Mango, apple...

The humble bread loaf is fast transcending its identity as a boring breakfast item and emerging in a new 'avataar' with 100 varieties, tinged with garlic, banana, mango et al, trying to woo the......

Raja Sen: Why Ben Affleck will make a GOOD Batman

The SuperBat movie could be a massive letdown, but it won't be because of Ben Affleck, believes Raja Sen. My, you'd think he'd married Batman. The conjoined-celebrity nickname is reserved usually......

Review: Venghai is tedious

Pavithra Srinivasan feels Tamil film Venghai is an overdose of rural action. Post YOUR reviews here!The standard formula for director Hari's film goes something like this: Take a couple of hundred......

Genelia steals the show in Katha

With the Telugu film Katha, producer Gangaraju gives us cinema of a different genre, the kind one would want to see more of than the flood of commercial ones doing the rounds. It's not that it's......

Ram Gopal Varma ki.. Aargh!

It's kinda fitting that Gabbar is now called Babban. Because Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag, ladies and gentlemen, as its title suggests, is a B-movie. It's like one of those TLV Prasad films of the 1990s......

How Qatar is maintaining stadiums for FIFA World Cup

Preparing turf for the World Cup, being held for the first time in the Middle East, is environmentally costly.  Qatar has also countered the risk of fungus and disease outbreaks with a......

US Open PIX: Serena, Del Potro in semis; Stephens knocked out

IMAGES from Day 9 of the US Open matches played on Tuesday IMAGE: USA's Serena Williams reacts after winning a game in the second set during her quarter-final against Czech Republic's Karolina......

Tamim leads Bangladesh recovery after Moeen strikes for England

IMAGE: Bangladesh players fightback against England. Photograph: Twitter. Opener Tamim Iqbal led Bangladesh's fightback with a dogged 78 after the hosts had got off to a wobbly start in......

US Open PHOTOS: Cilic, Vinci fight their way into semis

IMAGE: Marin Cilic celebrates after defeating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Photograph: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images Defending champion Marin Cilic and unseeded Roberta Vinci were the first through to the......