MoD rejects Vice Admiral Verma's plea against appointment of Navy Chief

The Defence Ministry has rejected Vice Admiral Bimal Verma's petition challenging the appointment of his junior, Vice Admiral Karambir Singh, as the next Navy Chief, holding that seniority is not......

Navy's Vice Admiral moves military court again

Vice Admiral Bimal Verma on Tuesday once again moved a military tribunal challenging appointment of Vice Admiral Karambir Singh as the next chief of naval staff after the defence ministry did not......

Navy's Vice Admiral moves court for being superseeded

Vice Admiral Bimal Verma on Monday moved the Armed Forces Tribunal questioning why he was overlooked as the next navy chief despite being the senior-most in the line of command, official sources......

Admiral Karambir Singh is the new Navy Chief

As Navy chief, Admiral Singh's immediate priority will be to expedite the long-delayed modernisation of the Indian Navy, including by inducting new warships, submarines and aircraft. IMAGE:......

Time ripe for rapid growth: PM

Prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh, who returned from the Japan tour on Saturday, has said that the time was favourable for fast economic growth. He speaking in New Delhi on the occasion of release......

Fact more engaging than fiction for Indian readers

Fact, often stranger than fiction, is also becoming more saleable. The tale of Indian publishing is undergoing a twist, with more and more non-fiction books figuring on the best-sellers'......

Film classics see the colour of money

No Bollywood heroine can hold a candle to Madhubala, declares chartered accountant Purvi Vyas, 24, who watched K Asif's Mughal-e-Azam at IMAX Adlabs, a multiplex in Mumbai.She is planning to watch......

25 Movie Gems I Am Proud Of

'Here are 25 stories special to me for one reason too many,' says Sukanya Verma who scored 25 years writing about the movies last week. Photograph: Kind courtesy Pixabay It all began in September......

Bollywood's Most Mesmerising Tawaif? VOTE!

Dazzling, dancing and decked to the hilt, courtesans in Hindi films are a breathtaking mix of shiny fantasy and flirtatious poetry to behold. Under those resplendent adas and thumkas though, often......

When Retro Songs Make A Re-Entry In The Movies

Hindi film songs have a long life and versatile character. They please. They comfort. And when used in a different surrounding from its original setting, they acquire an altogether new context.......

18 Films That Made Us Cry

Entertainment may be its raison d'etre, but the tears brought about by cinema are no less significant. Some movies are more sentimental than others -- they strike an instant chord, touch a raw......