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What was in red bag on IC-814 flight? Ex-envoy reveals in new book

It was December 31, 1999. As the hostages on IC-814 were leaving after their eight-day ordeal in Kandahar, a hijacker "quietly informed" now National Security Advisor and then lead negotiator Ajit......

Queen Rests At Westminster Hall

A man who will be 74 in exactly two months' time, his sister who turned 72 on August 15, his brothers who are 62 and 58 respectively and an uncle who is 78 walked for 38 minutes in an elegant and......

Pak continues to remain on FATF 'Grey List'

Pakistan continues to remain on the "Grey List" of the FATF as the global body against money-laundering and terror-financing on Thursday said there are "serious deficiencies" on the part of the......

India may highlight Pak's inaction on terror at FATF meet

India is likely to highlight Pakistan's inaction on curbing terror financing in the upcoming Financial Action Task Force plenary scheduled to be held in October this year. IMAGE: New Delhi may......

Daniel Pearl murder: Qaeda leader's death commuted, 3 others set free

A Pakistani court on Thursday overturned the death sentence of British-born top Al Qaeda leader Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, who was convicted in the abduction and murder of United States journalist......

Remembering the Beetles

It was in the 1960s that the Beetle attained its cult status, when it became almost synonymous with the hippie movement -- and succeeded in shaking off the grim history of its origins. As......

'Entrepreneurs not only shape but create the future'

Five inspiring women who travelled thousands of miles to Hyderabad recently to grow their business and skills share their tales of global entrepreneurship. Vaihayasi Pande Daniel listened in. The......

Priyanka Chopra's secret 'passion project'

Besides the five Indian films that are playing at the Toronto International Film Festival this year -- a rather large collection at an international film festival, says Aseem Chhabra -- there are......

10 cities most threatened by natural disasters; Kolkata ranks 7

Photograph: Reuters First the Kashmir floods and then cyclone Hudhud in Visakhapatnam; India recently witnessed the fury of nature. But this is nothing. According to a recent research,......

China on track to develop Indian railways as Xi heads to South Asia

President Xi Jinping. Photograph: Jason Reed/Reuters China will pledge to invest billions of dollars in India's rail network during a visit by President Xi Jinping this week, bringing more than......

10 GLORIOUS MOMENTS from Oscars 2019

Sukanya Verma gives us a recap of the 91st Academy Awards. Oscars 2019 wasn't off to an auspicious start. At first, overwhelming opposition forced the Academy to withdraw its......

Omerta review: A lean, brutal masterpiece

'Omerta is a work of true moral force; it is, at the risk of sounding fancy, a motion picture for our times,' says Sreehari Nair. On a pleasant evening not that long ago, a few cinephile friends......

Is this your favourite Rajkummar Rao look? VOTE!

Has Rajkummar nailed his Bose look? Or do you prefer him in Raabta? Not only is Rajkummar Rao an amazing actor but he also seems to be a chameleon. That's probably why he changes his look so......

Fine films, fabulous discoveries at MAMI

The movies that impressed, puzzled and stunned Sukanya Verma at MAMI this year. You know it's time for the annual Mumbai Film Festival when the city's cinephile population flocks to theatres in......

How Rajkummar Rao became a dreaded terrorist

'You can't imagine what it feels like to hate someone to the extent that you are ready to kill someone... for me, it was important to get into the mental space of a man like Omar.' Rajkummar Rao......

'Kohli never hesitates to play his shots against any bowler and in any situation'

'It shows his confidence in his own ability,' Geoff Boycott tells Haresh Pandya. IMAGE: "Kohli is a fine, attractive batsman, looks sound technically and temperamentally," says Geoff Boycott.......

Young and restless F1 boys don't need any advice

Sebastian Vettel of Germany and Ferrari and Kimi Raikkonen of Finland take part in a challenge with chef Guy Grossi in the kitchen of the Merchant Restaurant. Photograph: Clive Mason/Getty Images......

First-ever golf auction sees Rs 3.83 crores spent

Indian golf has witnessed the dawn of a new era as more than Rs. 3.83 crores (around $700,000) spent in the auction for 24 players as the inaugural Pearl Golf Premier League was in Mumbai on......

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