India slams Pak's 'distorted agenda' for raising Kashmir at UN

India has slammed Pakistan for raising the issue of Jammu and Kashmir at a forum of the United Nations, saying the country employs "empty rhetoric" to serve its "distorted agenda" and continues to......

'Modi's emotional appeals have begun earlier this time'

'The biggest problem that faces the Opposition in Gujarat is just a day or two before voting is scheduled, Modiji goes on a spree of emotional appeals.''That process has been set in motion much......

Lakhimpur: Farmers say won't allow politicians during final prayers

But the Congress said its leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will attend the event.   IMAGE: Security arrangements around the court premises in Lakhimpur Kheri in view of hearing on Ashish Mishra's......

Congress appears to be projecting SC as a 'liar': PM

IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a rally in Rae Bareli. Photograph: Press Information Bureau In his first public outburst against the Congress after the Rafale deal verdict, Prime......

Friction with telcos fuels Prasad's exit

Performance is considered a major reason why Ravi Shankar Prasad might have had to leave telecom. Confrontation with industry, especially with certain telecom companies, did damage to his......

Banking licences: Corporate honchos rule out conflict

Chief executives of leading corporate houses, led by Bajaj Auto Chairman Rahul Bajaj, have come out in favour of granting banking licences to conglomerates, saying the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)......

'Net neutrality: Free access should never be curtailed'

  When the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India put up a consultation paper on its web site on March 27, asking users for their views on net neutrality, it probably did not expect an......

North Block's endangered species

The pendulum in the finance ministry has swung from one end to the other. In October 2004, one of India's foremost public finance policy experts, Parthasarathi Shome, was hired by Finance Minister......

Illegal review

Illegal captivates you in the first half of the series, says Joginder Tuteja.And then... IMAGE: Neha Sharma plays a rookie lawyer in Illegal. When Illegal arrived on Voot Select, it seemed......

Music Review: Boss soundtrack is a winner

Boss music is winner all the way, asserts Joginder Tuteja.Now this one indeed roars like a Boss. From a film with title like this as well as a setting that is 'masala' to the core, one expects not......

The BEST Moments in Hindi Films in 2016

Aseem Chhabra lists the elements that he loved and was pleasantly surprised by in the movies. As the year closes, critics and film writers come up with their favourite lists -- the top 10 best and......

Sports Shorts: High jumper Tejaswin matches national record in US

Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday IMAGE: Tejaswin, 20, is a gold medallist at the 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games besides winning a silver at the 2016 South Asian Games.......

Historian Ramachandra Guha resigns from BCCI post

Historian Ramachandra Guha, appointed by the Supreme Court as one of the four administrators of BCCI, on Thursday informed the court that he had resigned from the post due to personal reasons. A......

Bhupathi skeptical about AITA's 3-man panel

Mahesh Bhupathi, who led a revolt of 11 players against the All India Tennis Association, has slammed the AITA for the way it formed a three-member panel to look into the issues raised by the......

Kerala-UP match on razor's edge

Kerala were 191 runs away from an outright win against Uttar Pradesh, having made 32 for one in their second innings in the Ranji Trophy Elite Group 'A' league match at Palakkad on Saturday.At......

Kerala clinches first innings lead

Aided by useful contributions from Sujith Somasundar (66) and Suresh Kumar (44), Kerala scored 247 in the first innings.In the process theygained a crucial 33 run lead over Uttar Pradesh in the......