'Kishori Amonkar was a slave to the purity of the note'

'At her last concert on March 26, she bowed down to the artistes and to the audience and said, "Main chahti hoon ki baar baar koi na koi is stage mein bulayein aur main gaati rahoon." But that was......

Before the Owaisis there was Shahabuddin

Today as one sees the Owaisi brothers of Hyderabad seeking to lay claim as the custodians of the Muslim vote and the upholders of the community's interests, it is Syed Shahabuddin who springs to......

Mahatma Gandhi's granddaughter Tara Gandhi gets French honour

Mahatma Gandhi's granddaughter Tara Gandhi Bhattacharjee has been decorated with one of France's top honour The Order of Arts and Letters for her contribution in promoting peace, solidarity,......

Pak crisis deepens, Qadri issues 48-hour deadline to govt

Pakistan’s political crisis deepened on Monday with cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri giving a fresh 48-hour ultimatum to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to step down after a former top election commission......

Agastya Nanda, Ibrahim Ali Khan... Meet Next Gen Bollywood

IMAGE: Agastya Nanda with Zoya Akhtar. Photograph: Kind courtesy Shweta Bachchan Nanda/Instagram After Amitabh-Jaya and Abhishek-Aishwarya, the third generation of the Bachchan clan is beginning......

5 Films That Celebrate Sisters-Brothers

Subhash K Jha picks 5 Hindi films that celebrate sibling bonding. The brother-sister affection so emphatically underlined in the Hindi film industry in Abhishek Bachchan's profound and protective......

Taimur, Sara, Ebrahim, Jeh celebrate Eid

Photograph: Kind courtesy Sara Ali Khan/Instagram How did Bollywood celebrate Eid? So many ways, of course. Saif Ali Khan celebrates Eid with his children, Sara, Ibrahim, Taimur and baby Jeh.......

Guess which school Taimur will go to?

IMAGE: Saif Ali Khan and Taimur with Karisma and Kareena Kapoor, and their father, Randhir Kapoor. Photograph: Kind courtesy Karisma Kapoor/Instagram Taimur Ali Khan will follow the family......

Kotla ODI abandoned because of dangerous pitch

- Scorecard: India vs Sri Lanka, 5th ODI The fifth One-Day International between India and Sri Lanka at the Ferozeshah Kotla on Sunday was abandoned because the pitch was found to be dangerous to......

Ban on Shoaib, Asif lifted

A Pakistan tribunal has cleared cricket fast bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif of doping offences and lifted their long-term bans. Akhtar had been banned for two years and Asif for one year......

A1 GP: India out of Feature Race

Team India had a forgettable outing in the fifth leg of the inaugural A-1 Grand Prix motoracing series at the rain-washed Sepang International Circuitin Kuala Lumpuron Sundaywith Armman Ebrahim......

France score double in Australia

French driver Nicolas LaPierre won both races in the Australian round of the A1 Grand Prix series at Eastern Creek on Sunday.LaPierre took the chequered flag after starting from pole position in......

Zimbabwe face innings defeat

ScorecardIrfan Pathan and Zaheer Khan pulled the momentum back from Zimbabwe as they reduced the hosts to 39 for four by the end of the second day of the second and final Test, at the Harare Sports......