MT Vasudevan Nair, Suzuki, ex-CJI Khehar Singh get Padma Vibhushan

Former Chief Justice of India J S Khehar, former chief of Suzuki Motor late Osamu Suzuki, Ram temple architect Chandrakant Sompura, folk singer late Sharda Sinha and hockey player PR Sreejesh are......

Bengal minister Firhad Hakim defends Muslim population remarks

Firhad Hakim, a senior minister in West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress, has defended his remarks on the Muslim population in the state and India, saying he is a diehard secular and patriotic......

World One Step Away From Disaster

A step away from nuclear weapons being used in conflicts, warns Colonel Anil A Athale (retd). Kindly note the images have only been published for representational purposes. All photographs: Kind......

JD-U talks tough, but Cong hopes to keep INDIA united

The opposition Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) was in the grip of a crisis on Saturday with the Janata Dal-United saying the alliance was collapsing amid indications that......

New woman director rule: Positive trend at big firms

Study of BSE 200 firms finds only 7 of 80 new appointments from promoter family The Securities and Exchange Board of India’s directive to listed companies for at least one woman on their......

The Ford who loves Lord Krishna

'Krishna is your best friend. He knows what's best for you.' 'They talk about death being a final exam. So at 65, I have to be studying for my final exam.' Part 1: This Ford has more on his mind......

Why Mamata Banerjee threatens to take over Duncans Goenka group

The Duncans Goenka group is in a spot of bother over the death of workers and non-payment of dues to employees. In early 1979, Kolkata-based Keshav Prasad Goenka arranged his companies into three......

RBI chief Rajan wins over Modi despite broad mistrust

The first signs of growing bonhomie between Modi and Rajan came early last year, when Modi called Rajan the "best teacher" for explaining complex economic issues to him. Image: Modi's support......

'What Every Indian Musician Dreams Of'

Photograph: Kind courtesy Shankar Mahadevan/Instagram When Subhash K Jha rang up Shankar Mahadevan to congratulate him for the Grammy award that he and his band Shakti won for the album This......

'Sushmita has that amazing aura about her'

'I regard her as Miss Universe, but not for the reason that most people do.''When she is talking to you, she makes you feel like you are the only one in this universe.' IMAGE: American actor Alexx......

Kamal Haasan thanks the people of Andhra

Kamal Haasan appeared in his real avatar with the posters of his 10 screen avatars from Dasavathaaram forming the backdrop for Tuesday evening's tete-a-tete with the media in Hyderabad.Kamal spent......

Readers' choice: Worst actors of 2002

Thu Dec 26 21:01:21 2002 Name:ajit gokhaleCity, Country:usaYour Views:Worst actor is hard to pick as there are so many today.Thu Dec 26 21:18:51 2002 Name:Dr.J.MukherjeeCity, Country:New......

V V S Laxman on the Magic of Cricket

'If fame, money and comfort are the only factors that drive us, then we are playing cricket for entirely the wrong reasons.' IMAGE: V V S Laxman celebrates his double century in the memorable Eden......

It is about justice, not world domination

Here we go again - no sooner does India protest some gross inequity, than some bloke (and in such cases, a couple of English journalists and Robert Craddock from Australia are the usual suspects)......