How US LOST to Pakistan in Afghanistan

For two decades the US paid in blood and blood money for dependence on Pakistan to carry out one president's boast.Now, having been defeated by its proxies, another president will go into......

How Vajpayee made India a nuclear superpower

Vajpayee had always felt that India must act with conviction and panache.He decided that, irrespective of the attendant risks, he would undertake what many felt was a precarious course.A......

Style or substance? Which way will Trump's visit go?

With a decelerating economy that weakens India's hands on geopolitical issues, it will be interesting to know which way this trip will go, notes T R Vivek. IMAGE: Workers carry a hoarding with......

Sreesanth: 'I will be the best politician in Kerala'

'I am a human being, I was surely nervous, I am competing against a lot of people, but even when I played cricket there is not a single match where I was not nervous.''Lots of mothers, lots of......

India is Wikipedia's fifth largest market

Online encyclopedia Wikipedia has a long-term commitment to India and is focussing on bringing more users to its platform by meeting language needs of communities and introducing tools to ease......

Chinese firms to team-up with India for rail projects

Chinese firms are teaming with Indian companies to jointly bid for five high-speed railway projects in India in an apparent attempt to compete with Japan's plans to build bullet trains. The Indian......

Yahoo's 3 top execs running for exit

Web portal Yahoo, which recently lost some of its key officials, today announced that its three more top executives are on their way out. In a filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission,......

Meet the founder of Wikipedia

The term 'wiki' is a generic term, meaning a web site where anyone can change any page at any time. Wikipedia, founded by Jimmy Wales, is the eighth most popular website globally. He spent around......

The Day I Directed Amitabh Bachchan

'This man changed the mindset of a generation.' IMAGE: Nikkhil Advani and John Abraham feature in an episode of Kaun Banega Crorepati, the quiz show Amitabh Bachchan has hosted for over 20 years.......

Nargis has a question for you!

Alia promotes Darlings... Farhan goes black... Deepika's having a hectic day... Photograph: Kind courtesy Nargis Fakhri/Instagram Nargis Fakhri shares the poster of her Bengali song, Palabi......

'Mithun is still Jimmy to millions'

'I was in China and when they learnt I had made Disco Dancer, they started singing Jimmy Jimmy, Aaja Aaja.' IMAGE: Mithun Chakraborty in the song I Am A Disco Dancer from the film Disco Dancer.......

'The father-son emotion is universal'

'I try not to break any laws.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Jimmy Sheirgill/Instagram Did you know Jimmy Sheirgill was not open to an OTT show until he was offered the thriller Web series Your......

Serena Williams does not rule out return

IMAGE: Serena Williams announced her intention to retire from tennis in a Vogue essay last month. Photograph: Stefan Wermuth/Reuters Serena Williams may have decided to step away from tennis......

NBA roundup: Heat start with a bang, blow out Bucks

IMAGE: Miami Heat guard Tyler Herro (14) dribbles the ball around Milwaukee Bucks guard Pat Connaughton (24) during the fourth quarter of the game at FTX Arena. Photograph: Sam Navarro-USA TODAY......

Ibra to make acting debut in new 'Asterix and Obelix' film

IMAGE: Swedish footballer Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Photograph: Zlatan Ibrahimovic/Twitter He has already sampled the life of a singer at Italy’s Sanremo music festival, and AC Milan striker......

Nadal wins Spain's top sporting honour

IMAGE: Rafael Nadal after being honoured with the Grand Cross of the Order of the Second of May. Photograph: Rafael Nadal/Facebook World No 2 Rafael Nadal was conferred with a massive state honour......

Sky is the limit for Pollard in last four overs

- SCORECARD IMAGE: Kieron Pollard and Hardik Pandya walk back after adding 67 runs off 23 balls in the final overs to Mumbai Indians's total against Kings XI Punjab. Photograph: BCCI/IPL "We know......