Rahman Khan backs reservation for backward Muslims

New Minority Affairs Minister K Rahman Khan strongly favours reservation for backward Muslims as well as for Dalits among Christians and Muslims notwithstanding the Supreme Court's observation on......

Independents key as BJP, Congress in RS poll dogfight in 4 states

Seeking to consolidate its position in Rajya Sabha, the Bharatiya Janata Party is banking on independents for four additional seats and is seeking to capitalise on the infighting within the......

Karnataka: Now Congress makes tall promises

The Congress on Wednesday promised interest-free loans to farmers, free laptops to pre-university students and rice at Re one per kg to BPL card holders if it came to power in Karnataka, where......

Cabinet rejig: Salman becomes MEA; Moily gets petroleum

Salman Khurshid was on Sunday made the external affairs minister and Veerappa Moily given petroleum portfolio as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh undertook a major reshuffle of Council of......

The Most Influential People

A R Rahman was among Time's 100 most influential people in the world, who was honoured in New York's Lincoln centre on Tuesday. Rahman flew in from India after his flight was delayed by six......

Cinema of the underdogs

When Sagar Ballary first met Sunil Doshi, he had a script ready for a television film. The script, Doshi felt, had great potential-- it revolved around an idiot invited to dinner by an arrogant......

Sarfaraz Khan takes new role in DC squad

Abhishek Porel set to replace Rishabh Pant at DC, Sarfaraz to start as first keeper Photograph: Kind courtesy Delhi Capitals/Twitter Talented Bengal keeper-batter Abhishek Porel is all set to be......

Ranji: Himachal in command vs Haryana; Vidarbha in control

A summary of all the action from Day 2 of the Ranji Trophy matches played on Wednesday. IMAGE: Tamil Nadu openers put the side in a commanding position after finishing the day on 203/0 in response......

RCB look to consolidate position; SRH eye first win

Photograph: Kind courtesy IPL/Twitter Seeking to consolidate their position after a winning start, Virat Kohli's Royal Challengers Bangalore will have their task cut out as they take on a......

PICS: SunRisers outclass Punjab Kings for first win

Images from the IPL match between Punjab Kings and SunRisers Hyderabad, in Chennai, on Wednesday. SCORECARD IMAGE: SunRisers Hyderabad pacer Khaleel Ahmed is congratulated by skipper David......

'Captaincy matters a lot in a T20 game'

'T20 is so fast-paced that a coach can do very little from the sidelines, you need a very good captain, who can take decisions there and then.' IMAGE: K L Rahul, who will captain Kings XI Punjab......