Waqf bill BJP ploy to snatch Muslims' rights, will oppose: Oppn

Several Opposition leaders on Monday alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government wants to bring a bill for amending the Wakf Act to create a divide in the society and asserted that they......

6 rioters killed, 64 injured in Haldwani violence, internet suspended

Six rioters were killed in the violence that broke out over the demolition of an illegally built madrasa, officials said Friday as curfew remained enforced in Uttarakhand's Haldwani town. IMAGE:......

Let's win first, says Kharge on PM face proposal by INDIA leaders

West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday proposed Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge's name as the prime......

MP suspensions halve strength of INDIA bloc in RS, reduce by one-third in LS

Opposition INDIA bloc lost almost half its strength in Rajya Sabha and one-third in Lok Sabha as 78 MPs in total were suspended on Monday for unruly behaviour and disregarding the directions of the......

The real state of Kerala

My grandfather had an elephant. This is the title of a Malayalam novel by Vaikkom Mohammad Basheer. So what? I have three flats. That is the story of transition as far as investments in Kerala are......

Worldwide mobile user base to touch 5 bn this year

The number of mobile phone subscribers will touch a staggering 5 billion worldwide this year from 2.2 billion in 2006, according to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). "The......

Neelavelicham Review: A Visual Treat

The lyrical beauty of the songs, the exceptional frames that bind beauty and poetry make Neelavelicham a near-perfect tribute to the legendary writer who marvelled at imperfection and despised......

Rorschach, Mammootty and the Unfeeling Indian Hero

After a lifetime of showing us what it means to 'act at the top of one's bent and never hit a false note', Mammootty had the good sense, in the third act of his career, to pare down his style,......

A Little Bit Of Lalitha In My Life

KPAC Lalitha's specialty was evoking on screen people that the audience felt they knew intimately, and evoking them through telling details that tore down the boundary between the audience and the......

25 GORGEOUS FRAMES of Kareena Kapoor

Kareena Kapoor has a chandelier-like effect on silver screen. Every time she's there, the energy of a scene changes. Some of the best cinematographers in the country have shot her luminous face and......

England team arrive in Rajkot after Abu Dhabi break

Fresh from a one-week break in their pre-series base Abu Dhabi, the England cricket team on Monday returned to India for the remainder of the five-match rubber against the hosts, which is locked......

Afghan Board seeks BCCI support to develop cricket

Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) officials have sought support from the BCCI for development of the sport in their war-torn country. The officials held a meeting with the BCCI officials on Sunday......

Sandipan emerges joint-winner in Dubai chess

Grandmaster Sandipan Chanda played out a draw with overnight co-leader Miezis Normunds of Latvia to tie for the first place in the 14th Dubai International Open chess tournament that concluded on......

Negi slips-up, loses to Chanda in Dubai Open

Grandmaster Parimarjan Negi blundered and went down to Sandipan Chanda from a position of strength in the penultimate round of the 14th Dubai International Open chess tournament on Monday. Negi's......

Wrestlers Yogeshwar, Amit make it to Olympics; Sushil fails

Amit Kumar (55kg) and Yogeshwar Dutt (60kg) are the first Indian wrestlers to book berths at the London Olympics after clinching gold and silver medals respectively in the Asian qualifying......