Bangladeshis spend sleepless night amid fears of robbery

Several residents across Bangladesh spent a sleepless night as they gathered in groups to guard the streets amid fears of robbery and looting by criminals in the violence-hit country, where an......

Not just LS, RS too to see polls to 68 seats this year

Sixty-eight Rajya Sabha members, including nine Union ministers, are completing their tenure this year, triggering a race of sorts among leaders across political parties to eye a six-year term in......

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......

78 Opposition MPs suspended from Parliament

As many as 78 opposition members -- 33 in Lok Sabha and 45 in Rajya Sabha -- were suspended from Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha on Monday for disrupting proceedings in both the Houses of Parliament.......

GMR gets respite in Male airport issue

GMR Infrastructure Ltd, which was forced to give up a $511-million (Rs 2,960 crore on Tuesday) international airport project in Male late last year over alleged irregularities in the bidding stage,......

When RD Burman Created Magic

Subhash K Jha doffs his hat to the musical genius R D Burman on his 30th death anniversary. IMAGE: Asha Parekh and Shammi Kapoor in the song O Mere Sona Re from Teesri Manzil. If there has ever......

'Before RD died, he called me and said, "I desperately need work"'

R D Burman's music played a huge hand in shaping Rishi Kapoor's career. Rishi once spoke to Subhash K Jha about his close association with the master composer: "R D Burman was like family to me.......

Can you watch 425 films in a year?

Aseem Chhabra watched some great films and some huge disappointments in 2020. IMAGE: Danesh Razvi and Tanya Maniktala in A Suitable Boy. It was the year of staying at home and watching films......

From Karz to Sargam: More Rishi Musical Magic

There are so many songs to celebrate Rishi Kapoor. We saw some of his earliest hits here: Part 1: Bobby to Amar Akbar Antony: Super Rishi songs But it's still raining awesome melodies. Sukanya......

Comebacks Should Be Like This!

IMAGE: Returning from injury, K L Rahul scored his sixth ODI ton. Photographs: BCCI/X   Returning from injury, K L Rahul scripted a fairytale comeback as he scored a run-a-ball century.......

T20 WC: India in search of death over specialist

IMAGE: India’s 'Last Action Hero. It has been a decade but Bhuvneshwar Kumar's debut in what was the last bilateral series between India and Pakistan, seems like yesterday. The very second......

Ex-Pakistan batsman Jamshed jailed in UK over fixing

Former Test opener Nasir Jamshed was banned for 10 years by an anti-corruption tribunal in 2018 for his part in the spot-fixing scandal that engulfed the Pakistan Super League in 2017. IMAGE:......

Banned Pak cricketer pleads guilty to bribery charges

IMAGE: Former Pakistan batsman Nasir Jamshed was arrested along with British nationals Yousaf Anwar and Mohammed Ijaz, who both pleaded guilty to bribery offences last week. Photograph: David......

Sports Shorts: Kenya's Chepkoech smashes women's steeplechase world record

IMAGE: Kenya's Beatrice Chepkoech celebrates winning and in the process setting a new Women's 3000m Steeplechase World Record at the Diamond League in Monaco at Stade Louis II, on Saturday.......