Can Modi leverage global eminence to advance India's interests?

'You can see the essential contours of his new Pakistan strategy. Rather than keep engaging with or humouring them, he'd rather work on taking their four biggest supporters -- the US, China, the......

How Modi has been able to make big media notice him

Even New York cabbies take note as Modi drops by. Can the prime minister use foreign visits to craft a larger agenda, asks Shekhar Gupta PM Narendra Modi waves to well wishers after arriving at......

We won't see the likes of Vinod Mehta again

'Mr Mehta's jousts with owners and politicians taught many in the trade that editorial freedom is not given, it has to be fought for daily, and seized, especially in these times when the borders......

Ex-UK PM aide Coulson jailed for 18 months for phone hacking

Andy Coulson, a former aide of British Prime Minister David Cameron, was on Friday sentenced to 18 months in jail for his involvement in the highly controversial phone-hacking scandal that rocked......

How Private Should Be A CEO's Life Be?

Health issues, divorce, court battles, moral turpitude, and more can all distract the CEO and impinge on a company's performance.So, how much of their private life should a company disclose? asks......

Murdoch's lessons for India's state and media

For more than 40 years, ever since he took over The Sun, Australian-American businessman Rupert Murdoch's media empire has expanded almost unchecked. To all appearances, he is the quintessential......

COLUMN: Pirates of the modern world

Filtering of websites has now been introduced as a discussable topic. The current battle is about who will control the most visible and glamorous layer, the content layer, writes Ajit Balakrishnan.......

Ex-aides question Murdoch's testimony

Putting News International chairman James Murdoch in a tight spot, two of his former executives have questioned his testimony to a parliamentary committee where he pleaded ignorance to the wider......

RR, Kundra to dominate BCCI emergent WC meet

The crisis-ridden Rajasthan Royals and its under-fire co-owner Raj Kundra's future hangs in balance as the BCCI's Emergent Working Committee meets in New Delhi on Monday to deliberate on the IPL......

Critics question Armstrong's interview answers

While Lance Armstrong's confession that he used performance-enhancing drugs during his cycling career was praised in some quarters, critics say his interview with talk show host Oprah Winfrey left......