'Afzal Guru Sang A Song Before He Was Hanged'

'...an hour before he was hanged from the film Badal, 'Apne liye jiye toh kya jiye'...'I saw eight hangings -- Ranga and Billa, Maqbool Bhat, Kartar Singh and Ujagar Singh (Dr N S Jain murder......

Defence Is Key To India US Relationship

The China threat continues to resonate in the strategic partnership between India and the USA, points out Rup Narayan Das. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra D Modi greets then US president Donald J......

PIX: Famous faces at polling booths in Telangana

As Telangana voters queued up to exercise their franchise in the assembly polls on Thursday, they were pleasantly surprised by finding some of the well-known actors and politicians around them.......

Maoist conspiracy case: NIA raids 62 places in Andhra, Telangana

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday arrested a top Maoist leader as it carried out raids at 62 locations across Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in the Communist Party of India-Maoist......

Airtel veteran Nilanjan Roy is Infy's new CFO

Nilanjan Roy spent 13 years with Bharti Airtel, prior to which he worked for 15 years with Unilever across their global operations. India's second largest IT services firm Infosys on Thursday......

TVS heiress Lakshmi Venu ties knot with tech entrepreneur

Lakshmi Venu, daughter of TVS Motor Company chairperson Venu Srinivasan and TAFE chairperson Mallika Srinivasan, on Thursday tied the knot with Bengaluru-based tech entrepreneur Mahesh Gogineni at......

Salil Parekh: 'Infosys is building a business for the future'

'What we are doing is in the context of where the market is. There are two elements that need attention.' 'The first is digital. We are trying to expand the capability in a $160-billion market that......

'We consider Murthy a well wisher,not shareholder activist'

Over the past few months, Infosys has been battling allegations by Murthy and other former senior executives of falling corporate governance standards. Infosys co-chairman Ravi......

Pushpa: The Rule Review: Bloated Spectacle

What makes Pushpa 2 float is Allu Arjun's magnetic performance. The actor really goes an extra mile to deliver the wildfire he promised, observes Mayur Sanap. The opening stretch of Pushpa: The......

2024: The Best South Films

'Content' is an ugly word used to tie together a myriad of stories out there but the market seems to respond to it. Audiences seem to prefer experiential, novel stories over stale, formulaic films.......

Aradhanaa Makes A Smashing Debut And Wins An Award

IIFA packed in a lot of entertainment over its three-day weekend course. From fashion, awards and performances, there was a lot of dhamaka on stage in Abu Dhabi. But picture abhi baaki hai, mere......

The Rise Of The Mid-Range Movie Hit

While big hits like Jawaan are missing this year, it has been filled with a range of medium-range hits such as Crew, Teri Baaton Ne Uljhaa Diya and Guntur Kaaram, observes Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.......

Asian Athletics: Barman, 4x400m mixed relay team win silver

IMAGE: Indian quartet of Mohammed Anas, M R Poovamma, V K Vismaya and Arokia Rajiv finish second, behind Bahrain. Photograph: Athletics Federation of India/Twitter Asian Games gold medallist......

Sports Shorts: Meena Kumari wins gold at World Cup

IMAGE: India's Meena Kumari Maisnam (left) won gold in the 54kg category at the Cologne World Cup. Photograph: Sports India/Twitter Meena Kumari Maisnam continued her fine run to win gold medal in......

Lodha reforms: Changes in Andhra, Gujarat cricket associations

BCCI vice president Gangaraju quits officeIn the wake of the Supreme Court order on reforms in the Indian Cricket Board, former BCCI vice-president Gokaraju Gangaraju quit as secretary of Andhra......

Sumariwalla re-elected AFI president

Adille Sumariwalla was re-elected unopposed as the president of Athletics Federation of India (AFI) for a second term at its Annual General Body Meeting in New Delhi on Friday. Sumariwalla was the......