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Bangladeshis hope for normalcy with new govt at the helm

People in Bangladesh have welcomed the new interim government led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, hoping it would restore order, end repression and hold a fair election to facilitate a democratic......

Benazir's daughter: Meet Pakistan's first lady

Quite the spitting image of her late mother, both in looks and bearing, Aseefa Bhutto Zardari joins a long line of Pakistani first ladies. Aseefa Bhutto Zardari was just 14 years old when her......

Shivraj meets Muslim woman beaten up for voting for BJP

A 30-year-old Muslim woman has claimed that she was beaten up by her brother-in-law for voting in favour of BJP in Madhya Pradesh assembly polls and celebrating the party victory, an incident......

Srinagar School Reopens After 33 Years

The Arya Samaj has reopened one of its oldest educational institutions in downtown Srinagar after 33 years. The school, which was closed in 1990, has reopened at the same location within the same......

Pakistan's new prez Arif Alvi is son of Nehru's dentist

Pakistan’s newly-elected President Dr Arif Alvi shares an interesting connection with India as his father was a dentist to India’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru, according to......

Share of women in boardrooms up for eighth year in a row

However, women still account for less than a fifth of directorships among Nifty500 companies. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Investment banking star and Moelis India chief executive......

'Cipla has emerged as a great "catchment area" for talent'

An insider said that over the past decade or so Cipla has become immune to the exits of leaders. There have been no directional change in the long-term strategies. This is a pandemic-hit year, but......

'You can't succeed without taking risk'

'There are different kinds of risk.''It is a very powerful value. Your ability to de-risk the risk is also as important for risk taking.' A Wockhardt plant. Photograph: Kind courtesy Wockhardt Ltd......

'Whatever I have is because of India'

'15, 17 years back we were not even in existence in the US. Today nearly 1/3 of prescriptions written comes from India.''India is showing that in a very competitive environment -- like the US and......

Travellers give France a miss, bookings dip 40%

Yatra sees 15-20% cancellations in confirmed bookings to France. Travellers are giving France a miss after the Paris attack leading to a decline of up to 40 per cent in fresh bookings. A series......

Call Me Bae Review: Ananya Is Quite A Riot!

Call Me Bae is a spirited new addition in guilty pleasures for the fashion-loving, rom-com starved soul, applauds Sukanya Verma. If the DNAs of Elle Woods, Cher Horowitz, Blair Waldorf and Rachel......

Want to Know What Uorfi Javed Is Really Like?

Amazon Prime Video has announced 69 assorted Web series and movies, and the slate sure looks interesting. Here's looking at the Web series that you will be watching this year! Do Read: Watch Vijay......

'I want to shed a new light on women'

'The show is about women taking ownership of their lives.' With the success of his Web series Churails, Pakistani-British Director Asim Abbasi has achieved the near-impossible: The series has......

PIX: Boney-Sridevi watch Mughal-e-Azam

K Asif's Mughal-e-Azam came alive in Mumbai, when a play based on the 1960 classic premiered at the NCPA on October 21. Quite a few film folk made their way to watch the grand musical, directed by......

Zindagi shows are worth a watch

Television's new channel Zindagi has some beautiful stories from across the border. When Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited launched Zindagi -- a channel that features daily soaps from beyond......

I was surrounded by fixers such as Aamir, Asif: Akhtar

'There was so much match-fixing. Asif told me which all matches they had fixed' IMAGE: Shoaib Akhtar of Pakistan. Photograph: Tom Shaw/Getty Images "I was playing against 21 people -- 11 theirs......

Samina becomes first Pakistani woman to scale Mt Everest

Mountaineer Samina Baig has become the first Pakistani woman to scale Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain peak at 8,848 metres. According to details, Baig completed the climb to the summit......

India at the Asian Games - Day 1

India's showing at the Doha Asian Games on the first day that medals were up for grabs. Shooters gun down two bronze World champion Manavjit Singh shares lead in trap event Indians lead in trap......

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