Zakir Naik's allegation on TV channel wrong, says government

The government on Friday dismissed as “wrong” controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik’s allegation that Peace TV was denied broadcasting rights for being “Islamic”......

Plane detained by France departs for India after 3 days

A Romanian aircraft carrying 276 passengers, mostly Indians, on Monday left for India four days after they were detained by the French authorities at an airport near Paris over suspected 'human......

Musharraf to be laid to rest in Karachi: Reports

The mortal remains of Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf will be brought back to the country in a special flight from Dubai on Monday and will be laid to rest in Karachi, media......

Army Angry With Former Puppet Imran Khan

The press briefing seemed a deliberate decision to let the army convey its angst to Imran directly, observes Rana Banerji, who headed the Pakistan desk at RA&W, India's external intelligence......

Indian language TV ads warn Gulf job aspirants

In a bid to spread awareness and warn job aspirants of illegal recruiting agents, the Indian government has released a series of TV advertisements in Dubai.Over the last one month, several......

UTV Group to roll out 8 new channels in 2008

UTV Group will start eight new channels with an investment outlay of $200 million by March 2008."We are finalising the launch of eight new channels. Four of them will go on air from August 15 this......

Etihad likely to finalise deal with Jet on Jan 25

Abu Dhabi's Etihad Airways will finalise a deal to buy a stake in India's Jet Airways on Friday, January 25, CNBC TV18 reported, in what would be the first such investment by a foreign carrier in......

Raju may have left for US for Upaid case

Amid speculation over his whereabouts, B Ramalinga Raju, who stepped down as chairman of Satyam Computer after admitting to financial irregularities, is believed to have left for the United States......

Helming a Hollywood film in India

Sohan Roy is a mariner and the CEO of Aries Group, a consortium of ten firms based in Dubai, Sharjah, Kochi and Singapore. He is also the director of Dam 999, a Hollywood movie with 16......

'Just for that hour, we didn't think of coronavirus'

"When Modiji announced the (Janta) curfew, I thought why don't I treat people to music during this time?" Sonu Nigam tells Ronjita Kulkarni/Rediff.com. This thought led to a blockbuster online......

Raveena: Did Bombay Velvet for fun!

A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities: Raveena Tandon, who is all set to to return to silver-screen with Anurag Kashyap's Bombay Velvet, says she did the film for him......

Meet Varun's new Badrinath Ki Dulhania co-star

The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities: Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt have resumed shooting for Karan Johar's production venture Badrinath Ki Dulhania. The Dilwale......

36 summers later, Arshdeep has same fate as Chetan Sharma

  IMAGE: A screen grab of Arshdeep Singh putting down the catch to give Pakistan's Asif Ali is a reprieve. Photograph: Twitter Arshdeep Singh can do with a warm hug from Chetan Sharma. The......

Djokovic has unfinished business at Olympics

IMAGE: Novak Djokovic won a singles bronze medal in Beijing Olympics in 2008, but failed to earn a place on the podium at the London, Rio and Tokyo Olympics. Photograph: Clive Brunskill/Getty......

Is there a threat to ICC?

ICC Strategic Group report fears formation of rebel governing body IMAGE: The International Cricket Council headquarters in Dubai. Photograph: Nikhil Monteiro/Reuter A breakaway rebel......

Why India Played Pak In 2019 World Cup

I tried to reason in my mind that wouldn't beating Pakistan again and again -- in the league matches and in the knockouts if they made it -- be a better tribute to our martyred soldiers?A revealing......

IPL: Aussie Sams replaces Jason Roy in Delhi Capitals

IMAGE: Daniel Sams's inclusion also gives dimension to the DC attack which only had right-arm pacers in their main squad. Photograph: Steve Bell/Getty Images Uncapped Australian left-arm seamer......