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......

Is Amritpal Singh The New Bhindranwale?

Most political leaders in Punjab have come out in the open to oppose him, unlike the early 1980s when political leaders were scared of speaking against Bhindranwale, observes Sudhir Bisht. IMAGE:......

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......

'Miracles do happen': Honchos cheer advent of Modi

'As the TV showed Congress seats being lost one after another in Maharashtra, cheers went up.' Cleo Paskal attends a vote-counting party in Mumbai that looked at the coming Modi Sarkar with hope......

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......

STAR ready to sell 26% Balaji stake to promoters

STAR India is open to selling its 25.9 per cent stake in one of the country's largest production houses, Balaji Telefilms, to its promoters.The broadcaster had bought the stake in 2004.Balaji......

Lessons from Dubai crisis

Turbulence in financial markets could mean that 'exit' from expansionary policies will be delayed, says Abheek Barua. For about a week after the Dubai crisis broke, international financial markets......

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......

'I had to shoot the film in 9 days with Rs 35 lakhs'

'Only the size of the screen differs from YouTube to the TV to the theatre. The camera, the lights, the script, the dialogues, the actors, the music, the drama, the emotions are all the same.'......

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......

What makes Kapil Sharma the hottest property on TV

Kapil Sharma, the anchor of Comedy Nights with Kapil, is the funniest man in India.  Applauding is a good way to stay warm inside the freezing Studio 7 at Film City in Mumbai's Goregaon. A......

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......

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......

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......

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......

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......