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Meera Shankar given warm send off in the US

India's outgoing ambassador to the United States, Meera Shankar, was showered with praises as the US administration gave her a warm send off, with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton lauding her......

BJP wave in MP, captures Congress bastion Chhindwara

The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday scored a sweeping win in Madhya Pradesh by clinching all 29 Lok Sabha seats, including Congress bastion Chhindwara, with Union ministers Jyotiraditya......

Sharat Sabharwal, Meera Shankar Pak,US envoys

Senior Indian Foreign Service officials Sharat Sabharwal and Meera Shankar will be the next envoys to Pakistan and the United States respectively. This was stated by Minister of State for External......

Why US lawmakers think Meera Shankar is a rockstar

American lawmakers, who were attending the Confederation of Indian Industry's launch of a new study on Indian investment in the United States at a Congressional reception on Capitol Hill, showered......

India Caucus to host reception for Meera Shankar

In yet another sign of deepening relationship between India and the United States, the Friends of Indian Caucus in the US Senate is holding a rare Congressional reception for the new Indian......

Budget will be popular, says Montek

The first Budget to be unveiled by the new United Progressive Alliance government on July 6 will be 'popular', Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Alhuwalia said. "The word populist......

Low-cost is fine, but quality must be great

Pawan Munjal, the managing director and CEO of Hero Honda, has in his crosshairs a new two-wheeler which combines the performance of a bike with the price of a moped. Right now a Hero Honda bike......

Shankar rules out total carbon emission-cut by Ind

Amidst growing concern that India and the United States are on a collision course over reduction of carbon emissions in the run-up to the climate change conference in Copenhagen later this year,......

Indian cos saved thousands of jobs in US: CII

A new study by the Confederation of Indian Industry said that India-based companies that have invested in the US were responsible for saving thousands of jobs in America in recent years. The......

$100 billion: The value Indian Inc creates for US

In the last two years, foreign direct investment from India into the United States has grown more than the FDI from the US into India, excluding portfolio investments, Indian Ambassador to the US......

When Lata Refused To Sing For Hema Malini

'It will remain my one regret that Lataji didn't sing for me in Meera.' IMAGE: Hema Malini and Raj Kapoor in the song Nadaan Ki Dosti Jee Ki Jalan from Sapnon Ka Saudagar. Hema Malini feels Lata......

'Sitar meant Ravi Shankar and Ravi Shankar meant the Sitar'

Photograph: Herwig Prammer/Reuters Not too many know this, but the music for India's favourite patriotic song Saare Jahan Se Achcha was composed by Pandit Ravi Shankar, whose birth centenary we......

'I never listen to my songs'

'I've never allowed success to go to my head.''I've seen many artistes fall because of their pride.' IMAGE: A young Lata Mangeshkar. Photograph: Kind courtesy Lata Mangeshkar/Instagram One week......

Satellite Shankar Review

Satellite Shankar is a fun, time-pass, film, feels Prasanna D Zore. If the audience can somehow cope with the first half of Irfan Kamal's Satellite Shankar, the second half rewards are sweet. It's......

'He is up there with Tansen, Beethoven, Mozart'

On the occasion of Pandit Ravi Shankar's birth centenary, April 7, Lata Mangeshkar pays tribute to one of Indian classical music's greatest legends. IMAGE: Pandit Ravi Shankar with his 'choti......

New Zealand upset Sri Lanka

New Zealand beat Sri Lanka by 38 runs in their Champions Trophy Group B match at the Wanderers stadium Sunday. Batting first, the Kiwis posted an impressive 315 for seven and then restricted Sri......

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