Velvet touch

 He may not have a great first touch like the sumptuous one trotted out by Arsenal man Olivier Giroud on Sunday, but Ranbir Kapoor sure is getting there.


Back to the battlefield in October

 Bahubali 2 is halfway complete and Rana Daggubati asserts he’s a pan-India actor now.

Tabu sings for her baby

 After singing in Vishal Bhardwaj’s Haider, actress croons a lullaby for another film.

Johnny Lever’s daughter is a female Babulal

 The filmmakers saw a stand-up video of Jamie, which was doing the rounds on social media, and offered her this role. “It was a surprise to both my father and me.

Salma Hayek eats worms

 Salma Hayek says she eats a variety of foods including silk worms and deep-fried frog. When she appeared on the TV show Watch

Evacuations ordered after new explosions, contamination fears

 The disaster has raised questions if dangerous chemicals were stored close to residential complexes and if fire-fighters unknowingly triggered the blasts.

IMF calls for Greek debt relief after bailout approval

 Euro zone finance ministers have agreed to lend Greece up to 86 billion euros ($96 billion) after Greek lawmakers accepted

NDA squeaky clean, says PM; skims over OROP

 In I-Day speech, Modi turns focus on startups, announces Rs 50k-cr agri scheme.

J&K: 3 killed, 5 hurt in Pak firing

 Three civilians including a sarpanch were killed in heavy firing and mortar attacks by Pakistani troops on several Indian posts and

Silver lining for Saina

 Having changed coach and residence a year ago, Nehwal views World Championship final appearance as a step forward.

Misfiring hitman

 Is it time Rohit’s batting number, or his very place in the Test team, is reviewed?


Pawar to attend Aug 28 BCCI meet, decision evokes curiosity

 A few giants of the past, if not exactly present, are preparing to attend it making it sure that the August 28 conclave in Kolkata will be an eventful one.

The ‘slings’ of fire

 Malinga’s district coach Lasith Chaminda reveals how he blocked attempts to change the pacer’s action.


Building a skilled India

 The biggest challenge facing construction and infrastructure in our country is the lack of a skilled workforce. Skill-building is a need of the hour that will secure the future of...

Of homes and prisons

 Jabbar Patel’s 1981 film Subah (made as Umbartha in Marathi) is a flawed but intriguing feminist portrait of a woman torn between domesticity and a larger social vocation, struggl...

In defence of those who defend us

 Being the amazingly optics driven country, we are fine ones for tokenism. Let there be a natural calamity or an incursion or insurgency

The largest opposition party

 As Parliament winds up for the season, its business far from finished, it’s pertinent to recall a time when dissent was not decibel, but decorous, and democracy shone brightly in ...

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