News 360: Won't accept any party post till I'm cleared of charges in 1984 riots, says Tytler

News 360: Won't accept any party post till I'm cleared of charges in 1984 riots, says Tytler

Former Union Minister Jagdish Tytler broke his silence, a day after a Delhi court rejected the CBI clean chit to him in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. Tytler said he will not take any party post till he's cleared of all charges. ...
09:32 PM, Apr 11, 2013
News 360: Kolkata unites in grief over SFI activist's death

News 360: Kolkata unites in grief over SFI activist's death

Apart from the SFI, prominent Left leaders, including former CM Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, paid homage to Sudipto Gupta, who died allegedly in police crackdown. ...
11:17 PM, Apr 03, 2013

Sundaram's Stringer impresses you from the word go

Sundaram's Stringer impresses you from the word go 'Stringer' takes you to the wild, chaotic Congo and leaves you with questions unanswered. ...
05:13 PM, Apr 03, 2013

Gabriel Khan's Special 26 is a bland thriller

Gabriel Khan's Special 26 is a bland thriller There's a world of difference between movies and books. Gabriel Khan should have known the risk he was running. ...
05:01 PM, Apr 03, 2013
News 360: Cobrapost expose reveals brazen money laundering at banks

News 360: Cobrapost expose reveals brazen money laundering at banks

A sting operation conducted by Cobrapost across various branches of private financial institutions, including HDFC, ICICI and Axis banks showed how bank employees were helping customers convert black money into white. ...
08:36 PM, Mar 14, 2013
News 360: Ex-MDLR airhostess Geetika Sharma's mother commits suicide

News 360: Ex-MDLR airhostess Geetika Sharma's mother commits suicide

Geetika Sharma had committed suicide last year and in her suicide note, she had alleged harassment by former Haryana Home Minister Gopal Kanda. ...
10:13 PM, Feb 15, 2013
News 360: J&K's first girl band quits after fatwa

News 360: J&K's first girl band quits after fatwa

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday told CNN-IBN that the state will protect the girls if they wanted to continue performing. ...
10:24 PM, Feb 04, 2013
News 360: 6th accused in Delhi gangrape case is minor, rules court

News 360: 6th accused in Delhi gangrape case is minor, rules court

The Juvenile Justice Board, which has ruled on the basis of the accused's school records, said there was no doubt he was a juvenile. ...
09:37 PM, Jan 28, 2013

'Ministry of Hurt Sentiments' is a hurt voice

'Ministry of Hurt Sentiments' is a hurt voice It's a poem. It's a story. It's many stories strung into one. All morbid and dark. With tragic ends and injustice. Stories about the unfairness of life. The greed and cruelty of men. Stories you hear all the time. It talks about religion and politics, rapists and molestors, drugs, dreams and death, the land mafia and the protesting tribals, apathy and decay, the stench of Mumbai, its ugly face or...
01:02 PM, Oct 29, 2012

'The Edge of the Machete' is skillfully crafted, sloppily told

'The Edge of the Machete' is skillfully crafted, sloppily told A CIA operative is brutally executed in Mohmand, Pakistan. A NATO convoy to Jalalabad is attacked by militants. The top terrorists of the region from different outfits are meeting to plan their biggest and deadliest attack. Pakistan is giving hollow assurances on delivering the culprits. America, pushed to the wall, launches a covert operation to plant a mole. Agent Eduardo Gomez disguised as Sarfaraz Khan, lands in Pakistan and straight...
11:02 PM, Oct 14, 2012
Space trip is fun: Sunita Williams

Space trip is fun: Sunita Williams

Indian-American cosmonaut Sunita Williams and her team docked their Russian spacecraft at the International Space Station. ...
07:25 PM, Jul 17, 2012

'Dream of the Celt' promises to be an epic read

'Dream of the Celt' promises to be an epic read You could dismiss it as a biography of a failed revolutionary. Roger Casement was executed by the British government for conspiring in Ireland's Easter Rising in 1916. Once knighted by the Queen of England for his extraordinary humanitarian work in the Congo, Casement was condemned to the gallows for his activities against the crown. Through his life, Llosa has told the story of many men. This one narrative encompasses many...
06:09 PM, Jul 16, 2012

Rupa Bajwa's 'Tell me a Story' is disappointing

Rupa Bajwa's 'Tell me a Story' is disappointing It starts on a jarring note. A girl in Amritsar, working in a beauty parlour is narrating her story in English. It's just not the kind of story I thought I'd be reading. It could be one of those new TV serials catering to tier-two cities with gaudy clothes and conspiracies and too many twists in the tale. But there's nothing dramatic about Rani and her life. She could well...
05:02 PM, May 07, 2012
News 360: President Pratibha Patil gives up Pune land

News 360: President Pratibha Patil gives up Pune land

President Pratibha Patil decided to give up her proposed post-retirement accommodation in Pune on Friday. This came after allegations that the President's bungalow was being built on defence land in violation of norms. ...
09:30 PM, Apr 27, 2012

'In the orchard...' a story of beauty, love and pain

'In the orchard...' a story of beauty, love and pain Every once in a while, we hear about a man who has returned from a far flung jail after decades to find that his family has moved on, his wife has remarried or died, his children do not recognise him, theres nobody waiting for him. There is a soundbyte and pictures of a vacant, resigned face. This book looks beyond that blank face. It delves into the vortex of emotions,...
02:37 PM, Apr 24, 2012