In 1999, Atal Bihari Vajpayee apparently offered him a ministership. In 2004, Manmohan Singh apparently invited him to be chairman of the investment commission. Then his name apparently did the …
The Supreme Court of India has upheld the life sentence awarded by the Delhi high court to Manu Sharma, the son of Congress leader and former Union minister Vinod Sharma, …
E.R. RAMACHANDRAN writes: As I went around the now-abandoned Chinnaswamy stadium, no thanks to the Bangalore police, I spotted the Ace Sports Specialist (ASS) sitting in the clubhouse restaurant. I …
A fortnight of feverish “innuendos, half-truths and motivated leaks“—of corruption, collusion, conflict of interest, tax evasion, shady franchise ownership, fixed auctions, patronage, nepotism, sex, sleaze, drugs etc—has ended with the …
SHAH ALAM KHAN writes from New Delhi: To qualify as an Indian, it is essential that you love cricket, it is important that you gossip, it is vital to fall …
Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yediyurappa‘s long friendship with the State’s BJP chief K.S. Eswarappa is a heart-warming story in a cynical, political landscape. Bosom buddies hailing from the same district, …
For those whose India is shining, the country’s population is a vital stat. A demographic, whose dividend should be reaped. Fifty-six per cent of India, as the cliche goes, is …
Wonders never cease in the wonderland that the self-styled paramahamsa Nityananda created before it unravelled through a full-colour video presentation of the swamiji in horizontal repose. These, above, are two …
E.R. RAMACHANDRAN writes: During the IPL semifinals between the Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore last night, one minor incident proved that the more things change in cricket, the more …
On the ground, the son of a businessman who owned a ball bearings and valve factory, who has been the breadwinner of his family of a mother and five sisters, …
A stone’s throw away from the M. Chinnaswamy stadium, a worker at the Venkatappa art gallery in the back yard of Cubbon Park, ushers in the jackfruit season by climbing …
In his speech in the Lok Sabha, the disgraced diplomat-author-columnist Shashi Tharoor quoted the Malayali poet mahakavi Vallathol Narayana Menon: “When you hear the name of India, your heart must …
E.R. RAMACHANDRAN writes: Recently I read something regarding the Karnataka state road transport corporation (KSRTC) which caught my attention. It highlighted the efforts of its Tumkur division to reduce accidents …
By T.J.S. GEORGE We as a people have gifts no other people have. Italy and New York, for example, are celebrated for their great mafia leaders. But those leaders could …
After having secured the resignation of minister of State for external affairss, Shashi Tharoor, over the Cochin IPL fracas, the Congress is turning the screws on the BJP. If Tharoor …
The passing away of journalists and editors barely gets a mention in Indian media outlets these days, not even in their former or current places of work, under the rather …
Prabhudev of Austin, Texas, in a letter to the editor of The Hindu: “The Karnataka government wants to invest Rs 500 crore for a state-of-the-art medical college targeting NRIs. When …
Rajiv Gandhi didn’t have to go for the Bofors scandal. A. Raja wasn’t asked to go for the spectrum scam. Kamal Nath stays despite the rice export scam. P. Chidambaram …
Dog lovers pose with some Pretty Young Things at a puppy adoption programme organised by Let’s Live Together at Sankey Tank in Bangalore on Saturday. Photograph: Karnataka Photo News Also …
Author-columnist Anand Giridharadas, the former Bombay correspondent of the International Herald Tribune, on the wedding of the year (so far). Soutik Biswas/ BBC: A cross-border marriage stripped of romance CHURUMURI …
Candle-light vigils have emerged as one of the crappiest, most vacuous, celebrity-driven made-for-TV phenomena of our times. Well-fed, good looking men and women, speckled with the star dust of a …
Swapan Dasgupta in The Telegraph, Calcutta: “At one time, politicians saw business as the milch cow of election funding and nurtured crony capitalism to ensure a reliable source of resources. …
At the Jog Falls in Shimoga, Raja, Rani, Roarer and Rocket take a much needed summer breather on Thursday before their monstrous tanks fill up. Photograph: Karnataka Photo News 2009: …
The words of war between the IPL commissioner Lalit Modi and the minister of State for external affairs, Shashi Tharoor, over the Cochin IPL team and all the stories emerging …
The minister of state for external affairs, “Row Bahadur” Shashi Tharoor, often uses the Princess Diana analogy to explain globalisation to the great unwashed: An English princess with a Welsh …