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Ex-CJI skips ex-RAW chief's book launch amid Abdullah row

Former Chief Justice of India T S Thakur has decided to skip former R&AW chief A S Dulat's book release function, citing the political storm over certain parts of the book concerning National......

Kangana and Vir Das have every right to their opinions

By sacrificing an important component of the right to free speech, we have strengthened the hands of the fundamentalists, the bigots and the publicity-seeking goondas. And of the hate-filled......

'Who Does Not Want To Be Prime Minister?'

'We are going to need more technical people in government.''You can't expect a generalist to understand the complicated world of financial engineering.''I regret to say that most of our politicians......

Voices against Padma honour for Chatwal get louder

Noted journalists Vir Sanghvi and Pritish Nandy have revealed that they will be jointly filing a Right To Information application with the Central Information Commission (CIC) with regard to this......

'Rajiv is not to be blamed, but Congress is to be blamed'

Mani Shankar Aiyar says the Congress party and not then prime minister Rajiv Gandhi was responsible for unlocking the Babri Masjid gates and claimed that the "Bharatiya Janata Party-planted" Arun......

Vir Sanghvi quits NewsX

Barely days after Vir Sanghvi, CEO of News X (the news channel to be launched by INX Media), and INX Media's chief strategy officer Peter Mukerjea, declared a truce, the two have decided to part......

Peter Mukherjea, Vir Sanghvi declare truce

In what seems to be an uneasy truce, Vir Sanghvi, CEO of News X, the news channel to be launched by INX Media, and INX Media's chief strategy officer Peter Mukerjea have issued a joint statement......

Vir Sanghvi hits the start-up bandwagon; launches restaurant reservation platform

EazyDiner will be a restaurant reservation platform offering reviews, reservations, deals and a concierge services Vir Sanghvi, food writer and TV host, launched EazyDiner, India’s first......

Discovery Travel starts Indian Rendezvous

Discovery Travel and Living is presenting a new series called, Indian Rendezvous, based on the upmarket lifestyles of people in six metros of India. The series will also be aired in other Asian......

The times of our stars

Many writers, including this one, have written about how Star TV's ownership structure in India violates the spirit of the law, since the parent really controls the operations, though the law says......

Now, an India vs Pakistan cooking show!

NDTV Good Times will launch a new cookery show called Foodistan.The show will have eight professional chefs from all over India and Pakistan competing to dish out the best of recipes. It will......

Looking At 1999: 25 Years Ago In Bollywood...

1999 in Hindi movies marked the end of a vibrant young decade and a gentle promise of electrifying new things to come in the new millennium. Where madcap masala still reigned supreme, morally......

He hasn't had a decent song in years, but Elton John now has a great book

'This is a book written by a man who has seen it all and done it all and can now laugh about it,' says Vir Sanghvi. IMAGE: Elton John performs at his concert at Rome's ancient Colosseum.......

When Dilip Kumar almost got arrested

Malavika Sangghvi gives us fascinating glimpses from Dilip Kumar's life. This article was first published on Rediff.com December 10, 2012. In the early '80s, my mother and I were holidaying in Goa......

When Dilip Kumar met Vajpayee...

It is to Vajpayee's credit that he told Dilip Kumar to ignore Thackeray and to follow his own conscience.But the episode -- as indeed, the manner in which Dilip Kumar has been made to pay for being......