The administration is leaving no stone unturned as it races against time to have the US-India civilian nuclear agreement completed by the Congressional adjournment date of September 26 even if indications are there that the lawmakers may return for a Lame-Duck Session after the November 4 presidential elections.
Force India owner Vijay Mallya has reminded feuding factions inside his Formula One team that, even if he sees no need to bang heads together, he pays the bills and calls the shots.
India cruised into the Super League as they crushed a disappointing Scotland by eight wickets.
TIFR scientists have found and proposed an experimental test for the quantum theory of gravity, the first step to unify the forces of nature that rule the universe.
Legendary batsman Sunil Gavaskar said no bowler with suspect action is ever cleared for good and open to scrutiny at any time.
Is your love life under pressure? Are you troubled by your relationship? Get Ahead's Love Guru hosted a chat with readers on August 26 to help them deal with love problems. For those of you who missed it, here's the transcript.
He calls the truce offer part of a game.
Shakya Celluloid's Nayagan, directed by Saravana Shakthi and starring J K Ritheesh and Ramana, is hotchpotch of wannabee superstars and a good plot, which keeps you in your seat -- barely.
The former world no. 1 is under no illusions about her prospects at the Australian Open after deciding to rejoin the professional circuit more than three years after quitting because of injuries.
President Pranab Mukherjee talked extensively about the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls and the role of lawmakers during his address to the nation on the eve of Republic Day.
The two teams have been trading insults in the lead-up to the first Test starting at the WACA in Perth on Friday and the ICC was not impressed.
'Ashok Chavan and Omar Abdullah owe the office in large part to Rahul Gandhi and that places a large question mark over the judgment of that Gen Next leader.'
India's captain said the team is looking to improve its batting in the first 15 overs and also cut down on the number of extras.
The hard-hitting all-rounder is confident he can adapt to the slow pitches when South Africa's one-day series with India starts on Wednesday.
'It is an open secret that the mining lobby wields immense clout both in Karnataka and in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh. It is no surprise that millions of tons vanished without a trace. (As did thousands of crores of rupees in lost revenue.) But it should be a cause for worry when the power of the mining lobby seemingly leads to the disappearance of honest officials.'
Pakistan's cricket coach Bob Woolmer wants to have good Test pitches for the home series against England.
President Obama had been justifiably angered by McChrystal's irreverent remarks which appeared in Rolling Stone. His irreverent remarks caused considerable embarrassment in the Pentagon and the White House. His dismissal was inevitable.
Whether that happens or not remains to be seen, but any case of negativity on oil should be the last till oil starts shock news.
Lalu was apparently referring to his wife Rabri Devi.
Daniel Twining, a consultant to the US government on international security matters and a former member of the State Department's Policy Planning Staff, has described as "a canard," the contention in some circles, both in New Delhi and Washington that the United States "somehow wants to undermine India's strategic autonomy."
A 12-year-old Indian American activist tried to issue summons for Warren Anderson, former chief of Union Carbide over the deadliest 1984 gas disaster in Bhopal.
But this week, after years of navigating red tape, the 202-room Four Seasons Mumbai became the first luxury hotel of its size to launch in the city's south in about 20 years.
Sudarshana Dwivedi looks back at her encounter with the legendary Dev Anand.
Incisive Editor, brilliant scholar on Islam, and now BJP leader, M J Akbar is at his intellectual best when he dissects the Muslim world and its problems, and offers up a solution from his unique perspective, as he did in this recent speech at the 10th R N Kao Memorial Lecture in New Delhi.
Inter Milan cancelled a pre-season tour of England because of safety fears after the London suicide bombing campaign.
Inter Milan have cancelled a pre-season England tour because of safety fears after the London suicide bombing campaign
Cricket returns to Lord's on Thursday only days after the ground was enveloped in snow to open a season that will show if England can mount a credible challenge to Australia next year. With rain predicted for the rest of the week, the four-day match between MCC and county champions Sussex may be largely spent dodging April showers. No member of the England team that defeated New Zealand 2-1 in March is playing.
The Kiwis return to England this month for a three-Test series, starting at Lord's on May 15, followed by the altogether sterner challenge of a South Africa side who have just completed a crushing innings victory over India.
It is necessary to make incremental progress, state by state, rather than aiming for an illusory knock-out punch against the Maoists, write Dr Shanthie Mariet D'Souza and Dr Bibhu Prasad Routray.
'If chutzpah nationalists brought the Babri Masjid down, chutzpah secularists did precious little to stop it from being torn down.' 'If chutzpah nationalists ensured carnage in Gujarat, chutzpah secularists allowed Muzaffarnagar to become their next hunting ground.' 'Chutzpah secularists readily banned SIMI, but dragged their feet when it came to banning the Bajrang Dal.'
A New Delhi house is replete with all accessories of luxury, including an indoor swimming pool.
If there is another Mumbai-like attack; the US should not be constraining India. India and Pakistan should simply deal with it bilaterally, without US pressure, says South Asia expert Professor C Christine Fair. Aziz Haniffa reports.
'It is unacceptable that some tend to limit the access to peaceful nuclear technology to an exclusive club of technologically advanced States under the pretext of non-proliferation,' said foreign minister Kamal Kharrazi.
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