52 Indians 'fleeing religious persecution' held at US detention centre

A group of 52 Indians, mostly Sikhs, has been held at a detention centre in the United States State of Oregon for being part of a large contingent of illegal immigrants seeking asylum, an American......

BSF jawans in row over death of 3 tribals in Tripura

An inquiry was on Saturday ordered by the Border Security Force after its personnel were caught in a row with locals in Tripura over killing of three civilians who had protested alleged molestation......

BSF foils infiltration bid on Jammu border

With Pakistani troops suspectedly providing cover fire, four to six heavily-armed militants on Thursday tried to sneak into India through the International Border in Jammu but the attempt was......

'We can't farm as we don't want to be targets of Pakistani fire'

A villager looks at shell marks allegedly caused by firing from Pakistan side at Raipur Sazdian village, in Jammu. Photograph: PTI Residents along the International Border in Jammu, who were......

Anand Mahindra's mantras for a post-coronavirus world

Terming the coronavirus pandemic as a "crisis of a magnitude that we have never faced before", Mahindra group chairman Anand Mahindra on Thursday asked employees of the conglomerate to use the......

Time is running out for Lakshmi Vilas Bank

'It's a toss-up between a fire sale of equity or merger with a strong bank,' points out Tamal Bandyopadhyay.   After the Reserve Bank of India rejected Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd's plan......

Weak rupee: How India can stabilise its BoP situation

Near-term movements of INR will continue to be shaped by the capital flows situation, which in turn will be influenced by developments in Europe, writes Nischal Maheshwari. The Indian rupee has......

Trade deficit: Enough forex reserve to easily finance 59% of India's imports

"The forex reserves had depleted to a point where India could hardly finance imports of even three weeks." This anonymous line puts the balance of payments (BoP) crisis of 1990-91 in context. Then,......

Gavaskar buys stake in IBL's Mumbai franchise

The Indian Badminton League's glamour quotient has gone up by quite a few notches with a consortium involving former cricket captain Sunil Gavaskar and Telugu actor Nagarjuna buying the event's......

Kim's cheer squad 'charm offensive'

They cheer, dance and sing in perfect unison. But these are not your ordinary cheerleaders. Charm offensive IMAGE: North Korean cheerleaders perform during the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics.......

Davis Cup: Bopanna-Balaji seal India's place in play-offs

IMAGE:  India’s Rohan Bopanna, left, celebrates with his partner Sriram Balaji after their win over Uzbekistan. Photograph: PTI India on Saturday sealed their place in the Davis Cup......

'Djokovic's presence would have been good for tennis in India'

Novak Djokovic of Serbia. Photograph: Streeter Lecka/Getty Images It would have been great for Indian tennis had Novak Djokovic turned up in this week's Davis Cup tie in Bangalore, says Somdev......

Davis Cup coach Zeeshan lauds Yuki's showing, says he was flawless

Yuki Bhambri pulled India out of a tough situation, winning the second singles in the Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Group I tie against New Zealand in Christchurch on Friday. Photograph: Hannah......