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Why Nagaland Is Baying For Army's Blood

'It is in the interest of China and Pakistan to give a bad name to the Indian Army and remove AFSPA 'completely' from the north east.' 'Hopefully, better sense will prevail and the ground realities......

Feline-y to purr-fection, Delhi police's cat-echism to Elon Musk breaks the net

Billionaire Elon Musk's quirky tweet about his son Lil X asking if 'police cats' exist has received a "purr-fect" reply from the Delhi Police and wacky responses from netizens. Photograph: Tingshu......

6 killed as violence breaks out in Assam-Meghalaya border

Six people, including a forest guard, were killed in violence at the disputed Assam-Meghalaya border in the early hours of Tuesday after a truck allegedly laden with illegally felled timber was......

China eyes Russian territory as Moscow focuses on Ukraine: Report

Taking advantage of the Russia-Ukraine war, China has been conducting military drills on its far north-eastern border, raising expert concerns that Beijing could be considering a push into Russian......

Army did not identify civilians before firing, tried to hide bodies: Report

The Army made no attempt to ascertain the identity of the civilians returning from work on a pick-up truck before shooting them in Nagaland's Mon district on Saturday, a joint report by the state's......

'Board as doctor, leave as patient': United gets roasted online

Is United Airlines on a PR disaster overdrive? Barely a couple of weeks after it sparked global outrage online by barring two girls from flying because they wore leggings, the American airline......

The power of positive thinking

Jon Gordon is spending most of his summer touring the U.S. in a big yellow school bus. He arrives in New York in early June and hopes to reach San Francisco by the end of the month, followed by......

Why your boss won't fire you

Forget Donald Trump. "You're fired" isn't a phrase that rolls off Ed Cook's tongue. The owner of a Stone Mountain, Ga., State Farm agency, Cook recently became concerned about an employee who spent......

India, China energize Singapore, Malaysia

"All of Asia will run on the back of China and India to some degree," says Edmund Harriss, who manages Guinness Atkinson's Asia Focus Fund.But Southeast Asia's economies have their own stories,......

Veteran actress Shammi dead

'Shammi, aunty to me and a great actor of yesteryears, passed away today.''She was my mother's dear friend and someone we all loved very much.' IMAGE: Daisy Irani, left, with Shammi at the music......

Madan Mohan lives on

Dinesh RahejaYash Chopra's latest film Veer-Zaara makes a radical departure from the norm-- the movie's music is composed by Madan Mohan, who passed away in1975. Chopra has had some of the......

Rafi, the unforgettable

What does one write about the great Mohammed Rafi?I run the risk of penning meaningless platitudes in an attempt to do so. His mellifluous voice worked wonders for many songs andfor more than 30......

Leo-Brad Pitt may combine in Scorsese film

First, they teamed up in Gangs Of New York (2002). Now, they are through filming The Aviator, a biopic of famous movie producer and aviatorHoward Hughes.A Yahoo! movies report mentionsthat Leonardo......

Indian compound mixed team enters final

IMAGE: Deepika Kumari entered her second successive Archery World Cup semifinals. Photograph: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports/Reuters Jyothi Surekha Vennam and Priyansh advanced to the compound mixed......

Kakran, Manju win bronze at Asian wrestling

IMAGE: Divya Kakran celebrates after winning bronze in the women's 68 kg wrestling competition at the Asian Games. Photograph: PTI India's Divya Kakran and Manju Kumari won bronze medals......

Asian Wrestling: Punia bags India's first gold

IMAGE: Bajrang Punia, right, celebrates. Photograph: Twitter Bajrang Punia provided India its first gold medal as he posted a come-from-behind victory over Seungchul Lee of Korea in men's 65kg......

Asian Games: 'Locksmith' Yogeshwar Dutt hones bag of tricks for gold

Yogeshwar Dutt celebrates. Photograph: Getty Images Touching feet is the traditional Indian way of showing respect to someone but, as his numerous opponents would vouch, if it's on the......

Asian chess: Negi, Mary Ann in sole lead

Grandmaster Parimarjan Negi scored his sixth victory on the trot, disposing of Oliver Barbosa of Philippines to retain his half-point lead with just one round to go in the Asian individual chess......

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