Chandrayaan-2 not end of story: ISRO chief Sivan

The Indian Space Research Organisation will put in all efforts to demonstrate soft landing in space in the near future and Chandrayaan-2 is not the end of story, ISRO Chief K Sivan said on......

The photographer who refused to shoot the prime minister

Photographer S Paul, who died this month, was furiously protective about his independence and intensely sure about his work.So much so that he once walked away from a shoot with a prime......

The Hero of the Battle of Dograi

Lieutenant Colonel Desmond Hayde was awarded the Mahavir Chakra, the second highest honour in war-time, for winning one of the toughest battles ever fought by the Indian Army. In a brilliant and......

'Scaling Everest was like a pilgrimage'

Image: Captain Manmohan Singh Kohli and his team at the summit of Mount Everest, May 20, 1965 Exactly 50 years ago, the first Indian team led by Manmohan Singh Kohli reached the summit of Mount......

'I am the original serial kisser'

'When I was staying in Teen Batti (in south Mumbai), I had one washroom and we were 10 people. Today I have three washrooms and I am the only one using all of them. Can you see the quantum......

Sunil Gavaskar remembers his captain Ajit Wadekar

Sunil Gavaskar pays tribute to Ajit Wadekar 'Sunil, sorry, he is no more'. Those devastating words conveyed to me that 'my captain' Ajit Wadekar had passed away. Just a little while earlier, I was......

When Gavaskar saved a family from a mob during the Bombay riots

Cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar, who was known to take on the pace-battery of West Indies bowlers during his playing days with aplomb, also showed "courage" to save a family during the 1993 Bombay......

Modern cricket is poorer with Anandji Dossa passing into the ages

Anandji Dossa. Photograph: Haresh Pandya Blessed with a computer-like brain and an elephantine memory, Anandji Dossa was a pioneer in compiling cricket statistics and scores. Haresh Pandya pays......

NFL to kick-off before January 10

The high profile National Football League will kick-off in Kolkata before January 10, All India Football Federation president Priya Ranjan Dasmunshi said on Tuesday.The detailed fixtures of the......

Readers wishes to John Wright

Name:Debashis Mitra (HPCL) Message:All Indians will remember you. Happy Birthday. Name:vishal Message:Mr. Wright, thanx 4 setting Indian Cricket right. Happy Birthday. Name:Hari Message:Many Happy......