India, Lanka battle fire on board oil tanker, 1 crew dead

The Sri Lankan Navy with assistance from Indian ships was battling for a second day on Friday to douse a major fire raging on an oil tanker carrying crude from Kuwait to India that left one of its......

Oil tanker carrying crude to India from Kuwait catches fire off Lanka

An oil tanker carrying crude from Kuwait to India burst into flames off the eastern coast of Sri Lanka on Thursday, leaving one of its 23 crew members missing and another injured, a navy spokesman......

India-US defence ties secure under Trump

When Obama signs the NDAA 2017 into law this week, the US-India partnership will be enshrined in US legislation, binding every succeeding administration, whatever its inclinations, to treat India......

A permanent state of war with Pakistan is to be expected

'If Pakistan were to launch surgical strikes, India would not be able to forget it for generations to come,' Pakistan army chief General Raheeel Sharif warned on November 24, days before he retires......

Beware of Chinese bearing gifts

'Either China is building regional transport infrastructure long before it needs it, or this is in a chain of Chinese investments with more strategic than economic intent,' says T N Ninan. So, Xi......

Bearish trend continues on D-Street; Sensex ends below 27,000

Weak monsoon forecast, firming crude prices and slow pace of economic recovery hurt the trading sentiments Markets continued its steep downfall and closed lower as weak monsoon forecast raised......

Did Indian govt need to back Mittal?

Snubbing the French is one thing, but since Mittal doesn't pay taxes in India, the question is whether the government went overboard in supporting him.Rjiv Kumar, Director and Chief Executive,......

Star power fails at USBO

With a hat-trick of flops that lost about $200 million inone single year, Eddie Murphy, who gets $15million to $20 million per movie, became the costliest loser in Hollywood last year.Among the......

London 2012: Flame to land at Culdrose military base

The flame for this year's London Olympics, scheduled to arrive in Britain on May 18, will land at a military base in Cornwall before starting the torch relay that will end with the Games' opening......