Pak invites Modi to SCO meeting in Islamabad

Pakistan has invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation heads of government meeting being organised here in October, the Foreign Office Spokesperson said in......

How CAA Helped Joe Pereira

'Without CAA, there would have been a lot of hurdles.' Joseph Francis A Pereira, a citizen of Pakistan who currently resides in Cansaulim, south Goa, is the first in the state to be given an Indian......

'Pakistan Will Want To Use Bangladesh Situation To Its Advantage'

'Religion and extremism is going to be a big force, a very important force, in Bangladesh's politics.' IMAGE: Motiur Rahman Nizami, then chief of the Jamaat-e-Islami waves to supporters during a......

India's Neighbourhood First Policy Crumbling

The fundamental construct of India's neighbourhood policy still needs to be what Vajpayee postulated, Manmohan Singh embraced, and Modi energised. It's just that we need to junk domestic politics......

Nirmalaji Ko Gussa Kyon Aata Hai?

'The conspiracy is to end India's entrepreneurship culture even before it fully blooms.''Negativity is being spread in society towards all those who do business, and this hatred for business and......

Meet Nirmalaji's Core Budget Team

The finance minister continues to be backed by the same policy team in charting out the broad strategy as in the few earlier Budgets. IMAGE: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman distributes halwa......

Economic Survey pitches for more FDI from China

Amidst strained ties with China, the pre-budget Economic Survey on Monday made a strong case for seeking foreign direct investments (FDI) from Beijing to boost local manufacturing and tap the......

The Most Memorable Goodbye Turns 50

'Garm Hava understands that the scorching, hate-filled, doubt-filled affair between Hindus and Muslims is our national love affair.' Sreehari Nair revisits M S Sathyu's classic film, featuring the......

The Difference Between Fawad And Shah Rukh Khan

'I think because India is a bigger country and Bollywood is such a well-oiled machine, the star thing has become so much bigger than the actor thing.' IMAGE: Fawad Khan in Barzakh. Film-maker Asim......

'Bollywood Won't Revive!'

'People have got into the habit of sitting at home (and watching films).''They don't want to watch movies in theatres because they don't want to waste as much as Rs 1,000 on tickets.''They feel......

'You Can't Take Bangladesh Lightly'

IMAGE: India have played Bangladesh in five Tests since 2017 and won all of them by big margins. Photograph: BCCI   Suresh Raina reckons that Bangladesh cannot be taken lightly given their......

Harmanpreet hopeful of breaking final jinx at T20 WC

IMAGE: The Indian women's team have never played in the UAE and captain Harmanpreet Kaur says her team will not be overawed by the conditions. Photograph: BCCI/X Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur remained......

Denied visa, Pakistan's sports body lodges complaint

Photograph: Kind Courtesy WPBSA / X The Pakistan Billiards and Snooker Association has lodged a formal complaint with the sport's world governing body and the organisers after their......

'Neeraj Chopra will throw 93m in one or two years'

IMAGE: Neeraj Chopra. Photograph: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports/Reuters Legendary para-athlete Devendra Jhajharia feels it's a matter of time for star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra to breach the......

'A team man through and through': Plaudits pour in for Dhawan

  IMAGE: Shikhar Dhawan, right, celebrates with captain Virat Kohli after completing his century against Australia during the 2019 World Cup Photograph: Henry Browne/Getty Images from the......