Russia's Unease Over India-US Proximity

The scaling up of the India-US strategic partnership to the level of non-NATO ally with defence deals, sharing and transfer of defence technology, interoperability, joint collaboration and joint......

Here are the complete results from all 32 bypolls

The BJP, Congress and the Shiv Sena won one Lok Sabha seat each, while assembly segments threw up a similar mixed bag with results favouring ruling parties in several states as votes were counted......

Biswa Sarma, 13 ministers sworn in

Bharatiya Janata Party leader Himanta Biswa Sarma, was on Monday sworn-in as the 15th Chief Minister of Assam by Governor Jagadish Mukhi at the Srimanta Sankardeva Kalakshetra, a major cultural......

Mamata sweeps Bengal; LDF retains Kerala; DMK wins TN after 10 yrs

Mamata Banerjee fended off a spirited challenge by a resurgent Bharatiya Janata Party in West Bengal with a landslide victory for her Trinamool Congress on Sunday for a third consecutive term and......

UK minister admits deadlock over visa bond scheme

UK home secretary Theresa May, the driving force behind plans to introduce a controversial 3,000 pound visa bond for visitors from certain countries including India, has admitted the scheme remains......

Germany to reform banking sector

German chancellor Angela Merkel's centre-right coalition has agreed on a plan to reform the nation's banking system and to impose a levy on the financial institutions to make them accountable for......

6 reasons why you will remember September

Looking back 20 years from now, the month just gone by will loom even larger in history books, says Shankar Acharya. Everybody remembers September 2008. And they will do so for many years to come.......

What can halt Indian, Chinese juggernaut

Plenty of forces can still throw the Chinese and Indian economies far off course. The economic fundamentals of both nations, with their enormous populations of young workers and consumers, point to......

Olympics embarrassment looms as Tokyo governor faces calls to quit

Tokyo Governor Yoichi Masuzoe, under fire for using tax money to pay for family vacations ‘I think the confusion of having an election at the same time as the Rio Olympics would not be to the......