'We assist to bankrupt ideology of violent extremism everywhere'

In his penultimate State of the Union address, United States President Barack Obama said that the economy is improving and he vowed to dismantle terror networks. He promised equal opportunity for......

REWIND: Finding Bhopal gas tragedy's Warren Anderson

On Friday, Warren M Anderson, the former chief of Union Carbide Corporation died at a nursing home in Florida. Anderson, 92, faced prosecution for his role in the Bhopal gas tragedy that......

What Menon feels when he wraps up the US tour

Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon, who wrapped up three days of intensive discussions with the hierarchy of the new Obama Administration at the State Department, White House, and Pentagon, and......

'Perhaps Gandhi was an inevitability'

History, despite the many things it has to tell us, doesn't often yield the pleasure of a crackling good tale. There are the mandatory spies and snipers, of course, but it's hard to engage readers......

Ex-SBI chief's book is frank, but is it fearless?

Barring stray references such as the 'dual control' of banks and shifting the goalposts during demonetisation, he is not in a fault-finding mode with the government, notes Tamal Bandyopadhyay.......

Shapoorji Pallonji may bag UK's largest theme park deal

Pegged at $1.8 billion in construction deal size, The London Resort, which is located 17 minutes outside London, has attracted bids from three other construction majors from across the world. One......

Why was this billionaire arrested?

It is not every day that one of the planet's richest men is arrested by his government. IMAGE: Saudi Prince Al-Waleed arrives at the presidential palace in Kabul to meet then Afghan president......

Vodafone's merger with Idea faces tax dispute hurdle

While it was technically not possible to block the deal, the tax department could resort to arm-twisting. Image: A Vodafone store in central London. Photograph: Alessia Pierdomenico/Reuters.......

Argentina readying to host F1 race in 2014

Argentina, which last hosted a Formula One Grand Prix in 1998, could be back on the calendar from 2014 when a new track near Buenos Aires is completed. Friday marked a ground-breaking ceremony of......