Will India Have A Peace Keeping Role In Ukraine?

A peace keeping role for India is a distinct possibility.The Indian military has both the numbers and experience to carry out this job, observes Colonel Anil A Athale (retd). IMAGE: Ukrainian......

Modi thanks Qatari Emir for release of Navy veterans

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday conveyed his 'deep appreciation' to Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani for the release of eight Indians, previously on death row, even as the two......

We survived only because ..., Navy veteran recalls ordeal in Qatar jail

Ragesh Gopakumar, one of the 8 ex-Indian Navy personnel released by the Qatar government, said on Wednesday that they survived the prison days only due to their defence training. IMAGE: Senior BJP......

Qatar frees all 8 Indian Navy veterans, Modi to visit Doha on 14th

Qatar has released eight jailed former Indian Navy personnel and seven of them returned home on Monday morning, in what is being seen as a major diplomatic victory for India that came nearly......

Qatar keen to boost trade ties with India

With an eye on future business with India, Qatar rolled out the red carpet for visiting Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani when its ruler Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani made him the guest of......

Brazil's FIFA World Cup qualification hanging by a thread

Brazil shocked and other big upsets at World Cup qualifiers played on Tuesday IMAGE: Brazil's Marquinhos and Estevao look dejected after their defeat to Paraguay in the South American World Cup......

Qatar World Cup: A showcase for political tensions

'Qatari authorities have had to tread a fine balance over Iran and Palestine but, in the end, the tournament once again puts Qatar at the center of regional diplomacy' IMAGE: Fans hold up a shirt......

Football World Finally Has Its GOAT

IMAGE: Lionel Messi celebrates Argentina winning the World Cup. Photograph: Lee Smith/Reuters As fireworks exploded and some 80,000 people roared, Lionel Messi smiled. His Argentina soccer shirt......

FIFA World Cup, a catalyst to thaw Israel-Qatar ties

A delegation from Israel's foreign ministry will be allowed to provide consular assistance from Doha for its citizens coming for the World Cup matches. IMAGE: The Israeli delegation's......

PICS: FIFA World Cup kicks off in glitzy opening!

IMAGE: General view outside the stadium with fireworks during the opening ceremony at Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor, Qatar, on Sunday. Photograph: Hamad I Mohammed Qatar's ruler opened the World Cup on......