PHOTOS: Women steal the show at R-Day parade

The all-women's contingent of the Indian Army, Navy and Air Force stole the show at the 66th Republic Day parade.  Women from the army march at the Republic Day parade. Photograph: PTI photo......

Foreign jaunt row: MLAs insist they will go ahead

Brushing aside intense criticism over its planned foreign trip, a Karnataka Legislature committee on Thursday insisted it will go ahead with its tour of three South American countries, even as......

COLUMN: The goals and challenges of Rio+20

The bad news about the environment far outweighs small advances that have been made, writes Rajni Bakshi.Twenty years ago, it was mostly people who were displaced by dams, mines and other projects......

Tata eyes JV with Brazilian aircraft maker

After making history by taking over Corus and Jaguar, Indian giant Tata is eyeing on forging a partnership with Embraer, aircraft manufacturing company of Brazil. Sources in Rio De Janerio said......

Nokia plans design centre in Bangalore

With a view to augmenting its market in emerging India, Nokia, the world's largest handset manufacturer, will start a design facility in Bangalore. Officials also said India is expected to become......

Festivals mean stock market boom the world over

It is not only Mumbai's Dalal Street that is witnessing firecrackers on its skies in the run-up to Diwali, markets across the world tend to soar higher during the festival days -- be it Christmas......

Olympian advices hockey team to play with a free mind

Current team better prepared for Olympics than we were in 2016: Raghunath Photograph: Kind Courtesy Hockey India/Twitter Veteran India dragflicker VR Raghunath thinks that the current team is......

Winning Olympic gold medal won't be easy: Sindhu

'Winning and losing is part of life. Some days you win. Some day we lose.' IMAGE: PV Sindhu visits the Attukal temple in Thiruvananthapuram. Photograph: PTI India's first world badminton champion......

PIX: Stars we spotted at the Rio Olympics

As sports fans we are blessed with a plethora of amazing events throughout the year, but nothing quite compares to the Olympics. Prior to the kick-off of the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro on Friday,......

Sprint legend Bolt may play cricket after Rio Games

Jamaican sprint king Usain Bolt, who has already conquered the racing track with six Olympic gold medals, may switch to cricket or football after the 2016 Games in Rio de Janerio. The 26-year-old......

PHOTOS: Shakira, Samba light up WC closing ceremony

The mournful cries of millions of Brazilians were drowned out in the high-decibel musical gala during the FIFA World Cup's closing ceremony, which was graced by crowd pullers such as Shakira,......