'General Zia was real startled'

'But he was very quick and did a very stylish adab.''Of course, I didn't expect him to hug.' IMAGE: Lakshmi Murdeshwar Puri and her husband Hardeep Singh Puri, currently India's minister of......

25 years on, a slice of the Berlin Wall

On November 9, Germany will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. The Berlin Wall, which divided West Berlin from the communist East after it was built in 1961, was the......

The best pictures from the RAF photographic competition

From Typhoons soaring over the snowy mountains of the Falkland Islands to Red Arrows flying over Buckingham Palace, the images submitted in the Royal Air Force Photographic Competition captures the......

Why the world's top airshow disappointed me

'For a show that has been going on since 1948 one expected a certain standard of showcasing and showmanship, besides variety and a show of skill.''At the same time one felt pretty good about the......