What Rahul and Priyanka are planning next

Will Priyanka contest against Modi in Varanasi?Will Rahul also contest from Karnataka?Rasheed Kidwai -- Sonia Gandhi and the Congress party's biographer -- reveals what is churning in the Congress.......

Why Modi's u-turn on China is a smart move

IMAGE: Chinese President Xi Jinping with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Hyderabad House, New Delhi, September 2014. Photograph: Press Information Bureau   'It needed political courage on the......

2014 poll: Which party will be most friendly to women's causes?

2014 will be a watershed election. Much is at stake and much needs to be changed. Women need their voice to be heard and they need representation with real power, says Sunanda Vashist. It is no......

Rosa Parks, power of resistance and the Delhi bus rape

The protests in India have focused mainly on the issue of rape. But these could as well extend to the arena of public transport because the girl's rape and death are directly related to the......

Back to the future: Nokia prepares for mobile comeback

Nokia is hiring software experts, testing new products and seeking sales partners as it plots its return to the mobile phone and consumer tech arena it abandoned with the sale of its handset......

Countering China's economic dominance

Bismarck famously said of the United States that it had managed to "surround itself on two sides with weak neighbours and on the other two sides with fish".India, unfortunately, does not enjoy this......

Virtual lines of control

Welcome to India and Pakistan's latest war zone-- the web. Technically speaking, there is a certain amount of bloodshed and fierce battles involved, but the stark difference is that it's all in the......

Indian IT campuses turn into fun zones

When Pushpalee Lobo joined Infosys Bangalore in 2004, she had zero expectations about her office space. Weren't Indian offices ill-lit, ill-ventilated, dreary spaces in the main? Which is why the......

If it is music, it's got to be ethnic!

Juggling with words is child's play for writer, filmmaker and poet Gulzar. Remember his onomatopoeias like Chappa chappa in Maachis, Chai chappa chai in Hu Tu Tu? And now Jhin min jhini in......

The good, bad, and ugly

Ranjit R Nair: Kudos to you, you are doing a great job with the blog and the very many mails that are popping in you. And yes, organizing them would be quite useful, we all do think :).I too saw......

PHOTOS: Medvedev survives late night scare in NYC

  IMAGE: Daniil Medvedev wins a point against Christopher O'Connell of Australia on day four of the 2023 US Open at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows in New York......

Brazil mourns loss of 'King' Pele

IMAGE: Renato Souza, a fan of Brazilian soccer legend Pele holds a placard outside the hospital as people mourn his death, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Friday. Photograph: Carla Carniel/Reuters Brazil......

FIFA WC: Africa still searching for the win

IMAGE: Ghana's Andre Ayew scores their first goal against Portugal. Photograph: Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters Two strikes from Ghana on Thursday broke the African goal drought at the World Cup but none......

Champions League: Napoli thrash Liverpool; Barcelona win

A round-up of Wednesday's action in the UEFA Champions League. IMAGE: Robert Lewandowski celebrates scoring Barcelona's fourth goal and registering a hat-trick in the Champions League Group C......

Kyrgios loses cool again, has angry exchange with umpire

IMAGE: Nick Kyrgios argues with ATP Supervisor Hans-Juergen Ochs in his match against Stefanos Tsitsipas. Photograph: Thomas F. Starke/Getty Images Nick Kyrgios was involved in a heated......