Two-tonne bell, 1-tonne lamp: Gifts pour in for Ram temple from India, abroad

A 108-foot-long incense stick, a 2,100-kg bell, a giant lamp weighing 1,100 kg, gold footwear, a 10-foot-high lock and key, and a clock that simultaneously denotes time in eight countries are among......

Dalai Lama successor must be from within China, needs govt nod: Beijing

China on Friday asserted that any successor to 88-year-old Dalai Lama should be from within the country and his heir needs to have its approval, as it projected the strategically-located Tibet......

What Was The Most Dangerous Decade Post Independence?

The competition for the worst or most perilous 10 years has always been between the 1960s and the 1980s, points out Shekhar Gupta. IMAGE: An Indian soldier walks past destroyed Pakistani tanks in......

AWESOME Images Of The Heavens!

The Royal Observatory Greenwich shortlisted 34 images for its Astronomy Photographer Of The Year 2023 competition from thousands of entries received from all over the world. These shortlisted......

The sad business of smuggling red sanders wood

According to sources, around 3,000 people are involved in the shady business, notes T E NarasimhanIn a small room with asbestos sheets for a roof in Aathimur village, Pavithra, 23, recently......

Please give Mamata an air ticket to China

Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee should travel to China to see how the Chinese railway system is expanding, says T N Ninan. Will Praful Patel please give Mamata Banerjee a ticket on some airline to......

China unrepentant at Google's googly

Swimming in the Yangtze is not easy, or so web-giant Google is discovering, writes Anurag Viswanath. Bitten by the censorship shark, Google is threatening to withdraw from China over orchestrated......

Billionaires eye Beijing gold

China's Communist Party hasn't done much in the months ahead of the Olympics to quiet skeptics saying the country should have never been awarded this year's summer games. Among other controversial......

PIX: Djokovic, Alcaraz move closer to golden showdown

Images from the Olympics tennis action at the Roland Garros, Paris, on Wednesday. IMAGE: Serbia’s Novak Djokovic in action during his Olympics men's singles match against Germany's Dominik......

Asian Games: Chopra-led India set to showcase its sporting prowess

IMAGE: Led by golden boy Neeraj Chopra, India will hope to register a record medal haul at the 19th Asian Games . Photograph: Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters Led by Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra,......

Shine & glitz to welcome all as China opens Asian Games in post-Covid era

IMAGE: The 19th Asian Games is set to officially open on Saturday. Photograph: Tingshu Wang/Reuters After a year's delay due to COVID-19, the 19th Asian Games officially opens in Hangzhou on......

Day 13: What's hot at the Beijing Winter Olympics

Swiss Gisin wins women's combined gold, Shiffrin fails to finish IMAGE: Michelle Gisin of Switzerland celebrates after winning gold. Photograph: Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters Switzerland's Michelle......

Day 11: What's hot at the Beijing Winter Olympics

Valieva dominates the ice despite doping scandal IMAGE: Figure skater Kamila Valieva of the Russian Olympic Committee performs in the women single skating short program at Capital Indoor Stadium......