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'We will lick the Chinese!'

'The Chinese -- up to the highest leadership -- will avoid a conflict because they know they will be badly licked.' 'The reputation they have painstakingly built over the last two-three decades of......

'Bharat Bandh' draws mixed response; violence in Bengal

IMAGE: Members of Centre of Indian Trade Union (CITU) block the Trivandrum Express during the nationwide 'Bharat Bandh', in Guwahati, on Wednesday. Photograph: PTI Photo Members of 10 central......

The tale of an infantry spouse

I started my life as an infantry spouse way back in 1984. I was a young girl with stars in my eyes and a spring in my walk. Life seemed beautiful, to say the least. I looked forward to happy......

Taking the Mahabharata into the digital age

Dr Bulbul Tiwari, a postdoctoral fellow in the humanities at Stanford University, has taken on the onerous task of creating an online, digital, audio-visual encyclopedia of the Mahabharata. On May......

Dhirendra Singh is new Home Secretary

In the first major bureaucratic reshuffle by the new United Progressive Alliance fovernment, Home Secretary Anil Baijal and Defence Secretary Ajay Prasad, appointed by the previous National......

NSE to set up an international exchange in Gujarat's GIFT City

Leading bourse NSE on Thursday said it will set-up an international exchange in Gujarat's GIFTCity, to be developed as the India's first International Financial Services Centre (IFSC).......

How two IITians are changing the way people commute

To visit his son and spend time with his grandchildren, retired army officer P P Dang (name changed) books an auto-rickshaw a day in advance, through dial-a-rickshaw service Autowale. "The service......

Gold: A great investment opportunity

The yellow metal is all set to peak at $720 an ounce, even as consumption is poised to go up moderately. Will gold touch the psychological barrier of $720? Investment funds are bullish but......

To beat inflation, invest in gold

When it comes to safe and sound investment, gold remains one of the most preferred choices. During the 1997-1998 South East Asia crisis, it was widely reported that when currencies lost their......

When Baahubali's director will film the Mahabharat

'Right now, it is like thousands of fireflies floating in my mind.''I've heard Aamir Khan is making the Mahabharat, but the Mahabharat is open to so many interpretations.''It really doesn't matter......

Chitra Singh: Jagjitji protected me from the outside world

Two years since ghazal maestro Jagjit Singh passed away, his reclusive wife -- former singer Chitra Singh -- has ventured out in the world in a bid to keep her late husband's legacy alive. ......

Gurinder to direct Kate Hudson!

After Aishwarya Raiin Bride & Prejudice, it's Hollywood'shot starletKate Hudson!Gurinder Chadha, whose'big Bollywood homage' to Jane Austenmet with mixed response in India and the UK, is all set......

AAFI announces team for SAF Games

National record holder Amritpal Singh will spearhead a strong 64-member Indian athletic contingent in the ninth SAF Games starting in Islamabad on March 29.The list, named by the Amateur Athletic......

Jasmine Kaur sets 20km walk mark

Punjab's Jasmine Kaur seta new meet record in the women's 20 km walk on the second day of the 43rd National Open Athletics Championships in Bangalore on Monday.Jasmine finishedin one hour, 48......

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