Does IAF Need Eagle II To Take On China?

The latest avatar of the F-15 is designed to deal with the world's most potent air threats that are emerging from China. IMAGE: An F-15EX Eagle II fighter aircraft. Photograph: Kind courtesy Ethan......

How Modi Lost The Plot

Perhaps the BJP will win the UP elections, but that will be a political win and will leave the problems on the ground from the economy to national security to disaffected farmers and minorities......

9/11: 20 Years Later, A Father Mourns A Dead Son

Death anniversaries are simply dates on a calendar.But dates like 9/11 should never be allowed to pass by forgotten because terrorism is not to be borne, inhumanity is not to borne.Nor disasters......

1993 trains blast case: SC irked as accused jailed for 11 years without charges

"Convict him or acquit him," an anguished Supreme Court observed on non-framing of charges on an accused jailed for 11 years over serial blasts in multiple Rajdhani Express and other trains in......

HC seeks CBI's stand on former NSE boss Chitra Ramkrishna's bail plea in co-location case

The Delhi high court on Friday sought response from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on the bail plea by former managing director and chief executive officer of the National Stock Exchange......

With Air India, Tatas get a stake in Kerala's Cochin airport

As the Tata group inches closer to taking over Air India in January 2022, the $242-billion conglomerate will also inherit a stake in Kerala’s Cochin airport. The Tatas would become the only......

How the Rich fuel Demand for Private Jets

'The need for added safety has bolstered demand for charter flights in the last year and is expected to continue.'Sindhu Bhattacharya reports. Kindly note the image has only been posted for......

Airspace stimulus to save over Rs 1,000-crore in jet fuel costs

Aviation turbine fuel accounts for 35-40 per cent of the total operating cost of an Indian airline. The move to open up air space, which was earlier reserved for the Indian Air Force (IAF), to......

Hrithik, Aamir, Ranveer refused Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

When the top stars refused to play Milkha Singh, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra went down another route.A riveting excerpt from the director's memoir The Stranger In The Mirror.   I had been toying......

'Irrfan's not going to die'

Varun Gautam, Irrfan's friend from his Jaipur days, learned about Irrfan's illness when he received a phone call from Sutapa. This was sometime before Irrfan officially announced his illness.He......

Amitabh@50: Stories you didn't know about the star

Rasheed Kidwai unearths little-known stories from the Dadasaheb Phalke awardee's past as Amitabh Bachchan celebrates 50 years in the movies this month. The long, fascinating and illustrious......

What inspired Rangoon?

Did the human drama provoked by the Japanese invasion of Burma and the Indian exodus from Rangoon inspire director Vishal Bhardwaj's forthcoming epic? IMAGE: Saif Ali Khan in Rangoon. The railway......

'Dil Se Bhi Gabbar Hai'

'He never had a negative thought in his mind, he was supremely confident.''He always stuck to his natural game, he never moved away from that.' IMAGE: Shikhar Dhawan, who scored 6,793 runs in 167......

Events That Changed Indian Cricket Forever

Would there have been an incomparable batsman named Sachin Tendulkar had Doordarshan not telecast Guide one summer afternoon?A fascinating excerpt from Abhishek Mukherjee and Joy Bhattacharjya's......

Asian Games: Major controversies that rocked India!

The deepening crisis in wrestling ahead of the Asian Games turned out to be the biggest controversy in the run-up to the continental showpiece, which starts in Hangzhou on September 23. Even as the......

PIX: When Tiger Woods surprised Lahiri with practice invite!

IMAGE: Tiger Woods speaks to Anirban Lahiri on the third hole during a practice round prior to the start of the 2022 PGA Championship at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on......

Tarak Sinha, one of India's most respected cricket coaches, dead

IMAGE: Rishabh Pant with his coach Tarak Singh, who passed away on Saturday morning. Photograph: Rishabh Pant/Twitter Tarak Sinha, the Indian coach with most number of international and......