Has India paid more for the Rafales?

Is the price of one fighter Rs 681 crore? Rs 686 crore? Rs 703 crore? Rs 1,063 crore? Rs 1,225 crore?Ajai Shukla makes sense of the confusing numbers. PART 1: 4 puzzling questions about the Rafale......

Exclusive! How India reached out to the Afghan Mujahideen

IMAGE: Ahmad Shah Massoud's Northern Alliance fighters near Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan, in 2001. Photograph: Oleg Nikishin/Getty Images 'It was a mission undertaken in darkness in every sense --......

They are cutting us down one by one: Witnesses speak of Paris horror

Even as Paris reels from the terror attacks that have killed over 120 people, several eye-witnesses have recounted the horror and the bloodshed that unfurled before them. Here are some of their......

Worries over VAT

There is considerable euphoria in certain circles about the impending introduction of value added tax -- a move described by Finance Minister Jaswant Singh in his Budget speech as 'a historic......

Soccer: Mohammedan Sporting enter Durand Cup quarters

IMAGE: Action from the Durand Cup match played between Mohammedan Sporting and CRPF in Kolkata on Friday. Photograph: Durand Cup Two-time former champions Mohammedan Sporting overwhelmed Central......

Soccer PICS: Leicester win Community Shield

IMAGE: Leicester City's Kasper Schmeichel and teammates celebrate with the trophy after winning the FA Community Shield at Wembley Stadium on Saturday. Photograph: Peter Cziborra/Action Images via......

Football Briefs: Italian club AS Roma to auction shirts for Kerala flood relief

News of all that's transpired on and off the football field IMAGE: AS Roma players celebrate a goal (Image used for representational purposes). Photograph: Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters In......

Football Briefs: Lukaku to cut short vacation to help depleted Man United

News of all that's transpired on and off the football field IMAGE: Manchester United's Belgian forward Romelu Lukaku. Photograph: Dan Mullan/Getty Images Belgium striker Romelu Lukaku has......

French taxman excited by Neymar windfall

'It's better that this footballer pays his tax here instead of elsewhere' IMAGE: Neymar has for some time been battling accusations of tax cheating and corruption in Spain. Photograph:......