They Showed India To The World

'The culture of mankind has been spread by the travel gene which pushes one in five people to have the curiosity to move to unknown destinations.' IMAGE: Commander Hugh and Mrs Colleen Gantzer......

From the Raj to Azadi, how I saw India change

As a child in British India, Bharati Dutt lived a privileged and sheltered life in an extended joint family of civil servants, doctors, engineers and Gandhians. Between the ages of seven and 11,......

PHOTOS: Lakhs throng Puri for Lord Jagannath's Rath Yatra

IMAGE: Devotees around the chariots of Lord Jagannath, Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra during the Lord Jagannath Rath Yatra in Puri. All photographs: PTI An estimated 9 lakh devotees witnessed the......

How is attending an iftar appeasement?

The reason why Prime Minister Narendra Modi should have attended the President's iftar was not merely to break a fast with the faithful, but more importantly to broker an understanding with India's......

Vedanta and international standards on mining

The most significant development over the last 10 years is that such organisations have accepted the need to operate on the basis of the principle of FPIC, namely Free, Prior and Informed Consent,......

2012: Another annus horribilis, like the one before

Despite what the World Bank and IMF trained gnomes in North Block, South Block and Yojana Bhavan say, the numbers of the poor is rising alarmingly, says Mohan Guruswamy.A year ago, at about this......

Taxation, operational issues clog mining sector

The boom in the mining industry in India dates as recently as 2003. But given the kind of developments that have taken place the last few years, the cash cow is being killed slowly, for the greed......

Meet Kaun Banega Crorepati's BIG Winners

Achin and Sarthak Narula join the list of KBC's crorepatis. The Narula brothers, Achin and Sarthak, have became the first ever contestants to win Kaun Banega Crorepari's highest prize of Rs 7......

Dilip Tirkey feels, love for hockey will drive votes towards BJD

'The Odisha government has changed the image of the state by making it a sporting hub of the country with high performance centres, state-of-the-art training facilities and hosting big tournaments.......

Barabati to host Windies T20 instead of third ODI

The Barabati stadium in Cuttack will host the one-off Twenty20 international between India and the West Indies on October 22, instead of the scheduled third ODI on October 14, the Orissa Cricket......

5th ODI: Match called off after unrelenting rain in Cuttack

The 5th ODI between India and Australia at Cuttack has been called off due to incessant rain. There is no let up from rain that has lashed the city since the last five days.  Umpires Nigel......

Water logging at Barabati, uncertainty looms large over fifth ODI

Uncertainty looms large over holding of the fifth ODI between India and Australia on Saturday in Cuttack as heavy rains have caused water logging in the outfield of the Barabati......

Pujara hits 306 as India 'A' push for victory over Windies

Skipper Cheteshwar Pujara scored his third triple hundred in first-class cricket as India gained a stranglehold over the West Indies ‘A’ in the third unofficial 'Test' in Hubli n......