Meeting Jindal was part of back-channel diplomacy, PM Sharif tells Pak army

  Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has told the country’s powerful army that his meeting with Indian steel tycoon Sajjan Jindal last month was part of a back-channel diplomacy, a......

How Vajpayee juggled India's global interests

'In India foreign policy is generally handled by the prime minister.''One can clearly see the Vajpayee stamp on all this.''Only a person with poetic imagination can weave such a complex web,' says......

The school dropout from Kerala who became Kyrgyzstan's military leader

Manavi Kapur profiles Sheikh Rafik Mohammed of Calicut, who has been appointed major general of the Central Asian country's military forces. IMAGE: Sheikh Rafik Mohammed, the chairman of Gammon......

Afghanistan faces terror threat from beyond its borders

India on Friday said Afghanistan faced persistent threat of terrorism from beyond its borders and asked regional countries to acknowledge the rising dangers posed by these forces and step up......

Kazakhstan to supply fuel to India's atomic plants

India and Kazakhstan have signed a civil nuclear pact under which the uranium-rich Central Asian country would be supplying the much-needed fuel to atomic plants in the country. Kazakhstan has also......

41 die in Mittal mine fire in Kazakhstan

The death toll in Wednesday's blaze at the Mittal-owend Lenin coal mine in Kazakhstan has risen to 41 with one miner still missing."The bodies of 41 miners have been brought to the surface, and......

OVL-Mittal sets sight on Kazakhstan

ONGC Videsh and steel baron L N Mittal are jointly planning to tap oil and gas assets in Kazakhstan. The Indian and Kazakhstan governments are considering a co-operation in hydrocarbon sector,......

Why are India, China scrapping in Kazakhstan?

On Tuesday, shareholders of Petrokazakhstan Inc approved a takeover bid from the China National Petroleum Corporation.In a joint venture with the L N Mittal group, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation......

Praggnanandhaa, Gukesh share lead at Tata Steel Chess

IMAGE: R Praggnanadhaa had slightly favourable position optically but D Gukesh was always on guard to defend. Photograph: Jurriaan Hoefsmit/Tata Steel Chess Continuing his fine form in the Tata......

Tata Steel Chess: Praggnanandhaa outclasses Erigaisi; jumps into lead

IMAGE: Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa outclassed compatriot Arjun Erigaisi in the third round to jump into the joint lead at the Tata Steel Chess Tournament. Photograph: Lennart Ootes/FIDE India's......

'The percentage of women chess players in India is quite less'

IMAGE: Koneru Humpy said there should be more women's chess tournaments in India to encourage young players to take up the sport. Photograph: Stev Bonhage/Norway Chess/FIDE Former World Rapid......

Arjun outplays Safarli in Sharjah Masters

Photograph: Kind courtesy Erigaise Arjun/X World number seven Erigaise Arjun started his campaign on a positive note, outplaying Eltaj Safarli of Azerbaijan in the first round of the Sharjah......

Asian Games: Sindhu, Prannoy cruise into quarters; Satwiksairaj-Chirag advance

IMAGE: PV Sindhu easily won the round of 16 singles match against Putri Kusuma Wardani at the Asian Games on Wednesday. Photograph: Weixiang Lim/Reuters P V Sindhu and H S Prannoy sailed into the......