'We called him Sher-e-Kashmir but we realised he was no lion but a pussycat who surrendered.' IMAGE: Sheikh Abdullah addresses a prayer meeting in Gandhi Park in 1949. Photograph: Keystone......
In days of smart, networked technology and no shame over collateral damage, what will blow up next -- cars, mobile phones, TV sets, refrigerators? And where?, asks Shyam G Menon. IMAGE: Smoke......
Four Indians stranded in Libya have been evacuated by the Indian Embassy in Tripoli. IMAGE: The four Indians from Punjab, Haryana with at Indian embassy local representative Tabassum Mansoor......
What's in a name, did you wonder? Plenty, it would seem, going by the name change carried out by various nations. Most changes have been cosmetic, like dropping/adding a term like 'republic......
Seventeen Indian nationals, who were held captive by an armed group in Libya, have been rescued and brought back to India following sustained efforts by the ministry of external affairs (MEA),......
Petrol price on Saturday breached the Rs 83 per litre-mark in Delhi for the first time in more than two years after a rally in international oil prices forced a 13th increase in rates in the last......
Prices are sustainable and not just driven by speculative gains Oil prices jumped by more than one percent in early trading on Thursday as a huge wildfire in Canada disrupted its oil sands......
The oil cartel's decision to maintain the production ceiling at its 2016 level, despite the recovery of the world economy, will ensure shortfalls in supply and high oil prices in the foreseeable......
It is not every day that one of the planet's richest men is arrested by his government. IMAGE: Saudi Prince Al-Waleed arrives at the presidential palace in Kabul to meet then Afghan president......
General Insurance Corporation may have to pay $25 million, or Rs 120 crore, as its share of claim arising out of the crash of an aircraft of Afriqiyah Airways, a Libyan airline. A company executive......
'Why was Top Gun: Maverick made?'And the only reason I can think of is that the new film was made to emphasise and re-establish Tom Cruise's superstar status,' notes Aseem Chhabra who watched the......
'I was in the sixth row of the economy class and vividly remember how they shot her at point blank range in front of me.''I was shocked to see her dying.''Whenever I think of that moment, I wonder:......
Sonam Kapoor plays Neerja like she cares and that is all the role needs, feels Sukanya Verma. We live in a rude, impatient world. We needlessly honk our cars at signals and go berserk if there's......
IMAGE: The cricket stadium in Lahore was named after Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in 1974. Photograph: Mohsin Raza/Reuters The Pakistan Cricket Board has completed a deal worth Pakistan rupee 1......
Egyptian coach Hossam Al Badri was shot at in Libya on Saturday, hours after his team Al Ahli Tripoli had drawn a league match. "Our coach was shot at, at his home after a match in the league......