Manipur: After multiple attacks, commando units to be relocated

Manipur government's security advisor Kuldiep Singh on Thursday said the current locations of the three state police commando units in violence-hit Moreh town were unsuitable, making them......

A soldier's life on the icy cliffs of Ladakh

'The Pangong Tso lake is frozen from September-October to February-March.' 'The night temperature goes to minus 40.''The area is like a barren desert. You are out in the open with no trees or......

Narayanan to Kovind, a tale of two Dalit Presidents

Like the first Dalit President K R Narayanan, National Democratic Alliance's presidential nominee Ram Nath Kovind has risen from a modest background but the two Dalit leaders took different paths......

What if Nehru had used the IAF in 1962?

'If we had sent a few airplanes (into Tibet), we could have wiped the Chinese out.''And everything could have been different in the 1962 War.''They did not believe me there was no Chinese air......

IOC incurs Rs 1302 cr loss in Q3

Petroleum major Indian Oil Corporation has lost Rs 1,302 crore (Rs 13.02 billion) in the sale of petrol and diesel in October-December quarter owing to the high international crude oil price. N G......

Legendary investor Jim Rogers: My biggest disappointment is how little Modi has done

'Modi hasn't done much to change the basic macro economic problems facing India. Too much regulation, too much control and the rupee is still not convertible on the capital account. This is 2015,......

Asia in 2008: Its rise is a global good

As 2008 draws near, very few educated people can still be unaware of the rising economic and strategic power of Asia. Consider 2007. The year began with China firing a ballistic missile to destroy......

How to treat coloured people

Exactly a month ago, my wife, son and I were not allowed to board a British Airways flight to Paris via London because we didn't have a transit visa, called a Direct Airside Transit Visa. This came......