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UK auction house withdraws sale of 'Naga Human Skull'

A United Kingdom auction house has withdrawn a 'Naga Human Skull' from its lots for a live online sale on Wednesday following outcry in India over the issue. IMAGE: The Swan auction house at......

What Will Modi Discuss At Quad Meeting?

Saturday's Quad meeting in Delaware is taking place against the backdrop of China's assertive behaviour in the South China Sea, its sabre-rattling in the Taiwan Strait and increasing footprints in......

PM of Papua New Guinea touches Modi's feet on arrival

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday arrived in Papua New Guinea on his maiden visit during which he will host a key summit on Monday between India and 14 Pacific island countries to boost......

'Xi will wait for the Modi government to make the reconciliation moves'

'Which will not happen.''Foreign Minister S Jaishankar has expressly refuted Beijing's statement that normalcy was returning to Sino-Indian relations.' IMAGE: Chinese President Xi Jinping......

Whatever we can do, we will be willing to do: Jaishankar on Ukraine

India is willing to do whatever it can to facilitate a solution to the Ukraine crisis, external affairs minister S Jaishankar said on Thursday, as he highlighted how India pressed Moscow on the......

Modi announces visa-on-arrival for Pacific Island nations

Reaching out to 14 Pacific Island nations, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday announced setting up of a $1 million fund and Visa on arrival facility for them, besides several measures to......

UPA government: A decade of DECAY!

The two decades of our "spectacular economic progress" has side-stepped vast swath of our underprivileged that oscillates between twenty per cent and one-fifth of our population, writes M R......

Asian Paints to sell off Australian unit

Asian Paints, the country's largest paint manufacturer, has decided to divest its stake in its Australian operations. The company informed the Bombay Stock Exchange that it has entered into a share......

Anything multiplied by zero is zero indeed!

"Power will go to the hands of rascals, rogues and freebooters. All Indian leaders will be of low calibre and men of straw." Winston Churchill on the eve of Indian Independence. Sometimes facts......

The world's best hotels & resorts

Admit it: In Forbes Traveler's list of the world's top 400 hotels and resorts, you want to know who's No. 1. It's a fair question of a list defining the best anything. But hotels are to the......

CWG Medals Tally: India finish 3rd with 26 golds; Australia top

Medals table of the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast: RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal 1 Australia 80 59 59 198 2 England 45 45 46 136 3 India 26 20 20 66 4 Canada 15 40 27 82 5 New......

Late Smith goal sees NZ bt New Caledonia in WC qualifiers

Central defender Tommy Smith scored a stoppage time goal to give New Zealand a 2-1 victory over New Caledonia in Dunedin on Friday and qualify for the intercontinental playoff for a place at the......

Smeltz gives NZ important World Cup win over Tahiti

Shane Smeltz moved into outright second as New Zealand's highest scorer as the All Whites completed a comfortable 2-0 victory over Tahiti in their Oceania World Cup qualifying clash in Papeete on......

Gay loses 100 to Mullings in NY grand prix

Former world champion Tyson Gay stumbled out of the blocks and lost to training partner Steve Mullings of Jamaica in a slow 100 metres at New York's rainy Diamond League grand prix Saturday. After......

Let us Waka Waka one last time

Claude Arpi captures the fan's passion for football in these entertaining e-mails to Ivan Crasto, Rediff.com's Sports Editor. Read Claude's first e-mailHis secondHis thirdHis fourthHis 5th:......

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