'Gandhi became the first non-Muslim to lead a jihad'

'At the heart of the present Muslim angst lies what once Henry Kissinger described, in a conversation, as the Medina question: How did small bands of 7th century Bedouin from a minor oasis in the......

BRICS: Why India must play its cards with care

When leaders of the five BRICS nations meet in Durban, there must be some stocktaking to assess exactly what the group wants to become, says Ambassador K C Singh. The fifth smmit of BRICS -- an......

Irish tourist was first tennis champ

Puccini's opera "La Boheme" premiered to a lukewarm Turin reception; Russia's last Tsar Nicholas II was crowned in Moscow, while in the United States 1896 saw Henry Ford put the finishing touches......