Government planning a short winter session of Parliament

Strategy to avoid protracted wrangle with Congress in Parliament? The winter session of Parliament is expected to be the short, as the Bharatiya Janata Party leadership does not want it to be......

One pilot of downed Russian jet dead, fate of other not known

Image: Turkey claims they shot the plane down as it was violating the country's airspace after the pilots ignored 'ten warnings in the space of five minutes', but Russia says the jet was in......

Top 10 world leaders who reap the power of hashtag

More than half of the world’s foreign ministers and their institutions are active on the social networking site. In short, Twitter has become an indispensable diplomatic networking and......

'If I live in constant fear of being arrested, I'll stop the work I do'

‘The Congress or Kejriwal may be corrupt but at least you will not be thrashed black and blue. Your children will not be threatened by those regimes.’ ‘Journalists’ jobs are......

SAI extends suspension of camps till May 3

IMAGE: Neeraj Chopra has been in NIS Patiala ever since returning from a training stint in Turkey last month. Photograph: Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images for IAAF All training camps at Sports......

Euro 2016: Croatia's Srna ready to play on after father's death

IMAGE: Croatia's head coach Ante Cacic and captain Darijo Srna during training. Photograph: Christian Hartmann/Reuters. Croatia captain Darijo Srna says he is ready to play against the Czech......

Fan or follower? Lokomotiv's Tarasov courts controversy

Tarasov’s Putin tribute spells trouble for Lokomotiv IMAGE: Lokomotiv Moscow's Dmitri Tarasov sports a t-shirt depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin leaves the pitch after the match.......

Ozil inspires Arsenal to victory over Napoli

Mesut Ozil guided Arsenal to a 2-0 victory over Napoli while a late Cesc Fabregas header gave Barcelona a laboured 1-0 win at 10-man Celtic in the Champions League on Tuesday. Both teams have six......

Turkey bans 31 athletes for doping

The Turkish Athletics Federation (TAF) has given two-year suspensions to 31 athletes for drug violations, it announced on Monday. At least three of the athletes competed at the 2012 London......