Welcome to the SuperPutin exhibit

Russian President Vladimir Putin is seen riding a brown bear in medieval armour, cuddling a puppy and dressed as Santa Claus – it’s not his latest series of publicity photos, but rather......

Mistry, Meera among Sahitya Akademi winners for 2015

Playwright and novelist Cyrus Mistry's English novel Chronicle of a Corpse Bearer and K R Meera's Aarachar in Malayalam are among the works that have won the prestigious Sahitya Akademi......

M K Bhadrakumar: Why India, Russia still need each other

Everyone is adjusting to the new realities of the decline of American power, China's rise and the birth pangs of a new world order. To arrest the India-Russia relationship, which celebrated its......

Russia: One dead, 102 missing as cruise ship sinks

A vintage double-decker passenger ship with 188 tourists on board sank on Sunday in Volga River in Russia's east-central republic of Tatarstan. At least one person was killed in the mishap while......

Why prosperous India is good for the US

As the world grappled to cope up with the "worst global recession in a generation," President Barack Obama on Tuesday said that prosperity in countries like India and China is good for the United......

4 firms lose export permit on EU complaint

The Spices Board has cancelled export licences of four Mumbai-based chilli exporting firms on complaints from the European Union that their consignments were adulterated with carcinogenic agents, a......

Alert over India chilli spreads

The alert over 'Sudan 1', an illegal cancer-causing dye found in a UK-made sauce allegedly containing chilli powder imported from India in 2002, spread to 15 countries in two continents on......

Delhi gets a spiritual theme park

Saturday: Assignment AkshardhamProject: A spiritual theme parkLocation: By the Yamuna's banks, DelhiEntry: Rs 125Experience: Other worldlyAn-award winning film on an IMAX screen, a subterranean......

PHOTOS: Swiss reach last 16, where Sweden await

IMAGE: Blerim Dzemaili puts Switzerland ahead in the World Cup Group E match against Costa Rica, at Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, on Wednesday. Photograph: Matthew......

World Cup fans try to keep cool in Russia's south

Welcome to the heat IMAGE: Fans of the Brazilian football team enjoy a drink before watching the match.Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images Authorities in the southern Russian city of Volgograd......

World Cup PIX: Sweden beat South Korea, bury opening jinx

IMAGES from the FIFA World Cup match between Sweden and South Korea, in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, on Monday. IMAGE: Andreas Granqvist scores from a penalty to put Sweden ahead in their World Cup......

England fan sails from Bulgaria to Russia for World Cup match

IMAGE: English soccer fan Graham Kentsley's boat is seen in a pier in Volgograd, Russia on Monday. Photograph: Reuters Fewer England fans made the journey to watch their team's first World Cup......

Messi's Argentina suffer nightmare; Croatia in dreamland

'We cut off Messi, we stopped him receiving the ball' IMAGE: Argentina's Lionel Messi looks dejected. Photograph: Murad Sezer/Reuters Croatia were in dreamland on Thursday after advancing to......