Commonwealth honour for Indian writer

Indian writer Hema S Raman was on Monday declared as the Asian Regional winner of the Commonwealth Short Story Competition 2007. Hema, who writes flash fiction and short stories, will receive 500......

Sonia speaks up for Gandhism

Quoting the Mahatma in the aftermath of Hiroshima, "...violence cannot be destroyed by counter-violence... Mankind has to get out of violence only through non-violence,"Congress president Sonia......

India to sell lights arms, guns to Zambia

India has offered to sell light arms and medium guns and ammunition to Zambia.The offer of arms was made during the talks the visiting Commander of Zambian army Lt Gen Issac Chisuzi had with his......

Haroon Aswat arrested, 2 more charged with murder

An Indian-origin British citizen, held in Zambia on suspicion of terrorism, has been arrested on his arrival in London, after being deported from the African country even as police charged two more......

Zambia copper mine: Vedanta scouts for fundraise options

Anil Agarwal-owned Vedanta Resources (VRL), which has hired Standard Chartered Bank to raise funds for its Konkola copper mine assets, says it is engaging with several potential partners for both......

Budget 2016: A view from the visitor's gallery

Aditi Phadnis brings us a ringside view of the reactions Jaitley's speech generated in Parliament. Loosely translated, the couplet that Finance Minister Arun Jaitley used to illustrate the big......

India scores badly on Hunger Index, lags behind Nepal

Image: Children eat their community lunch inside a relief camp near Bilasipara town in Assam. Photograph: Utpal Baruah/Reuters Though hunger levels are not alarming in India, it still fares......

10 nations where people survive on less than $1.25 a day

A young girl with her mother attend a religious mass. Photograph: Dondi Tawatao/Getty Images About one-third of the world’s 'extremely poor' people live in India, according to......

Diamond League PIX: The Best of The Best

Images from the Diamond League Finals at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels on Friday. IMAGE: Saint Lucia's Julien Alfred wins the women's 100 metres ahead of Britain's Dina Asher-Smith in the......

Panghal, Lamboria, Pawar's Olympics boxing campaign over

IMAGE: India's Amit Panghal (blue)  in action against Zambia's Patrick Chiyemba during the Olympics men's boxing 51kg Round of 16 bout, at North Paris Arena, Villepinte, France, on Tuesday.......

FIFA women's WC: Japan, US score easy wins

A summary of Saturday's action in the FIFA women's World Cup. IMAGE: Hinata Miyazawa celebrates scoring Japan's opening goal with Mina Tanaka during the FIFA women’s World Cup Group C match......

EPL PIX: Arsenal rally to beat West Ham; Spurs held

A round-up of the action in the English Premier League on Monday. IMAGE: Eddie Nketiah celebrates scoring Arsenal's third goal against West Ham United during the English Premier League match at......

EPL PIX: United, Arsenal slip up; Chelsea hit Saints for six

Images from the English Premier League matches played on Saturday IMAGE: Everton's Anthony Gordon celebrates with teammate Allan after scoring their first goal against Manchester United at......