Admitting that its consultation process with countries contributing troops to peacekeeping operations was flawed, the UN Security Council has called for regular and broader consultations, a demand India has consistently pushed throughout last year. ...
Bilateral ties between neighbours Pakistan and India swung wildly in 2015 -- from a breakdown in talks to resuming the interrupted dialogue at the highest level of government....
The year just ending has been a gastronomic delight for food lovers. Food festivals, street food, regional cuisine, TV food shows, pubs, cafes and the year-ending blessing - the return of Maggi. It's been a 'foodilicious' year!...
The 50th anniversary of the 1965 India-Pakistan war was observed in a befitting manner by the defence forces this year. Six years from now it will be the 50th anniversary of the 1971 war which most likely will be celebrated on a much bigger scale as it was the country's greatest military victory ever. Unfortunately, however, the war which gave us the state of Jam...
Is all well in Uttar Pradesh's ruling Samajwadi Party? While officially, party leaders scoff at reports of "naraazgi" (anger) between Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and his father, party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav (MSY), events over the last week suggest to the contrary....
The government on Wednesday issued a new advisory to all Indians travelling to the US following the deportation of a number of Indian students for providing information "inconsistent with their visa status"....
Sports in India recorded several milestones in 2015 - from boxer Vijender Singh's explosive professional debut to Sania Mirza's superb run and Saina Nehwal's exploits to wrestling joining the burgeoning bandwagon of leagues....
The Nobel Prize in Literature brought another talented author to the world's attention, a gifted Indian-origin writer came tantalisingly close to the Booker Prize, an iconic character seemed to have lost his heroic sheen in the second work by his reclusive author coming over five decades hence - and the world of ...
Fancy travelling to two popular Unesco World Heritage Sites and a city of old-world charm and multiple religious faiths on a single journey? Come January 2016 and that's exactly what you can do aboard a new 'semi-luxury heritage circuit tourist train' launched by IRCTC, a subsidiary of Indian Railways....
The world of sport is in for a major upheaval in the New Year. The two universally popular events, football and athletics, and the most liked sport in the Commonwealth countries, cricket, are going through convulsions as the year is about to ring out....
