No god asks to celebrate festivals ostentatiously: Vardhan

Union health minister Harsh Vardhan on Sunday urged people to stay away from large congregations and diligently follow COVID-19 guidelines during the upcoming festive season, saying no religion or......

Ayodhya verdict: Jamiat files review plea

A plea seeking review of the verdict which cleared the way for construction of a Ram Temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya was filed in the Supreme Court on Monday stating that 'complete justice'......

Mahua Moitra and the Goebbelsian onslaught on Modi

'It disappoints and saddens me that Mahua has allowed herself to be carried away by the Goebbelsian onslaught mounted on the BJP and Narendra Modi by certain vested interests which find themselves......

'Nehru was eclectic, and brilliant'

Historian Stanley Wolpert, author of several books on India, passed into the ages recently.We remember Professor Wolpert with Rajeev Srinivasan's March 1997 interview published on the occasion of......

Politicians criticise fans for heckling Pak cricketer Rizwan

IMAGE: Mohammad Rizwan was heckled by fans while walking back to the pavillion after his dismissal. Photograph: ICC/X A video has surfaced on social media where Pakistan cricket Mohammed Rizwan......

Barmy Army warming up for Aussies

Edgbaston is the spiritual home of England's vociferous Barmy Army IMAGE: The 'Barmy Army'. Photograph: Cameron Spencer/Getty Images If one English ground was designed to test the backbone......

Spot fixing threatens integrity of modern game

Any comfortable assumptions that world cricket has largely eradicated corruption after the shock of the Hansie Cronje match-fixing scandal are challenged in a disturbing new book investigating......

Collier apologises to South Africa over Pietersen remark

England cricket chief David Collier has been forced to apologise to South Africa after accusing their players of provoking Kevin Pietersen in the text message row that led to the batsman being......

South Africa deny they instigated Pietersen text row

CricketSouth Africa (CSA) have dismissed claims their players instigated the text-message row that led to batsman Kevin Pietersen being dropped by England. England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB)......