Avoid factional fight, Sonia tells party meet

Asking partymen to draw lessons from the previous polls, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday said leaders must shed factional behaviour and fight as one disciplined team as the party......

Why Krishna's visit to Lanka can't be termed 'successful'

S M Krishna's praise for the Sri Lankan government-appointed Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission will diminish our credibility as an honest broker in the eyes of the Sri Lankan Tamils who......

US faces challenges from 'rising Asian powers': Panetta

The United States now faces new array of security challenges from across the globe, including the rise of new powers in Asia; behaviour of countries like Iran and North Korea and proliferation of......

India in 2012: Another 2011 coming up

Rajeev Srinivasan predicts grim prospects for the year based on poor economic leadership and the worsening security environment. I think there will be little disagreement if I say that 2011 CE was......

'It feels good to be called a hero'

Suresh Menon is best known for his hilarious one-liners in Partner and Badhai Ho Badhai.The actor, who is also popular for his television roles, will be seen in his first lead role in Rakesh......

'The Malayalam superstars are highly insecure'

When the winds blow wild snuffing out the flames, it is the Master Carpenter who takes up the challenge. Some quick calculations later, he raises a stone slab, and the lamp burns steady. That was......

Pregnant Malaysian shooter keen to deliver in London

When Malaysian shooter Nur Suryani Mohamed Taibi takes aim with her rifle at the London Olympics it will not just be nerves she will be attempting to control inside her. The 29-year-old from Perak,......

Now, India's hockey coach threatens to quit

Like most coaches concerned with Indian hockey before him, Jose Brasa's tenure has been more about controversies than results.In the hockey World Cup in New Delhi in March, Brasa's first major......

Maradona poised for first game as Argentina coach

Diego Maradona's extraordinary career comes full circle when Argentina face Scotland in a friendly at Hampden Park on Wednesday (Thursday, 0130 hrs IST).There have been plentiful highs and lows,......

I'm not a drama person, says Abhinav

BBC Hindi India Editor, Sanjeev Srivastava talks with India's Olympic champion Abhinav Bindra.Below are excerpts from the interviewon BBC Ek Mulaqat to be broadcast this Sunday [31 August 2008]:SS:......

Seeking parochialism

Not so long ago, there was random moaning about increasing parochialism in Indian cricket. Players were being booed in the home stadiums of their perceived rivals; it was no longer about wanting......