At $84 bn, India ranks fourth in 2023 military spend: SIPRI report

India was the fourth largest military spender globally in 2023 with an expenditure of $83.6 billion, behind the US, China and Russia, according to a report by an independent international......

Cong will implement Sharia, steal your property: Yogi

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday made serious allegations against the Congress and said the grand old party has in its election manifesto expressed its intention to implement......

Supplier of 'aatank' struggles for 'atta' now: Modi's veiled attack on Pak

Taking a dig at Pakistan without naming it, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said a country which was a supplier of aatank (terror) is struggling for aata (flour) these days. IMAGE: Prime......

Modi's Edifice Complex

To understand Modi, listen to what he does not say, suggests Prem Panicker. IMAGE: Bharatiya Janata Party leaders Narendra D Modi, Amit A Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman and J P Nadda......

RECAP 2023: Here's What We Learnt

2023 witnessed a one-of-a-kind phenomenon called Barbenheimer. RRR won an Oscar. Twitter became X. India *almost* won the Cricket World Cup. The world lost a dear Friend. Alia Bhatt wore her......

Why Mohammad Rafi Will Always Be Missed

Mohammad Rafi had a powerful range that could accommodate anything from the sublime O duniya ke rakhwale for Bharat Bhushan in Baiju Bawra to the eccentric Badan pe sitare lapete huye for Shammi......

Tickets for India's T20 WC opener out on March 19

IMAGE: Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. India's T20 World Cup campaign commences on June 5. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters Additional tickets for the 2024 T20 World Cup, including the India-Ireland......

Pakistan in chaos? Babar's discontent raises concerns

IMAGE: Babar Azam unhappy after batting order demotion. Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Reuters Former Pakistan skipper Babar Azam's public expression of his unhappiness at being asked to bat at......

Inzamam questions PCB over Hafeez sacking

IMAGE: Inzamam-ul-Haq and Muhammud Hafeez. Photograph: Pakistan Cricket Board/X Former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq has criticised the country's cricket board for removing Muhammed Hafeez as......

PCB unhappy with Babar, Shaheen; to revisit players' social media policy

IMAGE: The Pakistan Cricket board is unhappy with Babar Azam and Shaheen Shah Afridi. Photograph: Samuel Rajkumar/Reuters The Pakistan Cricket Board is not happy with former skipper Babar Azam and......

'Say Jai Shri Ram 1,000 times'

'I am a proud Indian and a proud Muslim.' IMAGE: Mohammed Shami believes social media has become a dangerous tool for some to incite people in the name of religion. Photographs: Mohammed......