'Core issue: Qatar's support for terror'

'Qatar has been funding and supporting terrorist organisations.''It has used its media to spread lies and create unrest in neighbouring countries.' Saudi Arabia's Ambassador to India Saud Mohammed......

'We will always fight this battle with our hands tied behind our back'

'It has taken bombings in Beirut, bombing of a Russian airliner and now terror attacks in Paris for people to realise that we are not going to achieve our objectives of destroying ISIS if we drive......

Watch out India, a terror storm is brewing

The world today is witnessing the rise and expansion of a radical totalitarian ideology which inspires the Al Qaeda, ISIS, Hezbollah, Hamas, Jabhat al-Nusra, Hiz ut-Tahrir, Lashkar-e-Tayiba,......

Death toll rises to 630, as temperatures soar in Pakistan

Pakistan's worst heatwave in decades has claimed at least 630 lives in the country's largest city as authorities on Tuesday ordered closure of all educational institutions and government offices......

Edtech giant Byju's CBO Prathyusha Agarwal, two senior executives quit

Three senior executives have resigned from Byju's at a time when the most valuable edtech company has been trying to address challenges such as due diligence issues, legal battles with lenders,......

Budget may open window for big-ticket foreign investments

The Centre plans to create a special window for strategically important investors such as sovereign wealth funds and pension funds that wish to invest over Rs 3,000 crore through a single......

ICICI Bank to expand China presence

The branch is likely to be inaugurated on Saturday by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a three-day visit to China India's largest private sector lender ICICI Bank is set to expand its......

SBI wins Asian Banker award

The State Bank has won the prestigious Asian Banker Achievement Award for being the strongest bank in Asia Pacific region, instituted by the Qatar Financial Centre Authority and the Asian Banker......

LBGT people in Qatar prepare cautiously for World Cup

IMAGE: Football fans are pictured at the Corniche ahead of the FIFA World Cup Qatar. Photograph: Stuart Franklin/Getty Images A group of Arab friends living in Qatar's capital Doha met up......

Sports Shorts: Cueist O'Sullivan blasts new snooker record

Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday IMAGE: Englishman Ronnie O'Sullivan became the first player to compile 1,000 career century breaks. Photograph: Alex Pantling/Getty......

Sports Shorts: Russian athletics federation remains banned

Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday  IMAGE: A view shows the logo at the The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) headquarters in Monaco.......

Asiad updates: Ministry sanctions funds for Sushil's training in Georgia

IMAGE: Sushil Kumar. Photograph: Suhaib Salem/Reuters The Sports Ministry on Friday sanctioned Rs 4.95 lakh for star wrestler Sushil Kumar's two-week training programme in Georgia ahead of the......

FIFA mess: Official charged with fraud, money-laundering

A man walks in front of the FIFA logo displayed outside the FIFA headquarters. Photograph: Harold Cunningham/Getty Images A member of the financial watchdog committee at soccer's ruling body FIFA......