PIX: Eid celebrated across the country with fervour

People came out of homes in large numbers, offered namaaz at mosques, greeted each other with hugs and exchanged food and gifts across the length and breadth of India to celebrate Eid-ul-Adha on......

How should India deal with Pakistan?

'We need to be in a perpetual state of aggression, and able to swiftly change the goal posts to keep Pakistan in a state of imbalance,' argues Sanjeev Nayyar. IMAGE: CRPF troopers during a gun......

Day 47: Another death in the Valley; terror attack on security forces

IMAGE: Protesters run for cover as security forces fire tear gas shells in at Waniyar Safakadal in Srinagar. Photographs: Umar Ganie/Rediff.com On a day Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh was in......

Kashmir needs more stories like Athar Aamir

'I asked a group of uniformed high school kids: Who was the one Kashmiri they admired?''I shouldn't have been surprised by the answer,' says Sunil Sethi. IMAGE: Athar Aamir, who came 2nd in this......

Ranji Roundup: Sidhu's maiden fifty rescues Delhi

A round-up of Ranji matches played on Sunday IMAGE: Vidarbha batsman Wasim Jaffer plays a shot. Photograph:  PTI Youngster Jonty Sidhu slammed a gritty 85, his maiden half-century, to help......

Ranji round-up: Tyagi shines for Railways

A round-up of Ranji matches played on Wednesday Riding on an unbeaten fifty by young Harsh Tyagi, Railways lead Saurashtra by 130 runs at stumps on the penultimate day of the four-day Ranji Trophy......

Ranji Trophy: Sizzling Saini bowls Delhi into final

A round-up of Ranji semi-finals played on Tuesday IMAGE: Delhi's Navdeep Saini. Photograph: BCCI Young speedster Navdeep Saini bowled one of the most devastating spells of recent times in Indian......

Ranji roundup: Karnataka in control against Mumbai; Bengal on top

A round-up of Day 2 of the Ranji Trophy quarter-final matches on Friday. Karnataka in control against Mumbai IMAGE: Karnataka batsman Mayank Agarwal. Photograph: PTI Nagpur: Karnataka took control......

Ranji roundup: Mumbai facing huge defeat in 500th game

IMAGE: Baroda's Swapnil Singh celebrates after scoring a century against Mumbai on Day 3. Photograph: PTI Mumbai: Swapnil Singh broke an eleven-year jinx as he scored his maiden first class......