Suspicious late-night radio signals detected near Indo-Bangladesh border

Amateur Ham Radio operators have picked up suspicious late-night radio signals in coded Bengali, Urdu and Arabic along the Indo-Bangladesh border in South Bengal over the last two months, raising......

Bangladeshis attack Indian border outpost; BSF jawan injured

Suspected Bangladeshi nationals have attacked a border outpost in Meghalaya, assaulting two Border Security Force jawans and snatching their weapons, resulting in injuries to one of......

52 Indians 'fleeing religious persecution' held at US detention centre

A group of 52 Indians, mostly Sikhs, has been held at a detention centre in the United States State of Oregon for being part of a large contingent of illegal immigrants seeking asylum, an American......

BSF lodges protest with Pak over firing at border

The border observation post of BSF in Sambha sector in this region came under heavy firing on Thursday night from the Pakistani side following which the force on Friday lodged a strong protest with......

Weak rupee: How India can stabilise its BoP situation

Near-term movements of INR will continue to be shaped by the capital flows situation, which in turn will be influenced by developments in Europe, writes Nischal Maheshwari. The Indian rupee has......

Ethical hackers plug into demand from India Inc

Raghu Raman knows all the tricks that hackers employ. He can talk his way into secure buildings, exploit holes in Internet security or gaps in internal company systems to grab control of computers.......

Poor have no access to products, services: Tata

Seeking to address the issue of challenges to inclusive growth in emerging economies, Tata Group chairman Ratan Tata on Wednesday said that at the Bottom of the Pyramid (BOP) people still do not......

Trade deficit: Enough forex reserve to easily finance 59% of India's imports

"The forex reserves had depleted to a point where India could hardly finance imports of even three weeks." This anonymous line puts the balance of payments (BoP) crisis of 1990-91 in context. Then,......

Gavaskar buys stake in IBL's Mumbai franchise

The Indian Badminton League's glamour quotient has gone up by quite a few notches with a consortium involving former cricket captain Sunil Gavaskar and Telugu actor Nagarjuna buying the event's......

Not feeling any pressure: Somdev

With the full backing of his indomitable captain Leander Paes, young Somdev Dev Varman is undeterred as he makes his much-awaited Davis Cup debut for India in the Asia Oceania Group I tie against......

'Djokovic's presence would have been good for tennis in India'

Novak Djokovic of Serbia. Photograph: Streeter Lecka/Getty Images It would have been great for Indian tennis had Novak Djokovic turned up in this week's Davis Cup tie in Bangalore, says Somdev......

Kim's cheer squad 'charm offensive'

They cheer, dance and sing in perfect unison. But these are not your ordinary cheerleaders. Charm offensive IMAGE: North Korean cheerleaders perform during the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics.......

IBL auction: Saina in Hyderabad, Lee Chong Wei goes to Mumbai

Star players Saina Nehwal and Lee Chong Wei fetched whopping prices of US $120,000 and 135,000 respectively, while unheralded Pradnya Gadre and K Maneesha received unexpected high bids in the......