Why Great Men Worship Light of Asia

Count among The Light of Asia's many, many admirers over 132 years: Gandhi, Tagore, Vivekananda, Nehru and Ambedkar, Tolstoy and Kipling, Yeats and Eliot, Alfred Nobel, Dmitri Mendeleev and C V......

As India watches, China grows powerful in Sri Lanka

Xi Jinping is winning the war without firing a shot in Sri Lanka, observes Colonel R Hariharan (retd). IMAGE: Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, right, bumps fists with China's State......

Fresh violence in Lanka as Muslim-owned restaurant attacked

Fresh violence erupted in Sri Lanka after a Muslim-owned restaurant was attacked in an alleged hate crime incident in the north western province on Sunday, a day after President Maithripala......

The night Rajiv Gandhi died: An eyewitness account

Rajiv Gandhi would have turned 72 on August 20. Had he lived.On a humid night 25 years ago, the former prime minister of India was murdered in cold blood by an LTTE suicide bomber.Neena Gopal was......

Marsh makes himself available for first Test against India

Shaun Marsh, who was virtually ruled out of the first Test against India starting from December 26, has re-emerged as a contender for the opening game and is all set to join his Australia......

Yuvraj in British newspaper's 'top 10 egos'

Indian batsman Yuvraj Singh finds himself in a rather unflattering list with a British newspaper naming him as one of the 'top 10 sporting egos' of recent times. Yuvraj, who has failed to find a......

BBC apologises for Boycott's four-letter rant

Cricketer-turned-commentator Geoffrey Boycott kicked up a storm with an on-air four-letter rant during the third England-South Africa ODI, prompting the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) to......

Aussies eye Chappell as coach

Cricket Australia Director and former Test player Allan Border has said Greg Chappell, currently the coach of the Indian team, was a strong candidate to replace John Buchanan.Border, also a......

Why is Zaheer in the Indian squad?

July 20, 2004 | 12:55 IST Asia Cup 2004 Too much to keep asking of Dravid [ www.htcricket.com ] Why is Zaheer in the Indian squad? [ www.hindustantimes.com ] What ails Zaheer Khan? [......