Mitra, the robot, steals the show from NaMo, Ivanka

Ivanka spoke for a good 15 minutes, gracefully, looking straight at her audience, her face wreathed often in winning smiles.She is an articulate, striking, woman who charmed her audience.Vaihayasi......

'Independence Day': Britain parts ways with EU

The United Kingdom has voted by 51.9 per cent to 48.1 per cent to leave the European Union after 43 years in an historic referendum. IMAGE: A taxi driver holds a Union flag, as he......

Modi@1: All that did not happen. The 'No's have it

In the last one year, it looks like there were bad things that didn't take place, and there were good things that didn't take place, says Rajeev Srinivasan. Image: Prime Minister Narendra Modi at......

HP polls: Highest booths, oldest voter, feuding parties

Battle lines have been drawn for Sunday's poll for the 68-member Himachal Pradesh assembly where political heavyweights Prem Kumar Dhumal and Virbhadra Singh are jostling for the attention of......

India's anti-corruption campaign makes quiet strides

Chief executives, investment bankers, and lawyers privately say that the current government has made it much harder for tycoons to get special dispensations from Delhi Activists of Communist Party......

Corruption? India ranks 95th in the world

India's image on tackling graft seems to have gone from bad to worse in the perception of people dealing with the system, with its rank slipping to a low 95 among 183 countries in Transparency......

Pranab Mukherjee's Budget Speech

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee presented the Budget for 2009-10 on July 6. Following is the BudgetSpeechof Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee: Madam Speaker, I rise to present the Budget for......

Pranab Mukherjee's Interim Budget speech

External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, who is also managing the finance ministry, presented the Interim Budget for 2009-10 in Parliament on Monday. Following is the text of the entire Budget......

India's shooters draw blank for second day running

Angad Bajwa is placed 11th after three rounds; has finals in sight IMAGE: India's Manu Bhaker watches helplessly as her gun malfunctions during the 10m Air Pistol women's event at the Tokyo......

Picked the right cause: Tendulkar on bushfire charity match

IMAGE: Sachin Tendulkar conducts a masterclass session with young cricketers. Photograph: Suhaimi Abdullah/Getty Images Legendary Sachin Tendulkar, on Wednesday, hoped the charity match for......

Sachin Tendulkar takes up coaching role

Tendulkar, Walsh to coach teams in bushfire charity match IMAGE: Sachin Tendulkar and Courtney Walsh will coach legends to raise funds for Australia's bushfire victims. Photograph: PTI Indian......

Surprising facts about Buttler, Ashwin and Mankading

Jos Buttler has been 'Mankaded' twice Ravichandran Ashwin hit the 'Bull's Eye' in his second attempt after an aborted one seven years back IMAGE: Sachithra Senanayake of Sri Lanka appeals to the......

Sports Shorts: Sindhu, Saina make winning start at Indonesia Masters

IMAGE: Saina will next face another Indonesian Fitriani Fitriani. Photograph: Kind courtesy, Saina Nehwal/Twitter The Indian trio of P V Sindhu, Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth dished out superb......