No Prez in Taiwan: China protests Modi's reply to Lai greetings on poll win

China on Thursday protested over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's comment that he looked forward to having closer ties with Taiwan, and insisted that New Delhi should resist Taiwan authorities'......

The Kashmir Princess Crash, 70 Years On

The Air India flight crashed into the sea after a mid-air bomb explosion in what was a failed assassination attempt on Chinese premier Zhou En Lai. IMAGE: Air India's Kashmir Princess aircraft.......

China holds 'warning' drills around Taiwan

China on Monday conducted day-long large-scale military drills aimed at surrounding Taiwan by deploying an aircraft carrier group, besides army, navy, air force and missile forces, in an apparent......

India Should Be Battle Ready With China

'With continued focus on votes, upcoming by-polls and purchasing politicians, the political hierarchy has little time for national defence.' 'They would do well to heed a veteran scholar, who says,......

What Magic S D Burman Created With Bimal Roy!

Can anyone forget S D Burman's classic songs in Devdas, Sujata and Bandini? Legendary music director Sachin Dev Burman created numerous popular songs over three decades from the 1950s to the 1970s.......

The Bollywood Legend Who Almost Didn't Become One

'What do you think... those working in the film industry are illiterate people? Why don't you go and work with Bimal Roy?' IMAGE: Dharmendra and Nutan in Bandini. Gulzar says he did not envision a......

Review: Lai Bhaari is awesome

Full marks to Riteish Deshmukh and Nishikant Kamat for taking the plunge into Marathi cinema, says Prasanna D Zore.Lai Bhaari in Marathi loosely translates to 'awesome'. The actor-director duo of......

Chhoti Si Asha...

Shreekant Sambrani tells himself over and over again, don't lose heart in these dire times, there is asha (hope) still, in the divine voice of Asha Bhosle. IMAGE: The incomparable Asha Bhosle.......

Lakshya waltzes into second round in Japan

IMAGE: Lakshya Sen had an easy outing against Japan's Koki Watanabe. Photograph: Hamad I Mohammed/Reuters India's Lakshya Sen stormed into the second round of the men's singles event at the......

Mannepalli shocks top seed in Macau, Sen also advances

IMAGE: Lakshya Sen won in three games to advance. Photograph: Lakshya Sen/X India's top shuttler Lakshya Sen advanced into quarterfinal of the Macau Open Super 300 tournament, in Macau on......

Srikanth loses to Nishimoto in Canada Open semis

IMAGE: India’s Kidambi Srikanth frittered away a good start and was beaten by Japan's Kenta Nishimoto in the semi-finals of the Canada Open Super 300 badminton tournament in Calgary on Saturday.......

US Open 2025: Ayush, Tanvi move into quarterfinals

IMAGE: India's Ayush Shetty, seeded fourth, will face Kuan Lin Kuo of Chinese Taipei in the quarterfinals of the men's singles event at the US Open 2025 badminton tournament in Iowa. Photograph:......

Asia C'ship: Kapila-Crasto keep India's hopes alive

The Indian mixed doubles pair of Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto battled hard to beat Hoo Pang Ron and Su Yin Cheng of Malaysia to enter the pre-quarterfinals of the Badminton Asia Championships......