Why did Sri Lanka snub US?

Any form of entanglement with India or the US on the strategic plane will be anathema to Sri Lanka's Rajapaksa rulers, observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar. IMAGE: Sri Lankan President Gotabaya......

Where exactly is the India-China border?

China has chosen to keep New Delhi guessing, while retaining for itself the option of constantly changing facts on the ground and shifting the LAC westwards -- the strategy called 'salami slicing',......

Old timers won't let youth rule Congress

'There is a need for a younger person at the top, but the old guard wants to grab the post themselves,' points out Amulya Ganguli. IMAGE: Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi at the Save Democracy rally......

Rajnath Singh's dilemma

The defence minister has to correct a major asymmetry. Will his discipline come in the way? Aditi Phadnis reports. IMAGE: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh traveled to the Indian Army's Siachen base,......

A brilliant plan to turn around the Indian Railways

The object in India for such a density of population should be to construct locomotive railways for trunk lines of communication, and horse railways for the short branches, says Bibek Debroy. "......

Kareena bats for the women's cricket team!

Get your lowdown on what's happening in the world of Bollywood, right here! Photograph: Kind courtesy Poonam Damania/Instagram Kareena Kapoor Khan will unveil the T20 World Cup trophies for Men......

PIX: Huma Qureshi takes Viceroy's House to London

Huma Qureshi is going places with her new film Viceroy's House. After going to Berlin for the film's premiere, she travelled with the film to London, where she had a live interview at a studio. She......