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PHOTOS: Women steal the show at R-Day parade

The all-women's contingent of the Indian Army, Navy and Air Force stole the show at the 66th Republic Day parade. Women from the army march at the Republic Day parade. Photograph: PTI photo......

Foreign jaunt row: MLAs insist they will go ahead

Brushing aside intense criticism over its planned foreign trip, a Karnataka Legislature committee on Thursday insisted it will go ahead with its tour of three South American countries, even as......

Looking up to the world's tallest statues

Narendra Modi, BJP’s prime ministerial candidate, who had appealed to the people of the country to help him build a statue in memory of the 'Iron Man of India' Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, on......

COLUMN: The goals and challenges of Rio+20

The bad news about the environment far outweighs small advances that have been made, writes Rajni Bakshi.Twenty years ago, it was mostly people who were displaced by dams, mines and other projects......

Tata not in talks with Brazil's Embraer

The Tata group on Wednesday said it is not holding any talks for a joint venture with Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer. In a statement, a Tata Sons spokesperson dubbed as "untrue and......

Tata eyes JV with Brazilian aircraft maker

After making history by taking over Corus and Jaguar, Indian giant Tata is eyeing on forging a partnership with Embraer, aircraft manufacturing company of Brazil. Sources in Rio De Janerio said......

Nokia plans design centre in Bangalore

With a view to augmenting its market in emerging India, Nokia, the world's largest handset manufacturer, will start a design facility in Bangalore. Officials also said India is expected to become......

CSN betters Tata offer, bids $9.5 bn for Corus

The battle for acquisition of Corus Group intensified with Brazil's CSN announcing a counter offer of $9.5 billion pounds, within hours of India's Tata Steel raising its initial offer to $9.2......

Olympian advices hockey team to play with a free mind

Current team better prepared for Olympics than we were in 2016: Raghunath Photograph: Kind Courtesy Hockey India/Twitter Veteran India dragflicker VR Raghunath thinks that the current team is......

Winning Olympic gold medal won't be easy: Sindhu

'Winning and losing is part of life. Some days you win. Some day we lose.' IMAGE: PV Sindhu visits the Attukal temple in Thiruvananthapuram. Photograph: PTI India's first world badminton champion......

PIX: Stars we spotted at the Rio Olympics

As sports fans we are blessed with a plethora of amazing events throughout the year, but nothing quite compares to the Olympics. Prior to the kick-off of the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro on Friday,......

ISSF World Cup: Jitu Rai moves into qualification round

Jitu Rai, the world number one in men's 50m pistol, shot a 555 in his elimination round to sail through to the qualification round of the event, to be contested on Thursday, along with the finals,......

Shooting World Cup: Sandhu's finals chances brighten; Jitu misses out

IMAGE: India’s Manavjit Sandhu celebrates. Photograph: PTI Photos. Indian shooter Manavjit Sandhu rallied to third place after the second day of qualification in the Men's Trap Shooting......

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