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When IAF Secretly Brought Prabhakaran To India

'With butterflies in our stomachs, but confident of our mission, we took off for Jaffna on the morning of 24 July 1987.'IAF Veteran Air Commodore Nitin Sathe recalls a conversation with Air Vice......

Ranil thanks India for providing Lanka 'a breath of life'

President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Wednesday thanked India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for giving Sri Lanka 'a breath of life' by providing timely economic assistance to his country as it faced......

Lankan forces raid protesters' camp; 9 held, several injured

Sri Lankan security forces raided the main anti-government protest camp at the President's Secretariat in Colombo early on Friday, arresting nine people and injuring several others, as the......

Lankan Prez's whereabouts still not known, protesters camp at his house

The anti-government protesters in Sri Lanka on Sunday continued to occupy the residences of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Wickremesinghe, a day after they stormed into the......

Sri Lankan PM agrees to quit amid political turmoil

Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Saturday offered to resign as the Opposition demanded his resignation and that of embattled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to make way for an......

'Make in India' needs ex-servicemen

'Ex-servicemen engineers and technicians are true professionals worthy of being 'Make in India' agents.''They can be trusted to bring long term dividends -- it is in their character to be long term......

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......

Why SEZs are good for India

In the rarified world of Central Delhi's super-bureaucrats, Gopal Krishna Pillai, a 1972 batch Kerala cadre IAS officer, holds a key position. He not only the chairman of the explosive panel known......

My Daughter Mithali Raj

'From the beginning (I have told her) "Whatever it may be -- you are losing or winning -- on the ground you're not going to cry!" She never cried.''"I don't want you to project that you are a......

Unprecedented security as World XI arrive in Lahore for T20 series

IMAGE: Players of World XI, including captain Faf Du Plessis (left) arrive in Lahore on Monday for the T20 series against Pakistan. Photograph: PCB/Twitter/strong> In what could be the......

International cricket to return to Pakistan?

World XI T20 squad to tour Pakistan in September IMAGE: Pakistani spectators hold placards at Gaddafi Cricket Stadium as they wait for the start of a hugely anticipated finals of its domestic......

Six GREAT comebacks in Test cricket

Teams emerging from the brink of defeat to win an improbable victory. Rajneesh Gupta highlights six memorable Tests. Sri Lanka were down and out on the first three days of the first Test at Galle......

No home series for Pakistan anytime soon

Pakistan can forget about hosting international cricket at home anytime soon as the ICC does not plan to review the security situation in the country until the end of this year. ICC Chief Executive......

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