Sachin Tendulkar's family members had never thought of him representing India so early in life and then go on to breaking so many cricket records, his brother Ajit said on Monday.
Firm to continue to press ahead with arbitration challenging new law on the tax, will seek $1 bn in damages
Is this the time to use India's forex reserves to bail out Dubai? The emirate might be grateful, but how would the others in the United Arab Emirates react? asks TVR Shenoy.
This was a very strong position and was criticised by many, both from the developed and developing world.
Images from the Champions Trophy Group A match between India and Pakistan in Centurion on Saturday
Commonwealth Games bronze medallist R M V Gurusaidutt is desperate to avenge India's Thomas Cup loss to Korea when they open their campaign against the hosts in badminton team event in the upcoming Asian Games in Incheon, Korea.
Although the markets could see a knee-jerk reaction, they rule out a sharp fall.
The time is ripe for reduction of troops in a phased manner and moving the rest of the army units on internal security remit to the Line of Control.
Rajneesh Gupta surveys the cricketing milestones from the Mohali Test.
Former skipper Bishan Singh Bedi slammed the curtailing of India's tour of South Africa, saying the players should have got more practice matches to prepare and acclimatise to the conditions.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that it is imperative to maintain high growth rates.
Recently, there has been a mushrooming of international apparel retailers.
'Today the Chinese think they can slap India, and there will be no consequences.' 'They must be made to feel the consequences through any and all means,' says Rajeev Srinivasan.
In an interaction with rediff.com, various TiE members expressed hopes of revival in the Indian economy after the formation of the new government.
India's standing in the international community will take a beating now that it has become evident that the Indo-US civil nuclear deal has been given a silent burial, eminent economist Lord Meghnad Desai has said.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
US said no to a free trade deal with India as India cannot fully open agricultural imports from American farmers.
India's reserves have been skyrocketing, reaching $ 260 billion as of end October 2007. This makes India the fifth largest holder of reserves in the world. Without the sustained appreciation of the rupee, the buildup of reserves would have been even larger.
Government sources say India could consider raising the policy repo rate if the rupee falls towards 61-62 to the dollar.
Thanks to a roaring Bombay stock market, with a benchmark index up 53 per cent in the past year, and a strong rupee that appreciated 12 per cent, for the first time, all India rich-listers are billionaires
'If India and China come together, 40 per cent of the world's people are going to be prosperous'
Paceman Bhuvaneshwar Kumar followed up his team's superb collective batting effort with a four-wicket haul as India Blue lifted the NKP Salve Challenger Series Trophy with a convincing 50-run victory over Delhi in the final.
Rohith, like Mahatma Gandhi, was not allowed to speak the truth by the forces who killed him, said Congress vice president.
Statistical highlights of the cricket World Cup match between India and Pakistan.
At 6ft 6in and looking more like an All Black forward Jacob Oram is latest in a line of fine New Zealand all-rounders.
Right from conducting nuclear deterrence patrols in 2015 to its destructive space programme, from its back-tracking on economic commitments to its hardened positions on Sino-India border deal -- its approach with India spells Adversarial with a capital A, says Shehzad Poonawalla
The value of the Challenger as a testing ground can sometimes be over-rated. It is more a showcase than a challenge.
As we ring in the New Year we must recognise that 2015 promises to be a very exciting time for India.
National interest today demands that Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party seriously think of forming a coalition government -- based on a common minimum programme -- after the next general elections, filmstar-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha has said.
Environmental activist Vandana Siva said on Thursday that the recent decision of the Union Cabinet to liberalise the agriculture sector and deregulate prices would end up in privatising the country's water sector as water was the principal ingredient
The doctor treating the ace hockey drag-flicker said he could return to action in two months.\n\n
Terrorism and Afghanistan were the focus points of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's talks with Uzbek President Islam Karimov on his first visit to Central Asia.
Vistara has fine-tuned strategies to tap the elite class and Jet Airways may lose out on market share in times to come.
'Both nations have a common problem: A rampaging, jingoistic and hostile China which is making substantial territorial claims. In the long run, Japan and India are going to be the victims of Chinese aggression -- so they might as well hang together to contain China,' argues Rajeev Srinivasan.
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