Annam lamp, Thanjavur painting: Modi's gifts to Xi

IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Shore temple, in Mahabalipuram, on Friday. Photograph: ANI Photo Prime Minister Narendra Modi will gift......

Praful Bidwai: US Goofs Up In Iraq

This is written as the Iraq war runs into its third week and the world watches its increasingly savage human consequences, and the incredible ineptitude and wooden-headedness of the leaders of......

'Three wise monkeys' statue, charkha gifted to Trump

A marble replica of Mahatma Gandhi's "three wise monkeys" statue, a copy of his Talisman or a piece of wisdom as well as a special edition of his autobiography were among the items gifted to......

Constitution balances freedom of speech with curbs: CJI

Chief Justice of India S A Bobde on Thursday said that nothing is conferred as right of freedom of speech in 'absolute and untrammelled terms' and the framers of the Constitution have struck a......

Spotted: Lord Of The Rings star Elijah Wood at Mumbai airport

Lord Of The Rings star Elijah Wood was spotted at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai, on his first visit to India. Part of a DJ group, Wooden Wisdom, the actor......

Serve and volley: Back to the future as moribund tactic is revived

Stefan Edberg of Sweden makes a backhand volley. Photograph: Simon Bruty/Getty Images The yellowing obituaries are looking premature as serve-and-volley tennis creeps, with a few tweaks, towards a......