The US military said it has found the body of a pilot from one of two missing Marine Corps F/A-18 jets which went missing over Iraq.
At war, the Jalashwa can carry and launch a full infantry battalion in a single wave. At peace, the Jalashwa can evacuate 1,000 people in a single trip. Ajai Shukla explains why the Indian Navy's new tender for more ships like the Jalashwa must be treated with special urgency.
For animosities to be truly buried, grief must become common. How long before India and Pakistan achieve this state?
'The world does not care about the tension on our border.' 'India has to emerge as a strong economic power.' 'Respect comes when the world sees a country with a direction and leadership that has a vision,' points out Ramesh Menon.
All India Congress Committee secretary Shyoraj Jivan Valmiki stirred a controversy on Wednesday by saying Rahul Gandhi had vowed not to marry to prevent "dynastic rule" but apologised soon for the gaffe.
The government is working to provide healthcare schemes to poor people under the Jan Dhan initiative.
The Dulquer factor is the only saving grace of this witless, charmless sham posturing as satire, feels Sukanya Verma.
China on Wednesday said the US' naval and air incursions in the artificial islands in the South China Sea will be counter-productive leading to "miscalculation" and "crisis", as Beijing summoned the American ambassador to protest the US Navy's sailing of a warship into the disputed waters.
On the eleventh anniversary of her father's martyrdom during the 26/11 terror attacks on Mumbai, Jui Karkare Navare remembers her father, Mumbai ATS Chief Hemant Karkare.
The United States and South Korea conducted a big military exercise, storming a simulated North Korean beach defense as tensions on the Korean Peninsula continue to rise.
Star Trek is middle-aged and a bit tired but it's definitely here to stay, feels Shuma Raha.
The White House and the Pentagon have denounced Republican presidential aspirant Donal Trump's call for a ban on the entry of Muslims into the United States, saying the anti-Muslim rhetoric undermines America's national security.
We present to you a blow-by-blow account on what happened on the night of May 1, 2011, when the terror mastermind was killed
Terming Modi as a 'chela' (disciple) of Bharatiya Janata Party veteran Lal Krishna Advani, Rashtriya Janata Dal president Lalu Prasad on Saturday vowed to stop him like he had stopped Advani during his rath yatra in 1990.
Since 55 per cent of Indian trade passes through the South China Sea, and with over $5 billion investments in the energy sector in Vietnam, it is imperative India actively pursues its national interests in the region, says Srikanth Kondapalli.
Back from incarceration, JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar on Thursday night delivered a fiery speech peppered with humour at the Jawaharlal Nehru University campus to target the Narendra Modi dispensation and the Sangh Parivar.
Hrithik's intensity around Mohenjo Daro's rambling spectacle is touching even if the promos pack in more swagger than substance and reveal Gowariker's preference for opulence over realism, feels Sukanya Verma.
Is Kangana single then? 'I have an answer to everything, but not this,' she replies.
China has for the first time landed a military plane on one of its artificial islands in the disputed South China Sea.
With a decelerating economy that weakens India's hands on geopolitical issues, it will be interesting to know which way this trip will go.
There's a reason he was called Baba Ranchoddas in 3 Idiots.
Trump said he had a "productive discussion" with Turnbull on a wide range of issues in New York.
The IPS officer is currently posted as inspector general (civil defence).
A six-minute video of the PM directed by Central Board of Film Certification chief Pahlaj Nihalani is being played during the interval of Salman's Sooraj Barjatya-directed film, Prem Ratan Dhan Payo in cinemas across the country.
'I believe after Shailendra's Mera Joota Hai Japaani in Raj Kapoor's Shree 420, Chhaiyyan Chhaiyyan is now the Indian film song that is recognised the world over -- millions know it as 'the train song'.'
US warships deployed in the Mediterranean are ready to "strike hard" on the Syrian regime and degrade its capabilities if ordered by President Barack Obama, a top Navy official has said.
He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the country's highest civilian honour, in 2012.
The 41st US president held his post from 1989 and 1993.
The best analysis of politics does not come out of air conditioned newsrooms, but from the voices on India's streets. Rakesh Kumar Singhal -- once an army jawan, then an ONGC employee, then a tea shopwallah -- reveals why he left the Congress for Modi.
'Anything serious should be said with a hint of comedy.' 'Only then will people understand it better.'
With a rich political and personal legacy, George Herbert Walker Bush left no shortage of memorable photos from his time both in and out of office. Bush died at the age of 94. The 41st US president, congressman, Central Intelligence Agency director and oil tycoon was also father to the 43rd president -- George W Bush. The younger Bush in a statement remembered his father as "a man of the highest character and the best dad a son or daughter could ask for." Delving into archives here are the US former president's most memorable days.
The Looming Tower reveals the bitter CIA-FBI turf battles that led to the worst terrorist attack in America's history.
So many films have been made with Muslim characters. But how many have actually got them right?
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Thirty years after the massacre at Tiananmen Square, coerced collective amnesia envelops the Chinese nation about that horrific event. Claude Arpi glances back at how the student uprising could have changed the Middle Kingdom forever had the Chinese Communist party not traveled on the route of martial law.
Sukanya Verma lists her top 15 songs of the year.
Suspended spinner Saeed Ajmal is doing everything to correct his action but it is an "uphill task" for him to make it to the Pakistan team for the World Cup, says PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan.
In insight into PNS Ghazi, the Pakistan Navy's prized submarine that now lies embedded in the Vizag seabed about 1.5 nautical miles from the breakwaters.
'The call-up from Rahul Dravid was the turning point for Sarfaraz.' 'I would like to thank Virat Kohli for the trust he has shown in Sarfaraz.'
Vibhor Sen tells Divya Nair/Rediff.com about the struggles he faced before he finally accepted his sexuality.
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