When the IAF trained Pakistani pilots!

Air Commodore Nitin Sathe discovers how the IAF trained Pakistani air force pilots, during the 1971 War, which led to the birth of the Bangladesh air force. IMAGE: An Indian Air Force Chetak......

The spectacular photos of the month: April

Here's a glimpse of all that happened around the world last month, in 14 images. A US military cadet crawls under a barbed wire obstacle as he competes in the 50th annual Sandhurst Military......

Someone bought Hitler's dreaded red telephone for Rs 1.6 crore

Adolf Hitler's personal telephone which the Nazi dictator used to give deadly orders during the World War II has been sold for a whopping $243,000 (Rs 1.62 crore), more than double the starting......

Having shown decisiveness, Modi needs to show governance

'With the country is a crisis that directly affects hundreds of millions, we will know if Modi has grip,' says Aakar Patel. Two of the things Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he would bring to......

What the CWG can learn from the Army

The clockwork precision and discipline that the Indian Army brought while building the fallen footbridge should serve as a lesson to the Commonwealth Games organisers, says Major General Raj Mehta......

Ryder Cup: US ahead after rain ruins opening day

The United States, inspired by a sizzling birdie run from Stewart Cink, came from behind to seize control in Friday's unfinished fourball matches after the Ryder Cup was severely disrupted by......

Isinbayeva vaults and entertains

The Black Sea Cossacks choir backed by a full orchestra lent an exotic twist to the Brussels Golden League meeting in the week after the Athens Olympics.To the delight of a noisy crowd who had......

Olympics provided the silver lining

Among the pine-scented groves of Ancient Olympia, along the marathon route traced by Phidippides and on the cycle course beneath the Acropolis, the 2004 Athens Olympics produced a stream of......

Greene, Montgomery in showdown

Olympic champion Maurice Greene will face world 100-metre record holder Tim Montgomery in a showdown of America's top Olympic hopefuls at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Oregon, on June 19,......