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India ready to 'retaliate resolutely' if Pak...: NSA Doval

National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on Wednesday told his counterparts in various countries that India has no intent to escalate tensions but is prepared to "retaliate resolutely" if Pakistan does......

No intent to escalate, but...: India tells key global powers

India on Wednesday reached out to key global powers, including members of the United Nations Security Council, and apprised them about the reasons behind its military strikes on nine terror targets......

Cannot attend Bonn meet without assurance: Gilani

Following appeals from the United States and Afghanistan, Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Wednesday said the country cannot attend the crucial Bonn meet on the future of Afghanistan......

Indian student assaulted in Bonn discharged from hospital

A 24-year-old Indian student, who was brutally assaulted in Bonn on Christmas eve by two men demanding him to convert to Islam, has been discharged from hospital after his condition improved,......

Bonn conference on Afghanistan fails to achieve much

Beyond assurances of support, the 100-plus delegations that congregated in Bonn failed to articulate anything particularly meaningful, says Amir Mir The high-profile Bonn conference on Afghanistan......

Growing distrust fuels fears of a failed Paris meet

Diplomatic row erupts after co-chairs hold talks minus developing nations; third draft of Paris climate change agreement emerges at Bonn The Bonn climate change negotiations produced a third draft......

Germany offers cheap airport hub

Cologne Bonn Airport is planning to enter into negotiations with Indian carriers like Air-India and Jet Airways to launch low-cost intercontinental flights to the German hub, said Michael Garvens,......

India, China take lead at UN climate talks in Germany

Breaking from the past, the Like-Minded Developing Countries (LMDC), which includes India and China, presented the first draft for negotiating the 2015 global climate treaty, grabbing the early......

Caparo CEO Angad Paul plunges to death from 8th floor

Angad Paul, son of NRI industrialist Lord Swraj Paul, has died after falling from his penthouse home in central London. 45-year-old Angad, CEO of Caparo group founded by his father, suffered......

Why the climate deal is bad for us

There is no way the Copenhagen Accord can be billed as a climate change agreement, says Sunita Narain. Climate change negotiations - cold after the freeze at the Copenhagen meet in December - have......

Can you watch 425 films in a year?

Aseem Chhabra watched some great films and some huge disappointments in 2020. IMAGE: Danesh Razvi and Tanya Maniktala in A Suitable Boy. It was the year of staying at home and watching films......

Anand, Kramnik begin with a draw in Bonn

World Champion Viswanathan Anand played out an easy draw with black against Vladimir Kramnik of Russia in the first game of the World Chess Championship in Bonn, Germany on Tuesday.Playing with......

Grapplers Sandeep, Narsingh bag medals at Spanish GP

Rio-bound Indian grapplers, Sandeep Tomar and Narsingh Yadav won the silver and bronze medals in 74kg and 57kg respectively at the Spanish Grand Prix Wrestling championship in Madrid on Saturday.......

Anand wins fourth game to go one up

World champion Viswanathan Anand scored a rampaging victory over challenger Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria in the fourth game to grab the lead in the 12-game World Chess championship in Sofia. Anand,......

Kasimdzhanov to assist Anand at World Championship

Indian ace Viswanathan Anand named former World champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov as one of his seconds for the high-profile World Championship match against Russian Grandmaster Vladimir Kramnik, which......

Anand takes decisive three-point lead

World Champion Viswanathan Anand called the shots againto dump Russian Vladimir Kramnik in the sixth game and extend his lead tothree points at the half way stage of what is turning out to be......