India officially talks to Taliban in Doha, raises terrorism concern

In the first formal and publicly acknowledged contact, Indian Ambassador to Qatar Deepak Mittal met senior Taliban leader Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanekzai on Tuesday and conveyed India's concerns that......

Kerry not to meet Taliban in Doha, says US

United States Secretary of State John Kerry would not meet representatives of the Afghan Taliban during his visit to Qatar later this week, his spokesperson said Thursday. "Secretary Kerry would......

Time To Establish Diplomatic Relations With Taliban

The Taliban government in Afghanistan is not going anywhere.That being the case, why is the hesitation to establish formal diplomatic relations with the Taliban? asks Lieutenant General Prakash......

Taliban terrorists or not: Omar on India-Taliban talks

A day after India officially talked to the Taliban, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday asked the Union government to clarify whether or not it considered the outfit......

Ambani's Rs 86 Cr Bet On Trump Card

Reliance 4IR Realty Development, a unit of Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries, paid a Rs 86.5 crore 'development fee' to license the Trump brand for a forthcoming real estate project in Mumbai.......

No tariffs, no US sales: Trump's warning to Apple on India production

US President Donald Trump has said it is ok for Apple to go to India to build its plants, but then the tech company will not be able to sell its products in America without tariffs. IMAGE: Apple......

Doha: if not now, when?

The Doha package is full of words, but there is no action At the Doha climate change conference, the world agreed to strengthen the framework for future action. But it is now that action is......

Doha's 'gateway' to nowhere

India has completely failed to uphold its key interests at climate talks, which have fallen short of their 20-year mission, Shyam Saran.The 18th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United......

'Disrespectful, noisy': Ostapenko slams Qatar crowd

IMAGE: Latvia's Jelena Ostapenko in action. Photograph: Tingshu Wang/Reuters Former French Open winner Jelena Ostapenko said the partisan fans at the Qatar Open were disrespectful for jeering......

PIX: Neeraj Chopra reigns at Doha Diamond League

'It was a very hard win, but I’m happy. It's a really good start for me. I hope to come in the first place in the next competitions and keep consistency during this season.' IMAGE: India's......

Will Neeraj breach 90m mark at Doha Diamond League?

'Doha is famous for 90m throws.' IMAGE: Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra became the first Indian Diamond League champion after winning the 2022 grand finale in Zurich in September last year.......

'Not humanly possible': Critics slam Pan's record

'I cooperated with all the testing procedures and stayed confident that I am competing fair and clean' IMAGE: China’s Zhanle Pan reacts after winning the race and establishing World record.......

Neeraj Chopra prioritises training over stardom

It's good for my profile if I play in India but there are too many functions: Neeraj Chopra Photograph: Kind Courtesy Neeraj Chopra/Instagram Based abroad for training most of the time, Olympic......