'Xi is not interested in settling border issue'

'We may think that in our border quarrel, the Chinese can give up a bit of territory here or there to satisfy us, but that's not how they see it.''Arunachal Pradesh is 90,000 square kilometres and......

How Modi can thwart Xi

'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......

The new BJP is like the old Congress

While it took the Congress nearly a half century to earn the hatred of other political outfits, the BJP appears set to reach there in around six years, says Arun Bhatnagar, former secretary to the......

Stage set for 2nd Modi-Xi summit amid Kashmir tension

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping will sit down in the 7th century Shore Temple complex overlooking the Bay of Bengal in Mahabalipuram on Friday in an attempt to......

Finance Minister P Chidambaram's speech

Mr. Speaker, Sir It is my privilege to present the Budget for 2007-08. I. A MID-TERM REPORT CARD ON THE ECONOMY 2. In November 2006, the UPA Government crossed the midpoint of its term of office. A......

Chidambaram's Budget speech

Speech of P. Chidambaram Minister of Finance PART A Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to present the Budget for the year 2005-06. 2. Last year, while presenting the Budget, I had suggested that the vote in......

Chhetri to lead under-strength squad at Asian Games

  Veteran striker Sunil Chhetri was the only notable face in the 17-member Indian squad for the Hangzhou Asian Games as All India Football Federation (AIFF) finally managed to stich a......

'I was in the best team that never played for India'

Michael Dalvi, who played first class cricket for Delhi, Tamil Nadu and Bengal, once hit a century against a fiery Malcolm Marshall and the West Indies.At 77, he has a razor sharp memory, a ready......

ISL match between Hyderabad-Jamshedpur postponed

IMAGE: Jamshedpur FC players celebrate (Image used for representational purposes). Photograph: ISL/Twitter Organisers of the Indian Super League (ISL) on Monday announced the postponement of Match......

'No one in the world will take it easy against this Indian side'

'The confidence and the kind of cricket India has played in the recent past will be a big factor.' IMAGE: Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma will be important players for India along with pacers Jasprit......

Indian Football: NorthEast United downs East Bengal

IMAGE: Suhair VP was named the Hero of the Match. Photograph: ISL/Twitter NorthEast United inched closer to a playoffs berth with a 2-1 win over 10-man SC East Bengal in the Indian Super......