Aiyar kicks up row with 'Chinese allegedly invaded India' remark, aplogises

Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar's remarks using the word "alleged" for the Chinese invasion in 1962 kicked up a political row late Tuesday with the BJP calling it a "brazen attempt at......

IFS was upper caste service, more democratic now: Aiyar

Congress leader and former diplomat Mani Shankar Aiyar called the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) of yore an "upper caste" service, which he claimed is becoming more democratic now with the flavour of......

No consensus on Ukraine, should be removed from G20 agenda: Russian envoy

There is consensus among the G20 nations on all issues except the Ukraine conflict and the contentious matter should be removed from the draft of the leaders' communique to pave the way for its......

BJP youth activists attack Mirwaiz's car in Delhi

The youth wing of Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday attacked Kashmiri separatist Hurriyat Conference leader Mirwaiz Umer Farooq's car when he was entering Foreign Correspondent's club in New Delhi......

Markets end at record closing highs

Benchmark share indices gained for the seventh straight session to end at record closing highs on Wednesday amid renewed buying interest in IT majors. Meanwhile, the benchmark Nifty also touched......

Modi@Make In India: No time for incremental change. We want a quantum jump

"Ladies and gentlemen, India is a land of immense opportunity. 50 of our cities are ready to set up metro rails. We have to build 50 million houses. The requirements of roads, rails and waterways......

Mohun Bagan SG banned from registering new players

'The issue stems from transfer of a player named Jason Cummings from another club two years ago and the training compensation fee. We have completed the payments at the time of signing.'  ......

Sunil Chhetri at 40, but who's next?

IMAGE: Sunil Chhetri still leads... but where are the new strikers? Photograph: AIFF/X All India Football Federation (AIFF) president Kalyan Chaubey on Friday admitted that the national team has......

Tokyo 2020 logo satire pulled after furore

A media association has withdrawn its coronavirus-themed parody of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics logo after the local organising committee called it offensive and a violation of copyright. The Foreign......

Tokyo governor expects spectators at Olympics

IMAGE: Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike. Photograph: Issei Kato/Reuters Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said on Tuesday that the best case scenario for the 2020 Olympics postponed until next year is to......

Why Tokyo Olympics next July will be 'uniquely risky'

'When we talk about bringing sports back with packed stadiums, I really think that is something we are going to have to wait for a vaccine to be able to do.' IMAGE: Tokyo 2020 is set to run from......