9 top PLA generals dismissed from China's Parliament

In a major purge of the Chinese military, nine senior generals of the People's Liberation Army (PLA), including senior officials of the country's Rocket Force, have been dismissed from Parliament,......

Chinese defence minister missing, rumoured to have been detained

Speculation about the missing Chinese Defence Minister General Li Shangfu may have been removed and detained became rife after he was conspicuously absent at the meeting of the Central Military......

China hikes defence budget by 6.8% to $209 billion

China on Friday hiked its defence budget for the first time to more than $200 billion, over three times higher than that of India, maintaining a single-digit growth for the sixth consecutive year......

Xi may not be all powerful

'He still has to deal with party norms and traditions and has been careful to follow the order of seniority,' points out Claude Arpi. Nearly thirty years ago, Belgium-born Simon Leys, one of the......

Badminton: India's challenge ends at Hong Kong Open

IMAGE: Gayatri Gopichand Pullela and Treesa Jolly lost in straight sets in their round of 16 match at the Hong Kong Open. Photograph: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images from the Rediff Archives ......

Injury scare for Lakshya ahead of Asian Games

Lakshya withdraws from Hong Kong Open; Tanisha-Ashwini in last 16 IMAGE: Lakshya Sen is laid low by a back strain. Photograph: Kind courtesy Lakshya Sen/Twitter Indian women doubles pair of......

Sindhu, Srikanth, Prannoy enter quarters; Sen out

IMAGE: Double Olympic medallist P V Sindhu outclassed Aya Ohori of Japan in straight games in the women's singles. Photograph: Lintao Zhang/Getty Images P V Sindhu, H S Prannoy and Kidambi......

India Open: Tai Tzu Ying in women's singles final

IMAGE: Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei. Photograph: Kind courtesy BWF/X Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei progressed to her second successive women's singles final of......

Satwik-Chirag eye more silverware; Sidhu, Srikanth keen to bounce back

IMAGE: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will look to continue their dominant run. Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Reuters Fresh from their Korea Open triumph, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag......