The Warrior Named Bindaas

A salute to Commando Mudasir Ahmed Sheikh, known as Bindaas to Indian Army officers and colleagues in the J&K police, who was killed in action last week in an encounter that eliminated three......

Should Women Fight Wars?

Should we be exposing our women volunteers to the barbarity of actual combat, ask Lieutenant General Ashok Joshi (retd) and Colonel Anil A Athale (retd). IMAGE: The Indian Army has deployed women......

Jaswant Singh, an upright politician and Vajpayee's Hanuman

During Vajpayee's tenure, he was there as an indispensable insider, witness to every action that had an impact on history: Pokhran-II (nuclear tests in 1998), the 1999 Kargil conflict between India......

Coronavirus: What about the Lab in Wuhan?

Why did the Chinese military take over the lab in Wuhan in end January?Did something go wrong?Claude Arpi glances at the mystery surrounding the origin of the coronavirus. IMAGE: Medical workers......

The dancing legends wowing India

Bharata Natyam legends Shanta and V P Dhananjayan discover they are a national sentation after their Vodafone ads.Nikita Puri encounters a couple who believe in breaking moulds. IMAGE: Shanta and......

Despite jobless Indian pilots, why are Indian airlines still hiring expat pilots?

Airlines tell Arindam Majumder and Aneesh Phadnis they are forced to look at expats due to a lack of commanders, a position that requires experience. Should YOU spend lakhs to become a pilot?......

Rs 72,000-cr I-T refunds in '09-10

The Income Tax department has refunded as much as Rs 72,000 crore (Rs 720 billion) to tax payers across the country in 2009-10, Central Board of Direct Taxes chairman Sudhir Chandra said in......

CBDT to relook at MAT, tax on savings

The Central Board of Direct Taxes, the government's apex tax policy and collection body, has suggested that the new direct taxes code abolish Minimum Alternate Tax and continue to offer individuals......

How Dravid can avert the conflict-of-interest charge

What does Rahul Dravid need to do to be able to join NCA without carrying the blemish of perceived or potential 'conflict of interest'? Sudhir Bisht attempts an answer. IMAGE: Former India......

'Tendulkar has lost his fighting abilities'

Readers' responses toThe naked and the dead feature: It is SPOT ON.I feel we r saying this day only because of our seniors (namely Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman).Please make no......

'Former players should head BCCI'

S.A.NarayanHiAfter going through the whole article, it just reconfirms my single minded underlying belief : REMOVE DALMIYA FROM EVERYTHING RELATED TO CRICKET... either by Govt. intervention or by......

ICC banking on $2m annual Dubai bonus

The International Cricket Councilwill make annual savings of around $2 million when its headquarters move from Lord's to Dubai at the start of August. "We do stand to gain a lot by way of taxation......