Do career diplomats make for better US ambassadors to India?

'A good ambassador needs to know, and to represent, the interests of the United States. In South Asia, career officers have done well by this standard; so have most of the non-career appointees.'......

Hillary's deputy to visit India next week

US Deputy Secretary of State William Burns is scheduled to visit New Delhi next week to discuss a "whole gamut" of relationship with top Indian leaders. On his maiden trip to India as the Deputy......

India, Pakistan to ease visa norms

Visa norms for travel between India and Pakistan are expected to be made simpler within three months, a senior Pakistani official has said.The new visa policy, under discussion between the two......

Sexual harassment charge an attempt to jeopardise CJI's functioning: Gogoi

Former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi in his autobiography said that the sexual harassment allegations against him was an attempt to 'jeopardise' the functioning of the CJI by certain unknown......

Indians defer travel plans as Sri Lanka imposes curfew

For Indians, Sri Lanka is one of the favourite venues for destina­tion weddings. IMAGE: A man walks along a beach, against the backdrop of Colombo's Financial City.Photograph: Dinuka......

For India's cannabis industry the grass could be greener

'The government wants farmers to diversify from rice and wheat, and create another green revolution. Cannabis can play a big part in that' For long, cannabis has been a contested territory in......

Tourism in India has little to cheer

India has huge tourism potential -- a fact that no one can refute. So why is it that India lags behind several other less endowed countries when it comes to attracting tourists? After rating......

Obama spooked by India's economic growth?

Visiting Buffalo in upstate New York, a city that has been badly hit by the current economic crisis, US President Barack Obama did not repeat his 'Buffalo to Bangalore' rhetoric but did say the......

India parade crasher at Games opening a cast member: Coe

A woman who gatecrashed India's parade at the Olympic opening ceremony was a member of the cast from the extravaganza but should not have been with the athletes, London 2012 chief Sebastian Coe......

Australia name women's squad for India tour

Australia's National Selection Panel on Monday announced a 14-player Commonwealth Bank Southern Stars squad for the four nation one-day international tournament in India next month. The squad......

Aus debacle: 'Writing was on the wall, we chose not to see it'

Aakash Chopra talks to Bikash Mohapatra about Rajasthan's Ranji Trophy triumph, the domestic format and India's dismal showing in the Test series Down Under. Aakash Chopra is one of the most......

Youth held for selling Ind-Pak match tkts in black

Cricket fever reached its peak on Sunday as scores of fans lined up outside the PCA stadium hoping to catch a glimpse of their favourite stars while some searched desperately for non-existent......