History Unfolds At Rashtrapati Bhavan

With the strain and anxiety of the longest Lok Sabha polls now behind the leaders, governance, with consensus, is the next step. IMAGE: Narendra D Modi bows to the guests before he was sworn in as......

Captured in Pakistan

'My relationship with the Pataudi family was to help me to survive in 1971.' IMAGE: Air Commodore Jawahar Lal Bhargava. All photographs: Kind courtesy Air Commodore Jawahar Lal Bhargava Meet Air......

'General Zia was real startled'

'But he was very quick and did a very stylish adab.''Of course, I didn't expect him to hug.' IMAGE: Lakshmi Murdeshwar Puri and her husband Hardeep Singh Puri, currently India's minister of......

'Don't call me Uncle. Call me Sam'

Besides his strategic and tactical acumen, it was his amazing personality, quick wit and ability to remain unflustered under any circumstances that stood him apart from almost any leader one has......

Pakistan promises to buy 10 mn kg tea

Pakistan Tea Association has assured the Indian tea producers and exporters that its members would import a minimum of 10 million kg of tea from India in 2003-04, subject to conditions. This would......

Pakistan out, tea firms eye other export markets

Exporters are of the view that while direct exports to Pakistan will be nearly nil this month, and in the coming few months, alternative markets can be explored for exporting tea, which was......

Pak may import 10 mn kg tea from India

Pakistan Tea Association on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Indian Tea Association to import at least 10 million kg (one crore) of tea from India in 2003-04, provided quality......

India-Pak 'tea diplomacy' in April

How to position the brand of Indian tea in Pakistan where the useof tea from Indian estatesis increasing? A team of Indian tea producers is to visit Pakistan in the middle of April this year for......

When Cricket Legends Walked Away Without A Roar

In India, where cricketers are often elevated to demigod status, the final curtain call on their careers often resonates deeply. While Sachin Tendulkar's 2013 farewell became a national......

When Akshay Kumar ditched lucrative IPL contract

He could have easily played hardball with all the aces up his sleeve but Bollywood star Akshay Kumar instead terminated his lucrative contract with Delhi Daredevils (now Capitals) in 2009 after......

'I would have been the king of limited overs cricket'

'I am not envious of those who are making millions. It's their era and I had my era.' IMAGE: Cricket legend Salim Durani trains budding cricketers in Jamnagar in this January 2004 photograph.......

When DRS grabbed the spotlight at Rajkot

IMAGE: India's Ravichandran Ashwin appeals for a successful Leg Before Wicket (LBW) decision for the wicket of England's Haseeb Hameed during Day 1 of the first Test at the Saurashtra Cricket......

Stats: INTERESTING numbers from Mohali Test, Day 3

IMAGE: India's Ravindra Jadeja, centre, celebrates . Photographs: Adnan Abidi/Reuters Ravindra Jadeja made a memorable comeback to Test cricket with a five-wicket haul as India relied on the......