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The Maharaja Is Airborne!

Tribhuvaneshwar Saran -- or T S -- Singh Deo is a most unusual politician. Apart from being Chhattisgarh's health minister, T S Baba -- as he is known in his assembly constituency Ambikapur -- is......

Taiwan Shows Its Air Power To China

Taiwan's air force showed their preparedness as Chinese aircraft flew past the 68 nautical mile closest pointsto the island. Taiwan also detected 14 Chinese military ships conducting activities......

Dom's Take: Rafales are Coming! Rafales Are Coming!

So, five Rafales will toughdown in India next Monday. The French fighters will give the Indian Air Force a distinct edge as it prepares for the possibility of a short war with China. "If we had......

Tale of two sets of passengers on a rainy night

'There were no airhostesses and stewards to bring us food, water and the news of when the journey would resume.' IMAGE: People walk on the railway tracks as heavy monsoon rains hit the local train......

UP outcome will impact national politics

The Bengal outcome can have a marginal impact on national politics.Whereas elections in UP next year might still change the course ahead of the parliamentary poll in 2024, observes Virendra Kapoor.......

Here's how to make it big in agri business

Are you an agriculture graduate and looking for a job? Here is an opportunity for you to become an agripreneur at a low investment, instead of working under somebody.And you can get trained for......

Terrorists one-up on tech

Terrorist attacks are becoming increasingly sophisticated and consistently exploiting India's gaping security loopholes -- both on terra firma and in cyberspace. Yet, India's seriousness about......

Can the Fed steer US out of recession?

While the US may have successfully destroyed a rogue satellite and its potentially lethal cargo of hydrazine high above in space, it will be a difficult task to steer the US out of the recession,......

The fly-by-hire business takes wing

For most gulls, it is not flying that matters, but eating. For this gull, though, it was not eating that mattered, but flight. More than anything else, Jonathan Livingston Seagull loved to fly. --......

'Indian markets are on a strong wicket'

Image: Bombay Stock Exchange. Photograph, courtesy: BSE Given the volatility of the global marketplace, India is already on a strong wicket and well poised to provide a lucrative......

Happy Days complete 50 days

Sekhar Kammula's Happy Days, a simple tale of eight students and their four years in engineering college has captured the audience in a big way, doing phenomenally well in the United States and......

PIX: Aamir-Azad celebrate Kiran's birthday

Aamir celebrates Kiran's b-day... Sush runs into an old co-star... Akshay and Bhumi star in a toilet drama... Social media posts from Bollywood celebrities... Aamir Khan and son Azad celebrated......

Mumbai seek to return to winning ways vs Kings XI

Smarting from their morale-shattering seven-wicket loss against Rajasthan Royals, Mumbai Indians would look to put behind their disappointment and train their guns on a struggling Kings XI Punjab......

PHOTOS: Torch alights on Rio shore ahead of Olympic opening

- 'The expectations are huge... I think everything will go right, in terms of the Games as well as public safety.' IMAGE: Olympian Lars Grael (left) carries the Olympic flame aboard a Brazilian......

EPL title in the bag, Conte sets sights on FA Cup

‘We were not lucky, we did a great job’ ‘It is a great season but now we can win the FA Cup’ IMAGE: Antonio Conte of Chelsea celebrates with the fans. Photograph: Laurence......