US weapons for Russia, courtesy Taliban (Opinion)
By Asad Mirza
Indeed, war and political circumstances can make you sleep with your enemy, and despite different ideologies, they can also make opponents strange bedfellows.
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Sports Opinion/Comment 08:56 PMU19 Women's T20 WC: Incredible feeling, says Shafali Verma after leading India to the trophy
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Cinema/Showbiz Bollywood 12:58 PMDo it the way the South does: It works! (IANS Column: B-Town)
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Astro Zindagi (Weekly Horoscope)
By Neeraj Dhankher
Here is a guide to the week ahead for you. This is your forecast for January 30-February 5.
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Dynamics of Intelligence (Column: Spy's Eye)
By D.C. Pathak
Security is not a one-time event and is in need of a review at appropriate times depending on how much the strategic scene around the country would have changed and new factors affecting external and internal security of the nation would have cropped up.
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CLOSE-IN: Is the pen mightier than the sword in cricket? (IANS column)
By Yajurvindra Singh
The famous saying "The pen is mightier than the sword" comes to mind quite often in cricket. One does not use this phrase in a literary way in cricket but more as a verbal and mental dual between cricketers and the press. The press covers the spectrum of written and verbal cricket experts and critics.
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Ageing Dalai Lama attracts huge crowds to Buddhist sacred site (Opinion)
By Kalinga Seneviratne
The Dalai Lama, Tibet's spiritual leader, recently concluded a three-day speaking engagement at Bodhgaya, known as the 'land of enlightenment' that has attracted over 100,000 mainly Tibetans from across the world.
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Tripura polls: IPFT discussing seat-sharing with both ally BJP, opposition TIPRA
Guwahati/Agartala, Jan 22 (IANS) Tripura ruling coalition member Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT) has been holding seat-sharing talks with both current ally BJP and opposition Tipraha Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance (TIPRA) for the February 16 assembly polls.
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Finding causes to celebrate (IANS Column: B-Town)
By Vinod Mirani
The entertainment industry in India seems to be in a celebratory mood. So much seems to be happening with it, all at the same time.
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Pre-budget rally seems likely after last week's moves
By Arun Kejriwal
It was a tough week at the bourses and the benchmark indices gained on two of the five trading sessions. They ended with small gains for the week even though Dow had a poor showing.
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'Think 20' must work for both India's economic growth and security (Column: Spy's Eye)
By D.C. Pathak
All nations endeavour to safeguard their security and economic interests - in that order - and this is what foreign policy is all about. Foreign policy, by definition, is a product of national security and economic concerns, and diplomacy provides the means for implementing it.
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Astro Zindagi (Weekly Horoscope)
By Neeraj Dhankher
Here is a guide to the week ahead for you. This is your forecast for January 23-29.
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CLOSE-IN: Women's cricket - A rose by any other name would smell as sweet (IANS column)
By Yajurvindra Singh
The famous line by Juliet: "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet", from the play Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare, seems quite appropriate for cricket in India.
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Bengal Governor Ananda Bose to learn Bengali
Kolkata, Jan 19 (IANS) A.C.V. Ananda Bose, the new governor of West Bengal, will soon take Bengali lessons, sources said here on Thursday.
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Dhangri killings: Terror-aiding network continues to loom over J&K (Column: FairPoint)
By Deepika Bhan
The security system in J&K cannot be judged on the basis of one or a few incidents, said Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Jammu to the media. He said the aim and resolve of security agencies is to end militancy in the UT in the next few years.
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Will markets rally pre-budget now
By Arun Kejriwal
Markets opened with a gap at the start of the week on expected lines, but then lost on the next three consecutive days before a strong rear-guard action on Friday, the last day of the week saw markets regaining ground.
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India: The flavour of the season (IANS Column: B-Town)
By Vinod Mirani
Indian films, Hindi as well as regional, enjoy a certain overseas market. But that is limited to the Indian diaspora settled across various countries. Films help them keep in touch with their native country and also their native states, languages and culture.
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The new age is eroding the capacity to think (Column: Spy's Eye)
By D.C. Pathak
Human beings have been given the rare gift of 'discretion' which can be defined as the 'pause' one makes to allow for application of mind before some 'action' was initiated in response to a situation. In a way this is the exercise of option in 'decision-making' based on a quick evaluation of pros and cons of what had been noticed or reported. This is a cerebral call.
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Astro Zindagi (Weekly Horoscope)
By Neeraj Dhankher
Here is a guide to the week ahead for you. This is your forecast for January 16-22.
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Bashar al-Assad, a pariah no more (Opinion)
By Asad Mirza
Russia, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have initiated plans to start talks with Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, an unthinkable step till date, and establish peace once again in the war-torn nation.
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Relief rally in the offing - Extent of same debatable
By Arun Kejriwal
Trading in the calendar year began on a positive note with markets gaining on the first two trading sessions. They lost ground on the next three sessions with Friday witnessing a sharp sell-off.
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A scam called film reviews (IANS Column: B-Town)
By Vinod Mirani
Film critics too can have a history. Really? Of course they do and it is a long one. Not surprisingly, it is a chequered history with mostly grey shades.
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India for world peace (Column: Spy's Eye)
By D.C. Pathak
One of the great foreign policy feats of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is that he stood upfront on the military conflict between Russia and Ukraine -- sparked by the launch of Russian military operation in February 2022 to support the Russian-speaking eastern provinces of Ukraine against the alleged suppression of their rights by Ukraine -- and took a line that both sides had concerns which should be resolved through peaceful negotiations.
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Astro Zindagi (Weekly Horoscope)
By Neeraj Dhankher
Here is a guide to the week ahead for you. This is your forecast for January9-15
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Bridging India's edible oil gap with mustard oil (Opinion)
By Vivek Puri
India has always been a predominantly agricultural economy and even today, around 70 per cent of the population is engaged either directly or indirectly in agriculture.
