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External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee was taken aback when a woman from Chandigarh in a slinky black dress...

I have always been chary about HR initiatives in any company.

It is hard to imagine that Barack Obama has not been President of the US forever.

The arrival card I filled on the flight back to the Motherland had a mysterious new question.

‘Why Democracy Is Struggling in Asia’ was the cover story of a recent issue of TIME magazine.

More than a month after Benazir Bhutto’s first death anniversary...

You have a job,a part of that job is to watch TV news for an op-ed column,a part of TV news now is,and will be for sometime...

Killing stray canines taints us all. Sterilisation is the way ahead

In a letter this week (‘Fickle ties’),S.K. Shah from Delhi argued that,given the speed with which alliances are formed and broken,ideology or principles interest few....

C Raja Mohan | Raja-Mandala Washington ended speculation on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's travel plans by announcing that her first assignment abroad will be in Asia.

Harneet Singh | Fully Filmi Be it the daring climax scene in ‘Ek Chalis Ki Last Local’,the pitch-perfect performance of ‘Manorama Six Feet Under’ or the brazen chor act in ‘Oye Lucky Lucky Oye’,Abhay has

Bibek Debroy Towards the end of February,CSO will disseminate figures for Q3 of 2008-09 and one will know how bad the slowdown really is.

G S Vivek Established,popular faces of world cricket were in their official T-shirts,mixed with a variety of accessories.

Controvesy and the Padma awards have gone together for many years,we have done little to stem the erosion of prestige of India’s premier civilian honours.

Reservation for Muslims only help an elite sliver

The PM’s heart surgery was an open matter — but it wasn’t always so with heads of state

Politicians enter into one political alliance at breakfast; switch to another at lunch and cosy up to a third over dinner....

Deepak Narayanan I remember desperately wanting Nadal to challenge Federer for the top spot in 2007,even though he himself kept saying,and still does,that the Swiss superstar was the best the game had ever seen.

Shreya Chakravertty After more than 20 years in charge of Manchester United already,manager Alex Ferguson could easily fill books with football formations,smart transfers,and how best to impart the 'hair-dryer' treatment.

The editorial of the latest issue of Organiser,titled ‘Corruption taints CPM beyond repair’ reads: “It is not the first time the CPI(M) is facing corruption charges....

It would add prestige to the Commission if the commissioners are chosen through a procedure in which the President has the benefit of getting a recommendation from a committee that will reflect a bipartisan consensus

In an increasingly fragmented polity where multi-party coalitions are becoming the order of the day,the role of the Election Commission as a neutral umpire providing a level playing field is assuming ever greater importance

Uthra Ganesan LTDP is the latest buzz word in Indian sport -- it stands for Long-Term Development Programme,a grand idea to make the country a sporting power.

GS Vivek Cricketers such as Yuvraj and Sehwag who can pick their bats after a week and start whacking the ball around.

Bibek Debroy The Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) has said there will be 10 million job losses in the export sector by March.