Visionary or eccentric? Admiral Bhagwat calls for a dominant role for the navy in nation-building

Circa 2000, India becomes the world's most illiterate country. Isn't it time we woke up?

The army chief won't speak to a commander, the navy chief is fighting his deputy, the air force is split imagine India's vulnerability.

...is a myth wrapped in an enigma around Hindutva. The faith is never breached.

As Badal and Tohra slug it out, the party veers towards a split

Britain's anti-terrorism legislation forces the Tigers to shift their international base to South Africa

While Japan might have stopped economic aid, it has placed no restrictions on Japanese entrepreneurs in India.

A beleaguered Sharif is co-opting the army into civil life, but critics, citing history, say the move may backfire

Clinton may cite strategic reasons, but will war in the Gulf cloud his impeachment troubles at home? Not really, as Republicans at home and the world condemn US airstrikes against Iraq.

Punjab farmers rue their unhappy fate as a skewed water resource system and technological saturation play havoc with their rice, wheat and cotton crops

An IA-AI merger bid comes a cropper as the airlines and the civil aviation ministry cross swords over disinvestment, fares...

Riding the free economy wave, former bureaucrats and technocrats jump on to the corporate bandwagon

The private sector stacks up its arsenal to lure the Great Indian Market. But can they take on the LIC and GIC?

Philips sells a unit to Videocon, but the union puts up a higher bid

After countless crores and 13 years sunk into treating the Ganga, the search is still on for a technology that can solve India's sewage crisis

Vaastushastra makes way for China's Feng Shui, the latest fad to 'heal' homes in urban India

Jyotirmoyee Sikdar, Dingko Singh...a heartening fightback by the Indians, despite officialdom

He is cricket's most powerful administrator. In a game where very few administrators have displayed a vision, he is at least credited with one. Reeling under a spate of reports hinting at a nexus between players and bookies, and     specially after two Australian players Mark Waugh and Shane Warne admitted accepting money from a bookie, ICC president Jagmohan Dalmiya speaks to Aniruddha Bahal over lunch on the match-fixing issue afflicting the game. At the ICC press conference that followed, Dalmiya spoke along similar lines. Excerpts:

Incisive essays on the BJP's political tic tac in a secular polity

Vintage Busybee: laugh your way thru a legend's bank of mirth