Ranil: we'll cooperate with all stakeholders in finding solution
| R.K. Radhakrishnan | He stresses need for involving MPs belonging to the TNA | The former Sri Lankan Prime Minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, at an interaction in The Hindu office in Chennai on Friday....

India conveys concerns to China
| Ananth Krishnan | China describes NYT report as groundless | Concern over China's issuing of stapled visas to citizens from J&K | BEIJING: India on Friday conveyed its concerns to China over what of...

Let panel choose my successor, says Ratan Tata
| Shonali Muthalaly | Ratan Tata | CAPE TOWN: "I'm looking forward to the freedom to do the things I've always wanted to do. I don't want to leave the company in a wheelchair, or in a box," said Ratan...

New law to check illegal migration
| Special Correspondent | Vayalar Ravi says the draft of the Bill is under discussion. | KANNUR: Union Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi has said that the Union government plans to int...

When a Muslim is singled out for denial of U.S. visa
| Vidya Subrahmaniam | An Assistant Editor with an English daily is the latest victim | New Delhi: "I can't go to the U.S., my name is Haq," says his blog. Zia Haq, an Assistant Editor with Hindustan ...

New Delhi, Seoul sign 2 MoUs on defence
| Special Correspondent | Defence Minister A.K. Antony inspects a guard | NEW DELHI: India on Friday emphasised need to maintain balance and restraint in the sub-continent even in the face of grave ch...

Task force to draft policy on antibiotics
| Aarti Dhar | NEW DELHI: The Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry has set up a task force for evolving a policy on use of antibiotics. The 13-member task force, chaired by the Director General of...

Court: Railways liable for footboard accidents also
| J. Venkatesan | NEW DELHI: The Railways is liable to pay compensation regardless of the negligence on the part of a passenger who falls to death while standing on the footboard of a train, the Supre...

PM to look into second Mumbai airport issue
| Special Correspondent | NEW DELHI: In the wake of the standoff between the Union and Maharashtra governments over granting environmental clearance for Mumbai's second airport, Prime Minister Manmoha...

My dream has come true: Sachin
| Madhur Tankha | NEW DELHI: For his glorious contribution to the gentleman's game, cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar was conferred the honorary rank of group captain by Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief M...

Unions' all-India stir on Tuesday
| Special Correspondent | NEW DELHI: Nine major trade unions, including the INTUC, AITUC and CITU, have called for an all-India strike by workers on September 7 to protest against "inaction" of the Un...

China to work with India on curbing tiger poaching
| Ananth Krishnan | BEIJING: India and China this week agreed to cooperate in sharing intelligence on illegal trade in tiger parts between the countries, which conservationists say is seriously endang...

Three pogroms held together by a common thread
| Vidya Subrahmaniam | Secular, democratic India has seen pogroms against all three significant minorities - Sikhs, Muslims and Christians. | - PHOTO: LINGARAJ PANDA | DECEPTIVE: An idyllic scene does...

Caste discrimination - U.K. Dalits win the argument, nearly
| Hasan Suroor | There's a palpable mood of optimism among Britain's 2,00,000-strong Dalit community as it waits for the Government to take a decision on its long-standing campaign for caste discrimin...

Debate on EVMs
| Ever since electronic voting machines were introduced, the occasional complaint of their vulnerability to tampering has been dismissed as being the usual rant of the desperate and the defeated. But ...

IOC qualifies despite losing a thriller
| Special Correspondent | CHENNAI: Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) qualified for the semifinals of the Airtel Rajsingh Dungarpur Corporate Trophy despite losing a thriller to Bharat Petroleum Corporation...

Income Tax enters semifinals
| Special Correspondent | IN FULL FLOW:Tanmay Srivastav took ONGC | BANGALORE: A clinical performance helped ONGC defeat State Bank of Patiala (SBP) by six wickets in the Airtel Rajsingh Dungarpur Cor...

Air India moves into semifinals
| Special Correspondent | HYDERABAD: Air India qualified for the semifinals of the Airtel Rajsingh Dungarpur Corporate Trophy, beating State Bank of Mysore by nine wickets at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium ...