Lounging in a rattan chair in a beach shack, playing footsie with the warm sand, feni and beer chaser playing games with the palate, myriad shades of orange as the sun sets into the sea, the promise of fish curry for dinner ... I close my eyes and 'Na Maangu Sona Chandi' echoes in my head, obliterating the hustle and bustle of the world

Shimla, Climate change is a topic that cannot be ignored or neglected anymore. It manifests in different ways and support from developed countries is required for developing countries, German Ambassador to India, Walter J. Lindner, said on Saturday.

"Germany and India have a long standing cooperation, especia

New Delhi, India cannot depend on other countries for defence technologies due to its stature, its geographical location as well as the security challenges it faces, said Defence Minister Rajnath Singh underscoring the importance of achieving
'Aatmanirbharta' (Self Reliant India) in defence.

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New Delhi,  While opposing Portugal and US led motion on Goa in the UN Security Council, India's representative had said that the "elimination of the last vestiges of colonialism in India" was an "article of faith" for the Indian people, "Charter or no Charter, security Council or no securi

New Delhi, The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday said that it has arrested Pavitra Pradip Walvekar, the promoter director cum CEO of Kudos Finance and Investment Private Limited, an NBFC company in connection with a prevention of money laundering case.

His arrest was made at Hyderabad by a team of ED offici

London, International reaction to India's annexation of Goa, hitherto a colony of Portugal, was at best mixed; indeed, quite hostile in western countries when it happened 60 years ago.

Keesing's Record of World Events, reveals the Portuguese delegate at the United Nations Dr Vasco Vieira Garin on December

Panaji, One could say that the seeds of revolution, which eventually freed Goa from 451 years of Portuguese colonial rule were sown in Berlin in the 1920s.

Ram Manohar Lohia, a young man from Akbarpur in Uttar Pradesh was grinding out a doctoral thesis on salt taxation in India at Berlin's Frederick Willi

A night at either of my grandmothers' houses was always magical, not the least due to the absence of electricity in Goan villages. One or two powerful petromaxes were lit in the main hall and dining room, and kerosene lamps all around the house, but usually not in the front veranda.

When we sat there in the darkness at a certa

Bengaluru, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Tejasvi Surya on Saturday criticised the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), saying the slow pace of construction of the Ejipura Flyover in the Karnataka capital reflects the inefficiency of the civic body.

Surya, who represents Bengaluru South constituency, inspec

Belagavi, (Karnataka)  Security of Kannadigas settled in Maharashtra is the government's responsibility, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said on Saturday.

Speaking to media persons about incidents of vandalism that rocked Belagavi on Friday night, he said: "Maintaining law and order in Karnataka