In his book The Art of Captaincy, Mike Brearley writes that a cricket team thrives due to a ‘dint of differentiation’. Not everybody can attack and not everybody can defend. For example, the openers’ role is to provide a solid start, the middle-or ....

Pankaj Advani and Vidya Pillai have expressed their dejection at what they perceive to be the sports ministry’s bias towards Olympic disciplines, to the detriment of other sports. None of Vidya, M. Chitra or Sourav Kothari, who had been recommended by the Billiards ....

Lahiri, who shot sub-par rounds on each of the four days, climbed up from No. 53 at the start of the week to No. 38. However, his career-best is No. 33 which he attained at the end of March this year soon after his twin triumphs at the Malaysian Open and Hero Indian ....

The weekend tour of two young IT professionals took a tragic turn when they met with a fatal accident at Udhanapalli near here at forenoon on Saturday. Eleven others were injured when the SUV in which they were travelling turned turtle. The victims were employees of ....

The high point of the first day’s engagement was Mr. Modi’s visit to Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, the world’s third largest mosque, leaving some powerful images for consumption by a domestic audience. His balance of the domestic and the foreign during th ....

"This indiscretion on the part of the police has seriously impacted the pride and morale of all ranks of the three services and the veterans," the letter says. Observing that they had not approached the Prime Minister on the issue of One Rank One Pension (O ....

“Those who are familiar with Abu Dhabi, will know what a gesture this is,” he said. “Anyone who has been neglected for 34 years has every reason to feel angry with me, but the Crown Prince not only received me at the airport himself, but also brough ....

This is the 10th consecutive day that Pakistan has violated the ceasefire. There have been 45 violations of the 2003 ceasefire accord in August and over 240 ceasefire violations along the Indo-Pak border this year. “There was unprovoked firing of small arms and ....

About a hundred people whose residences were damaged in the massive Tianjin blasts gathered on Monday for a protest to demand compensation from the government as the death toll from the disaster rose to 114 with 70 still missing. The blasts on Wednesday night originated ....

At least two bombs were found at the scene, said Maj. Gen. Weerachon Sukhondhapatipak, a spokesman for Thailand’s ruling junta. He said at least one had detonated. Thai PBS television said at least 15 people were killed. Weerachon said that some foreigners were ....