President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday parried questions on the possibility of early Lok Sabha polls saying it depends on how the parties and leaders behave, a statement that comes against the backdrop of the wash out of the monsoon session of Parliament.

ISRO on Sunday denied it is locked in a space war with China and said its Mars Mission was aimed at learning more valuable lessons as a scientific community.

Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray on Saturday claimed that he would solve all the problems facing the country, if he was given charge of the Indian Army.

Novy Kapadia

The Nehru Cup international tournament was started by the All India Football Federation to provide international exposure to the Indian players. The brainchild of erstwhile AIFF president the late K. Ziauddin and and late secretary Ashoke Ghosh, it was first held in Kolkata in January 1982.

John Wright

I met this young man in 2000 on the first trip to Kenya for the Champions Trophy and the first impression left a lasting one.

Former India captain Sourav Ganguly has backed Sachin Tendulkar to return to form amidst growing calls for retirement, saying that the Master Blaster is ‘by no means finished’ in international cricket.

Indian batsman Yuvraj Singh's keenly-awaited return after battling cancer ended with a damp squib as the first Twenty20 game against New Zealand was washed out on Saturday.

After winning his battle against a rare germ cell cancer, India's World Cup hero Yuvraj Singh would be the cynosure of all eyes when he starts his journey back to international cricket with the first Twenty20 match against New Zealand here on Saturday.

An explosion at a fireworks factory in southern India killed at least 10 people on Wednesday in the manufacturing hub of Sivakasi, reports said.

Two persons were injured when a slab of an under-construction Metro rail bridge caved in on Tuesday following two days of heavy rains in the metropolis.