On this day in history, Charles I ascended the English throne in 1625. Medical history was made in 1914 with the first successful non-direc...

February 25 holds a special place in history. On this day, Pope Pius V excommunicated Elizabeth I in 1570. Samuel Colt patented his revolve...

The Bulganin-Khrushchev visit established the foundations of close Indo-Soviet collaboration of which the Bhilai Steel Plant and IIT Bombay...

Everyone seems to think that by simply changing a name, everything changes. But calling a Burma 'Myanmar' or a pig 'bear' doesn't change th...

France responded on Sunday by stating its "full solidarity" with all the allied countries affected, which it said had acquired their indepe...

The conversation took place at a time when the US was breaking ice with China, taking advantage of the Sino-Soviet split amid lukewarm ties...

- 1962: Cuban missile crisis - In October 1962, at the heart of the Cold War, a 13-day showdown between Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev and...

Over the past several years, a number of states have barred anyone having more than two children from contesting panchayat and municipal el...

Over the course of the last half-century, I have had numerous opportunities to watch India’s evolution, first from the vantage point of a s...

One of key reasons for the Sino-Soviet split was Chinese Communist Party’s aggressive posture in Eurasian region. In 1959 when Khrushchev a...

While the Moscow has formed closer partnership Beijing as part of their global strategy to counter USA, the two do not share similar views ...

"You have had good relations with India for many years. Suddenly, here is a bloody incident, as a result of which Nehru found himself in a ...

For many MPs, the larger worry wasn’t autocracy but the throw back to Soviet Union and Yugoslavia during a budget session meant to debate r...

Amid the crisis in Ukraine, India today said Russia has "legitimate" interests there and they should be discussed to find a satisfactory so...

Fidel Castro recruited former Nazis to train Cuban troops at the height of the Cold War, according to newly released German secret service ...

Advani wanted to know why is the Congress President "totally silent on the issue of black money, on the issue of corruption, on the issue o...

There is a long way to go for democracy to come of age in Russia, says Nina L Khrushcheva, the great-granddaughter of Nikita Khrushchev.