The Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh today regretted the incidents of violence in Ludhiana which left one Congress leader seriously injured. This was the second incident of violence against the Congress leaders in the Shimlapuri area. Block Congress...

Armed with the relevant official file, the BJP leadership presented what is termed as “clinching” evidence that chief minister Mr Naveen Patnaik signed files related to the iron ore mining lease for the South Korean steel major Posco in the midst of...

Hours after Nepal’s Prime Minister resigned last week on the question of civilian supremacy over the army, a videotape of a speech he made to PLA combatants 18 months ago was leaked to the media. The aim was to discredit Prachanda since the speech...

He is one of the richest candidates who have contested for the Lok Sabha (the elected lower house of Indian Parliament) polls from Assam in Northeast India. A lottery baron-turned-politician, who has already won three times from the Tezpur parliamentary...

NEW DELHI: He has a mission but no ambition, says Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi as speculation mounts about whether he will be the Narendra Modi BJP leader Narendra Modi greets the crowd at a rally in Faridabad. (AP File) Bharatiya Janata...

The international Red Cross confirmed “dozens of bodies” on Wednesday in graves and rubble where Afghan officials alleged U.S. bombs killed civilians, and the Afghan president said his first meeting with President Barack Obama would focus on...

Nepal’s peace process has been transiting from one crisis to another. The latest one has been precipitated by the Maoists who are heading the popularly elected coalition government, by sacking the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Katwal. The cabinet...

A United Nations inquiry into attacks by Israeli forces on UN property during the Gaza conflict four months ago has heavily criticised Israel’s army. It found Israel to blame in six out of nine incidents when death or injury were caused to people...

On the day his constituency went to vote, BJP’s prime ministerial candidate L K Advani sparked off a debate with two radical ideas – making voting compulsory and fixing the terms of the Lok Sabha and assembly elections so that even if a government...

Indian Air Force helicopters roared in the sky, the thumps of the heavy boots of security personnel pierced the uneasy calm, but voters were only a handful in most areas of the state’s Maoist belt Thursday. A massive security apparatus was put...