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May 6 2009
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...
May 6 2009
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...
May 6 2009
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...
May 1 2009
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...
May 1 2009
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...
Apr 29 2009
Arun Shourie, the senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader, sits today in the Rajya Sabha. He is one of India’s most distinguished journalists, the author of some 24 books. In his last work Are We Deceiving Ourselves Again?, he questions with his...
Apr 29 2009
Appealing to voters to stay away from Lok Sabha elections in Jammu and Kashmir, the moderate faction of the Hurriyat Conference on Tuesday said it considered holding of polls as a “futile and meaningless exercise”. The Hurriyat had never...
Apr 28 2009
Muslims in the Indian state of Gujarat, who bore the brunt of the religious riots in 2002 say they have been abandoned by the political parties in the on going Indian general elections, BBC reported on Monday. Anti-Muslim riots, sparked off by the...
Apr 23 2009
Centre questions timing of plea on black money
Apr 16 2009
The daughter of a humble government clerk father and a housewife mother, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati’s meteoric rise in Indian politics caught many unawares. An icon for India’s 160m Dalits - formerly the...