The Real War in South Asia
Column by Dr. Richard L. Benkin Dinajpur police confirm attack on village Trained as a social scientist, I learned that if a factor appears in event after event, ignoring it is intellectually dishonest and ineffective More...
India, Pakistan seal accord to ease visa restrictions
Report by Annie Banerji, NEW DELHI | Sat Dec 15, 2012 3:15am IST (Reuters) – India and Pakistan sealed an agreement to ease tough visa restrictions for travellers on Friday as the nuclear-armed neighbours More...
Peace, but with justice
Column by M.J. Akbar - Since an improvement in bilateral relations was clearly not on Pakistan interior minister Rehman Malik’s agenda, why did he come to India? There has to be some rational reason. Tourism offers More...
Rajiv Gandhi assassination: criminals rewarded?
The Rajiv Gandhi assassination is a story that refuses to disappear. Like the Kennedy assassination and that of Abraham Lincoln a century earlier new theories keep cropping up. Here is a report by Sam Rajappa, More...
Malaysian authorities deport Saudi scribe ahead of court injunction against extradition
Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA – Country’s Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein on Monday has defended his government’s decision to deport Saudi journalist Mohammad Najeeb A. Kashgari, also known as Hamza More...
At the drop of a tear
Column by M.J. Akbar – Tears are a fragile weapon in public life. Their success rate is so low that it is rarely wise to display them. People check what kind of tears they are. Sentiment can be a powerful More...
Appeasement or Surrender: Where is India Headed?
“The murky campaign that scuttled Salman Rushdie’s program raises questions about its will to fight terrorism. The Gandhi family’s secrecy and diversion over issues that affect national security and world More...
PC fate now depends on SC verdict on probe
The bitter infighting between the two senior UPA Ministers — Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Home Minister P Chidambaram — reached Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s doorsteps on Monday as she stepped More...
Opposition blames government for security failure
New Delhi (IANS) – Blaming the government for lax security, opposition parties Wednesday demanded a thorough probe into the blast outside the Delhi High Court that claimed nine lives. “Terrorists come More...
We don’t know who attackers are: Chidambaram
Home Minister Mr. Chidambaram New Delhi (IANS) – It was not possible at this stage to identify the terrorists who exploded a bomb outside Delhi High Court Wednesday killing nine people, Home Minister More...
