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PM snubs chief minister Chandy

The Prime Minister Manmohan Singh chose...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

The Italian Marines are coming back!

On a day when our political class tripped...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

How India's Italian wound turned gangrene

India's traditionally close and friendly...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Italy forces India to see the light of reason

Indian federalism is indeed taking a...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Plucky Pakistan puts India to shame

The contrast couldn't be sharper between...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

India-China shibboleths take time to dissipate

Two years back at a rare colloquium I...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Obama, Putin keep the pot simmering

The Kremlin statement on the telecon...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Russian navy returns to Mediterranean

If you happen to read what I just read,...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Miles to go before the 2014 poll

The annual Indian budget remains an old...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

It is payback time for Italy. Period.

From all appearance, the blame game has...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

It is payback time for Italy. Period.

From all appearance, the blame game has...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Russia gets free hand to calm Syria

An impression has formed lately that, as...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Italian scandal: Arms and the man

The bribery scandal related to the 2010...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Breaking taboo -- holy cows and horses

Breaking taboos is easiest when one does...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Who's afraid of Russia's communists?

By any reckoning, the news from Russia...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Why Obama is heading for Israel

President Barack Obama’s decision to...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

War on terror thrives under Obama's watch

The French military intervention in Mali...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Red Star over Narendra Modi

The Congressmen may regard Rahul Gandhi...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

'Smart power' vis-a-vis Pakistan

A full-spectrum Indian response to the...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Two takes on India's protests

In a recent article in Newsweek magazine,...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

US bribes the Muslim Brothers

I am now willing to wager that one day...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Who is keeping the Army on the boil and why?

Who is working behind Army chief’s early...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Will DMK make Ram Setu issue UPA's next pressure point?

After tasting success in pushing the...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

'St. Antony' versus unruly army generals

I had written a fortnight back that the...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Will the government sack Gen Singh?

The corridors of Parliament and South...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Mao loses, Long live Maoism!

I am not a ‘China watcher’, but as an...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Israel, China in 'oom-pa-pa' beat

The External Affairs Minister...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Will Dinesh Trivedi become Mamata's fall guy?

The Trinanmool Congress has opposed...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Lenin is smiling!

Russia's regional policies take a...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

India's MMRCA deal unravels

The Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Akhilesh has got his crown, when will Rahul take his?

With Akhilesh wearing the crown, the big...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

China skips Tunis meet on Syria

Beijing has turned down the invitation to...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Italy steps up pressure on Delhi

Italy is stepping up its demarche that...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Italy digs in regarding navy men

Almost all major English newspapers in...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Chandy has nothing to fear but fear itself

Taking part in a discussion on a leading...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Syrian ghost at Indian, Pakistani doorstep

The Arab League is faltering since the...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Antony's Saudi visit is ill-timed

The pedestrian nature of the...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Beginning of endgame in Koodankulam

The Tamil Nadu Chief minister...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

India categorically rejects Iran oil sanctions

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has set...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Silver lining in the Iran situation

The week ahead promises to be of...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

American Islam on the march in Middle East

Qatari prime minister Sheikh Hamad bin...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Iran calmly reacts to EU’s oil sanctions

Iran has spoken defiantly about the...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

China tiptoes to petrodollar recycling

The currency swap agreement between China...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Pakistan in no hurry for Taliban talks

Pakistan’s refusal to receive Marc...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

US needs (deserves) a fearless president

The Sunday Times has a history of delving...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

India-China ties and poker games

A weekend with positive tiding in...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Undoing I K Gujral's legacy

This is the first time in over two...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

China can help US-Taliban parleys

The opening of the Taliban office is big...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Pakistan scoffs at US-Taliban talks

To say Iran has an important role to play...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

US, Iran discard war drums, return to diplomacy

The standoff between Iran and the United...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Japan, China view post-American century

Japan is famous as a country that places...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Turkey gives Russia run into Europe

The yearender in the geopolitics of...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

The high-stakes Russian roulette

A critical phase has begun in Russian...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Imran Khan's great leap forward

The reports coming in speak of a tsunami...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Can Ajit Singh and the Congress break the jinx?

RLD chief Ajit Singh will be inducted as...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Hazare magic works, and is for all time!

The picture on the lead story in the...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Did Wal-Mart spend a fortune lobbying for India entry?

As per the lobbying disclosure reports...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Cost of intervention in Syria rises

Russia’s First Deputy Prime Minister...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Turkey is ready to invade Syria

Turkey and its western allies are...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Russia deploying warships in Syria

Russia is deploying warships at its base...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Will Kanimozhi get new role in DMK after her release from jail?

The news of Kanimozhi getting bail after...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Pakistan-US ties nosediving

So, has the final countdown begun in the...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

India should speak out on Iran sanctions

Why is India going so wobbly in the legs...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Manmohan Singh in Bali: Balance sheet

The Russians have been proven right about...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Stop this spin on nuclear liability law!

Maybe, Justice Markandey Katju, chairman...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

More Chinese criticism against India

The Chinese media criticism of Indian...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

The Mathai Doctrine poses problems

These are times when Indian foreign...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

The Delhi Durbar is crumbling

The Delhi Durbar looks curiouser and...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Kabul and the beer halls in Delhi

Adversarial relationships should never be...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

China sizes up Modi? India's Left upset?

Did China’s top Communist and government...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

How to ride a paper tiger, tackle a dragon

In a nutshell, US president Barack...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

A K Antony needs to make a tough choice

The mystique of Thiruvananthapuram never...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Mind reading in Kabul

According to the Pentagon, India trains...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

India's 'Act East' policy gets attention

The Indian tri-colour flag is, finally,...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Pawar's patch-up with Sonia green light for Lavasa project?

Five days after NCP chief and Agriculture...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Why can't Mamata learn from Jayalalithaa?

Jayalalithaa and Mamata Banerjee became...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

US bracing for a fight in Persian Gulf

There is greater clarity today than at...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Will Rahul Gandhi come to aid of Omar Abdullah?

The row over Jammu and Kashmir chief...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

A Pakistani Erdogan in the making

This may seem bizarre, but it is strictly...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

China stresses ‘non-political cooperation’ with Pakistan

Last week, China gave some well-meaning...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

A grand bargain over Kashmir, Afghanistan

Don't take it as a brain teaser from the...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Duelling narratives on cross-border terrorism

Cross-border terrorism is a...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Is Priyanka's Buddhist outlook influencing Rahul?

A day ago, Congress general secretary...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Ten over-rated (Delhi-based) Indian thinkers

How nice to read the American...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Obama sends combat troops to Africa

A contingent of 'combat-equipped'...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Pakistan winds up its war on terror

The WaPo report that Pakistan’s...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Hazare's writing on the Hisar wall

They may tweet, they may come up with...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Kalam could take Bidwai along

The 80-year old former president Abdul...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Panetta admits Kashmir-Afghan linkage

The consultations of Marc Grossman, US...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Barack Obama's Hazare moment

With the legacy of a beautiful friendship...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Pakistan is the real victim of Bush's war

Reading Peter Treston in The Guardian...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

India's moment of truth in Afghanistan

Recently I read an extraordinary book on...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Why is Modi trying to be Don Quixote?

Can you dream of becoming Prime Minister...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Haqqanis don't divide US and Pakistan

The transcript of US secretary of state...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

This is Yousuf Gilani's finest hour

The triumphalism in Pakistan PM Yousuf...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Iraq joins the US supply chain

Invasions need to be self-financing and,...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

US blinks, makes overture to Pakistan

Pakistan has sat out the US pressure...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Is Advani like Sourav Ganguly?

Has senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Taliban did offer bin Laden trial

Perhaps, by the time the 25th anniversary...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Is BJP still confused about Anna Hazre?

The BJP is back to hair-splitting on...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

The roots of 9/11 attacks

Conspiracy theories inevitably follow...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

China expands Central Asia pipeline

In the last 1990s, when China first began...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Karzai capitulates to US pressure

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has been...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Peering at China through Australian eyes

In the past one week traveling across...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

India, Belarus fertiliser tie-up under cloud

Is there an American 'mole' in the Indian...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

India walks tight rope on Syria

Russia seems to be edging away gradually,...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

60 Russians, Yeddurappa and NSG guidelines

It is now abundantly clear that the...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

US may bring 'Sangh Parivar' under scanner

The legislative process in the United...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Khar walks away laughing

The morning after an India-Pakistan...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

A Fai-style US crack down on 'Sangh Parivar'?

After Ghulam Nabi Fai, it may well be the...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Was Krishna's desire to address media along with Khar nixed?

South Block officials said to have nixed...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

60 Russians join Modi in the US blacklist

Washington has reportedly put some 60...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Clinton spoke out of line in Chennai

High-level visits are a treat to the...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Mystique of Lahore's failed 'colour revolution'

The jury is still out on how the Arab...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Will Salman help 2G accused get out of jail?

Looks like the government is beginning to...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

'I am the army'

The fog of war thickens in the final...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Is it the endgame for Pak Taliban?

The so-called Pakistani Taliban led by...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

US-Pakistan tussle over Shamsi air base

The control of Shamsi air base in...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Indo-Pak rhetoric rears head again

The statement by the chairman of the...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Petraeus' Taliban POWs were not really Taliban

There have been three conflicting...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Did India vote 'yes' or 'no' at the IAEA?

The Indian vote at the IAEA meet on Syria...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Is Dayanidhi Maran in deep trouble?

Once a trouble shooter for his...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Sushma blames Jaitley for Bellary brothers' rise

A serious fighting has broken out among...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Will Congress apply balmy touch on Karunanidhi?

The Congress may not be ready to jettison...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Osama brings China, Pakistan, US closer

The first signs of the shifts in the...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Obama in hurry to reconcile Mullah Omar

All sorts of indications have been coming...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

US-Russia reset hits the skids

The United States President Barack Obama...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

China counsels US how to handle Pakistan

Prima facie, by the yardstick of China’s...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Pakistan reaches out to Persian Gulf region

Three Pakistani high-level delegations...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Strategic partnerships are a scam

The non-governmental committee headed by...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Russian troops return to Afghan border

I remember a February morning in our...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Osama leaves PM's aman ki asha in tatters?

Congress sources say it will be difficult...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

US, Pakistan to remain allies

The White House Press Secretary Jim...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Russia takes India's MMRCA decision calmly

Amidst the temper tantrums and wailings...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

A K Antony gains sainthood

Whether the sudden exit of US Ambassador...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

The men behind Mumbai terror attack

The wheel of justice may turn slowly, but...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

It pays to be less hegemonistic

Amazing that two heavyweights of the...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Tide has turned in Jammu and Kashmir

Even statistics that usually stare back...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Ban Ki-Moon on a hot tin roof

The 3-day visit by UN Secretary-General...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Will the Congress let Anna Hazare succeed?

The government may have caved in before...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Britain steps in to ‘reset’ US-Pakistan ties

The ’special relationship’ between the...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Poonam gives a lesson to PR specialists!

As the 19-year-old, who participated in...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Pastor Jones and a dreaded ghost

Special United Nations envoy Staffan de...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Persian Gulf gets a provider of security

Thevisit by Bahrain Foreign Minister...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Israel's tirade against India-Iran oil deal

The US-Israeli axis to pressure India is...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Once a bully, always a bully!

Hardly have the WikiLeaks disclosures...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Why Turkey recalibrated its Libya stance

Turkey continues to ride a high horse on...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Turkey’s dogfight with US

The announcement in Ankara Tuesday that...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Is the Quad idea still bugging India?

Some ideas never quite die. They may go...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Fathers and sons - Salman Taseer & Aatish

Aatish Taseer, estranged son of Salman...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Gates outlines US war strategy on Libya

US defence secretary Robert Gates threw...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Rahul and Varun to stay off poll campaign?

The young Gandhis -- may not campaign in...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Gates tries to mollify Moscow over Libya

US secretary of defence Robert Gates’...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Karan Thapar got the wrong guy

When I read Hindu newspaper excerpts of...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970

Blog: India can borrow from EU, Russia

Over one month has passed since the...
India News Thu, Jan 1, 1970
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