BJP declines to relax Sena stare-down

Emboldened by general and state poll results, and Narendra Modi's appeal among voters, the Bharatiya Janata Party has declined former senior ally Shiv Sena's face-saving terms. Sanjay Jog......

Crackdown on Kashmir separatist leaders continues

Authorities on Thursday booked hard-line Hurriyat chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani under the stringent Public Safety Act and placed moderate Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umer Farooq under house arrest to......

Iran's hand in the Afghan mess

Part I: Al Qaeda and the Iranian ConnectionAyman al-Zawahiri was released in the summer of 1997. He joined Osama bin Laden in Jalalabad and re-established his links with the Iranians secretly. By......