'His interests were books, verse and politics'

Far away from the glare of publicity live Atal Bihari Vajpayee's family -- three sisters, nephews, nieces and their children.A large family proud of its bond with India's leader.Rediff.com's......

Harkat repays an old debt to LTTE in Lahore?

Six players of the Sri Lankan cricket team, which had arrived on a visit to Pakistan, are reported to have been injured and four policemen killed when 10 or more persons wielding hand-held weapons,......

Terrorists' new mantra: hand-held weapon, not bomb

In the terrorist attack by 10 Pakistani terrorists of the Lashkar e Tayiba in Mumbai from November 26 to 29, 2008, there were 163 fatalities. Five of these fatalities were caused by explosives and......

Al Qaeda is right under Musharraf's nose

Since 9/11, there has been hardly any jihadi terrorist strike anywhere in the world in which there was no Pakistani connection. Since 2002, there has been hardly any jihadi terrorist strike in......

Govt to liberalise FDI policy further: Pranab

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Friday the government is considering further liberalisation of FDI policy for meeting the ambitious $1 trillion fund requirement in the next five years for......

'Discussions on infra sector FDI policy underway'

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Friday said the government is considering further liberalisation of the country's foreign direct investment policy for attracting investment in the......

Eurozone crisis a danger to global recovery: India

India fears that a lingering debt crisis in the Eurozone could disrupt trade and lead to flight of capital from developing economies such as itself and end up derailing the fragile global economic......

Pranab eyes double-digit GDP growth in 2011-12

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee while reiterating on Monday that India's economy will grow at 8.5 per cent in fiscal year 2010-11, said, his target is to break the barrier of double digit growth......

Hotel Rwanda wins top Toronto prize

"One good man can defeat indescribable evil," director Terry Georgesaid a few days ago at the press conference for his low-profile film Hotel Rwanda at the Toronto International Film Festival. He......