'Cong using communal-secular divide to woo regional players'

Shambhu Srivastava began his career with the Communist Party of India but moved to the George Fernandes-led Samata Party in 1994, which eventually merged with the Janata Dal-United. As a close......

Suu Kyi and Rahul Gandhi's common link at Congress HQ

For two years beginning 1961, the Congress party's headquarters in New Delhi played host to Aung San Suu Kyi, Nobel laureate and leader of the non-violent movement for human rights and democracy in......

CIA director visits India, meets chiefs of RAW, IB

Central Intelligence Agency chief Leon Panetta has held a series of meetings with senior government officials in New Delhi. Official sources said Panetta, who also met with Intelligence Bureau......

CCS to meet post-verdict, PM's address likely

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will chair the meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security after the special bench of the Allahabad high court pronounces the Ayodhya verdict.The meeting, which is......