India can offer its services to RESOLVE US-Iran row

New Delhi, as the only agent that enjoys trust in all the key capitals, must offer itself as a back-channel interlocutor, says Ajai Shukla Barely masked by the warm sunshine in Washington is a......

Israel PM cancels elections after deal with Oppn

In a dramatic move, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday cancelled early general elections after clinching a surprise deal with the main opposition party to form the largest-ever......

Elections 2009: Let the games begin

Imagine Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati and Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate L K Advani working out and pumping iron before competing against......

Fractured mandate in Israel general elections

In a setback to the fragile Middle East peace process, Israel's general elections threw up an inconclusive mandate on Wednesday, with both the centrists and the rightists claiming victory and a......