There is no doubt United States President Barack Obama had a difficult task to perform in making his long-awaited Afghanistan speech recently. There has been a clamour of different voices urging......
In the first part of his two-part series, Making sense of the Af-Pak cauldron, Colonel Anil Athale outlined why the developments in the region can be called the second jihad. In this concluding......
Rajeev Srinivasan on why he fears Dr Singh's State visit to Washington, DC may be disastrous. In the old black-and-white Frank Capra film Mr Smith Goes to Washington an idealistic small-town man......
During his presidential campaign, then Senator Barack Obama repeatedly railed against the power and influence of lobbyists in the political process and vowed that, if elected President, no lobbyist......
Aziz Haniffa, National Affairs Editor, India Abroad, the Indian-American newspaper owned by rediff.com, and the dean of the Indian-American press, salutes the memory of John Kenneth Galbraith, the......
The 84th Annual Academy Awards have been announced. Here's a quick glance at the winners, listed in bold:Best Picture The ArtistThe DescendantsExtremely Loud & Incredibly CloseThe HelpHugoMidnight......
Battling poor form and placed in the bottom heap of the points table, former champions Deccan Chargers and Delhi Daredevils square off in what promises to be an evenly-matched Indian Premier League......
Back with a bang after a dismal start to the season, the Delhi Daredevils would look to carry on with their newly-gained confidence when they take on Deccan Chargers on home turf in New Delhi on......
As many as 350 leading cricketers from India and abroad will go under the auctioneer's hammer in Bangalore on January 8 and 9 when Indian Premier League franchises bidding for their services in the......
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