News for 'Sheela'

'Let all Indian languages wither away'

'The British Empire came to India too late and left too early. Without England, India would have been 20 republics and not better than the Afghanistan of today,' says Dalit activist Chandra Bhan.

HIV-positive mother seeks custody of son

Thrown out of her matrimonial home, an HIV-infected woman has knocked the doors of a Delhi court seeking custody of her 17-month-old son, allegedly snatched away from her by her in-laws, 13-days after her husband succumbed to the deadly disease.

Surprise! Sensex on a high but FIIs gain little

If the rupee falls further, it would negatively impact the dollar-based returns of foreign investors, and could influence foreign flows into India.

'There will always be disgruntled people'

'Terrorism creates suspicion among neighbours, suspicion among communities, which could be a major blow to India's otherwise widely hailed and widely recognized society'

4 Indian-Americans named 2006's Davidson Fellows

'India, Russia have a commonality of views'

'Russia is not out to violate what they see as their international obligations.' India's Ambassador to Russia Kanwar Sibal in an exclusive interview.

Poll diary: Time to appease the Gods

Election time forces candidates, friends and family to seek divine intervention.

Do you need to see a hypnotherapist?

'Earlier it was a stigma to discuss mental problems. But I get more patients for past life regression as in India people believe in rebirth and karma,' Dr Prakriti Poddar, who uses hypnotism to treat illnesses, tells A Ganesh Nadar.

India-China: 'More dangerous than before'

'Why has the peace been kept?' 'Basically because there is a balance.' 'Maybe they think that balance has changed.' 'People can make mistakes. People can miscalculate.' 'If that is the cause, then I think what we have done, matching their build-up, etc, it is giving a good account of ourselves in the face-offs.'

'The Congress is no match for Modi'

'Modi is now realising what kind of damage he has done to his image after 2002,' says social activist Achyut Yagnik.

'We cannot manage rising expectations'

'People are so much more aware of what is what. There is no degree of passivity today,' says National Security Adviser M K Narayanan.

Plea from across the LoC

Veerasami is vintage Rajendar

Veerasami is vintage Rajendar.

'The Taliban have returned'

'Their offices are in Pakistan. Some of their hideouts are in Pakistan,' says Afghan envoy Masood Khalili.

'The complexity of India is most appealing'

'We can't build nation with 19th century mindset'

'What more do the upper castes want?'

Delhi: Congress, BJP trade charges

Exclusive interview with National Security Adviser

'We have shown them what we are going to do. That we are willing to separate the civilian and military nuclear establishments.'National Security Adviser M K Narayanan in an exclusive interview.

'India was the greatest wastage of manpower'

India's economic growth does not match its intellectual prowess, but now the government and the private sector are waking up, says Hong Kong tycoon Ronnie Chan.

The real deal on the India-US deal