'Politics is playing a very big role in keeping communities apart in terms of religion,' says Sri Sri Ravi Shankar.
Sri Lanka's slain foreign minister Lakshman Kadirgamar will be publicly cremated in the capital on Monday with state honors, a cabinet member said on Saturday.\n
'What we are about to watch in Australia is a mid-table contest -- 3rd versus 5th in the ICC Test championship table.' 'Both teams seem full of flaws.'
'Their offices are in Pakistan. Some of their hideouts are in Pakistan,' says Afghan envoy Masood Khalili.
In the endlessly entertaining and absorbing soap opera that is India-Sri Lanka relations, wait for the next episode, Aditi Phadnis reports.
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An armed forces tribunal has ordered payment of Rs 10 lakh compensation to the widow of a jawan, who died of injuries suffered during a loo break, ruling that a soldier going to toilet while on work was very much on duty.
President Pranab Mukherjee administered the oath of office and secrecy to Justice Kehar at the Darbar Hall of Rashtrapati Bhawan.
'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.
The emergency has been extended another month amidst campaign for the presidential elections to be held in November.
'We all know that when the Babri Masjid was demolished, P V Narasimha Rao was prime minister.' 'He did not do anything to stop the demolition.'
Anura Bandarnaike, Sri Lanka's Foreign Minister is to visit New Delhi to visit Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
The talks will be the first high-level meeting between the two sides since the peace process stalled in 2003.
Tamil Tigers agree to peace talks with Sri Lankan government
Sri Lanka's peace broker Norway on Wednesday held a crucial meeting with a top rebel negotiator in London. \n
President Chandrika Kumaratunga made an appearance at the Independence Square Park where the Tamil leader was cremated.
India on Saturday strongly condemned the assassination of Sri Lankan foreign minister Lakshman Kadirgamar, describing it as a 'heinous act' of terrorism by those seeking to undermine the island nation's unity and political stability.
Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga on Saturday imposed a state of emergency to deal with the aftermath of the assassination of her foreign minister Lakshman Kadirgamar.
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has condemned the assassination of Sri Lanka's foreign minister Lakshman Kadirgamar as a 'senseless murder and vicious act of terror' and urged Sri Lankans not to let it lead to resumed civil war.\n
'This is not a simple enemy. It has an organisation and money spread all over the world. It has 3,000, 4,000 suicide bombers,' says Afghan Ambassador Masood Khalili.
'Afghanistan needs not to be abandoned, not to be forgotten,' says Afghan ambassador Masood Khalili.
He also said that India would have to drive home the advantage on the fact that the world is now convinced of its views on terrorism from across the border by continuing to put forth its views on this matter.
"You can change friends but not neighbours," Atal Bihari Vajpayee famously said this 15 years ago.
'You cannot bring down a nation by killing a few people. Certainly not in a country like India,' says National Security Adviser M K Narayanan.
Fidel Castro meets Vice President Hamid Ansari for an unprecedented meeting. Nikhil Lakshman reports from Havana.
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'The theory of karma and the principle of dharma go hand in hand,' says Sri Sri Ravi Shankar.
Police arrest 12 Tamils in connection with minister's slaying
Atleast seven persons were arrested in Colombo on Saturday during search operations following the assassination of Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar, a senior army commander said.
The 'Ram Baraat' will leave for Janakpur from Ayodhya on Dec 8, and the marriage ceremony of Lord Ram and Sita will be held in Nepal on Dec 16.
'Flattering press, nice photos, no major gaffes.' 'Both sides will be very happy as they are clearly measuring 'success' by a different yardstick than the world used in the past.'
Maneka Gandhi also received flak for her comments about "Biharis" on the TV show.
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