Herat strike overshadows peace bid
Heavily-armed terrorists attacked the Indian consulate in Herat on Friday and were repulsed by the Indo-Tibetan Border Police guards stationed at the diplomatic outpost in western Afghanistan. With both India and Afghanistan dropping veiled hints of the possible involvement of Pakistan-based... read more »
Today’s BIG release: Rajinikanth’s Kochadaiiyaan
Rajinikanth fans, rejoice – the much-delayed Kochadaiiyaan, an animated film using motion capture, is finally here. Directed by Rajini’s daughter Soundarya R Ashwin, Kochadaiiyaan is expected to release across 6000 screens worldwide and in multiple languages. Down South, shows begin as... read more »
Nawaz Sharif at Narendra Modi’s Swearing In? Pakistan’s RSVP To...
New Delhi – Pakistan has said it will announce today whether its Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will attend Narendra Modi’s oath ceremony as India’s next Prime Minister on Monday. “He can also nominate someone to represent him. That doesn’t violate protocol,” a... read more »
For Narendra Modi’s Swearing In, Security Tighter Than R-Day
New Delhi – Narendra Modi’s swearing in as India’s next Prime Minister on Monday will take place under extraordinary three-tier security. Roads near the presidential palace, Rashtrapati Bhawan, will be closed four hours before the event and offices in the area will be shut by... read more »
Alliance in trouble, Chandrababu Naidu to speak to Narendra Modi today
Hyderabad – The 11-day-old alliance between the BJP and Chandrababu Naidu’s Telugu Desam Party seems headed for trouble over candidates being fielded by the BJP. Mr Naidu is... read more »
Moderate to brisk polling in Karnataka
Voting began on a moderate to brisk note this morning in the single-phase elections for 28 Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka amid tight security. In the initial two hours, the voting percentage... read more »
Today is India’s biggest voting day
Voters lined up at 7:00 am in 121 constituencies across 12 states where more than 16.61 crore voters are eligible to cast ballots. 45 of the 121 seats that will be decided today are... read more »
Why battleground Varanasi is different
Election time is a strange period for working out the relation between the stated and the unstated. The language of realism helps articulate the obvious. Realism claims to be pragmatic,... read more »
Crimea on bumpy road to becoming a Russian province
Natalia Rudenko’s ears were still ringing from being shouted at by a father demanding that the Ukrainian-language school she has run for 17 years in Crimea’s capital now teach in Russian... read more »
