India should seek peace talks with Maoist rebels whose influence has spread to half the country and who threaten to undermine an economic boom, according to an internal report sent to the Government yesterday. The report, a copy of which was seen by...

Women and children in India have been ill treated in many rural parts of the country. There the women and children are attimes physically, mentally and economically tortured. Experts at The Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) (Boston) have found that...

NEW DELHI: India on Wednesday asked the United States not to take the responsibility of deciding if Iran was manufacturing nuclear weapons, in comments that came a day after its sharp reaction to Washington’s advice on bilateral relations with...

Violence marred the eve of a historic election intended to bolster peace in Nepal, as officials confirmed Wednesday the killings of at least eight people in three incidents in the tense western hill region. In a turning point for a country bled by a...

Indian real estate market is witnessing a spectacular growth due transformation of the Indian economy after the adoption of LPG. Foreign majors have also shown their keen interest in this sector. With the advent of LPG (liberalization, privatization...

Temperamental fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar was banned for five years by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) yesterday for repeated disciplinary violations. Board chairman Dr Nasim Ashraf told a news conference the suspension was imposed on the recommendation...

A gag order precluding former Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks [JURIST news archives] from speaking to the media expired on Sunday, but Hicks is reportedly “not interested at the moment” in speaking publicly about his detention. Hicks had...

Union Commerce Minister Kamal Nath on Monday said that the Central Government has decided to slash duties on the entire range of food items to contain the rising prices. Inflation rate zoomed to a 13-month high of 6.68 per cent during week ended March...

Under thick tropical rains on a rutted country road, a bus packed with ethnic Tamil families screeched to a stop here in eastern Sri Lanka. At a heavily fortified government checkpoint, the families were ordered off the bus. They were asked many...

Life has been hard as ever. No change or hope has come yet to us. People no longer talk about politics for fear of arrest, accusations, safety and other frightening things. But everybody desires to know something more and to talk freely about these...