According to more US diplomatic cables, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kumari Mayawati is a 'paranoid … egomaniac' obsessed with becoming prime minister, and with a very particular brand of
Infant deaths resulting from a recent clinical trial in India have led to a media outcry. But few have considered how explosive these revelations actually are, or the problematic use and application of the Right to Information Act.
The concept of kalapani – the ancient Subcontinental prohibition against crossing the seas, of which much has been made – does not mean that travel was unknown in earlier times in Southasia.
Following Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's much-awaited two-day visit to Dhaka, on 6-7 September, New Delhi's last-minute inability to sign a long-awaited
Surprise negotiations with ULFA aside, the Indian government’s effort to contain and control insurgency in Assam is unlikely to meet the hopes and expectations that have energised the peace process.
Politics in the Subcontinent often has a farcical element about it, with politicians posturing and preening and often ending up with a foot or two firmly ensconced in their mouths.
Afghanistan now has the honour of being the first country of the region to have its own remake of The Office, the hit UK TV series that has inspired copycat
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Feral fans
With umbrellas, water bottles, shoes and stones, infuriated Burmese fans at the Thuwunna sports stadium, in Rangoon, brought a 28 July World Cup qualifying match against Oman
