India needs a national government
THERE seems to be developing a crisis within the National Democratic Alliance (NDA). The BJP (Indian People’s Party) and Janata Dal (United) are threatening to split on the issue of selecting the next Prime Ministerial candidate. The race for occupying the PM’s post after the next general election is in full swing. One wonders why. There are a few aspirants openly in the fray. Others are lurking in the shadows

Governance after next Indian elections
NEW DELHI: Peace in Kashmir is shattered by a terrorist attack in Srinagar. Italy has treated India with contempt by refusing to return two marines after its Ambassador gave a solemn pledge to our Supreme Court.

Corruption alleged in Italy-India defence deal
NEW DELHI: Italian investigators probing corruption by middlemen in various defence deals stumbled upon a taped conversation between some of them related to the Indian VVIP helicopter deal negotiated by the Augusta Westland firm

Indian media, and not politicians, fanned hostility to China in 1960s
For years while Nehru foolishly kept chanting Hindi-Chini Bhai Bhai, the Chinese were steadily preparing for war.