The Indian government has been involved in some problematic back-and-forths over the idea of relaxing regulatory curbs on foreign chain stores and supermarkets opening in the country, but now with the incumbent government facing increasing economic pressure and scandal criticism reform is back...
Updated: Saturday, September 22, 2012, 16:36
Written by: Maitreyee
There is something seriously disturbing about villages in the Raichur district of Karnataka. As stunted and malnourished children cry in hunger pangs and helpless parents look for support from authorities, story of Raichur...
Two Russian strategic nuclear bombers entered the U.S. air defense zone near the Pacific coast on Wednesday and were met by U.S. interceptor jets, defense officials told the Free Beacon.
It was the second time Moscow dispatched nuclear-capable bombers into the 200-mile zone surrounding U.S...
Alleged US Army doc: re-education camps and psy-op missions aimed at activists
An American military document just uncovered appears to detail an US Army plan that calls for detaining “political activists” at re-education camps staffed by military-hired “PSYOP officers”...
Why is Europe considered a continent when it's obviously part of Asia. India and Arabia have more claim in being continents geographically then "Europe", due to the fact that both of these geographic locations belong to separate tectonic plates.
Is it culture? well no.. since again Asia is...
Indian rebels warn of 'extreme steps' over Italian captive
This pictures shows an undated photograph made available on March 18, 2012, showing Italian national Paolo Bosusco (C) posing with tribal women at an undisclosed location in India.
Bhubaneswar, India Indian rebels holding an...
WASHINGTON: The Obama administration is threatening to impose sanctions on India over its continued economic ties with Iran amid disagreements between Washington and New Delhi over how much and how soon the latter is reducing oil imports from Iran.
India has "failed" to reduce its purchase of...
Indian Can't Shoot Straight
The leaked contents of a letter India's army chief sent to the prime minister sent shock waves around the country last week. In the letter, Gen. V.K. Singh warns that the military is obsolete and unfit to go to war. The government is furious about the leak.
The...
India's civil-military relations, steadily deteriorating for months under Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's Congress party-led coalition, has recently suffered a further setback. The new low follows a report, hinting at an aggressive show of force by a disgruntled army chief, General V K Singh...
Criminals control India*
New Delhi: In February, Indian anti-corruption activist Arvind Kejriwal stirred up a hornet’s nest by calling the country’s parliamentarians criminals.
Politicians erupted with fury, with one MP, Mulayam Singh Yadav, saying it was the anti-corruption...
USA teacher forced girl, 14, to urinate in bucket in front of classmates after refusing to let her go to toilet
A high school student claims her art teacher refused to give her a hall pass and forced her to urinate in a bucket in class instead.
The 14-year-old girl, who has filed a lawsuit...
MUMBAI: A 38-year-old man was arrested by the Saki Naka police on Saturday for murdering his elder sister by thrashing her at his residence in Chandivli.
The incident took place on Wednesday afternoon, following which the victim was hospitalized and died on Friday. The police said the...
Indian welfare fund not for debt-ridden citizens in UAE: Ravi
The Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs, Vayalar Ravi, has promised to use the Indian Community Welfare Fund in the UAE to set up a new crematorium and community centres in the UAE.
The minister said he would not commit even a...
Saudi Arabia raises Arab Light oil price to Asia
DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has raised the price of its flagship Arab Light crude oil for customers in Asia, who buy more than half of its crude exports, by $1.25 a barrel for April, while cutting prices for its heavy crude for European...
Afghan woman refuses to marry fiance, stabbed to death
A 22-year-old Afghan woman was murdered allegedly by her fiancee in a south Delhi guest house after she refused to marry him, police said on Sunday.
Paimana Khanjar was stabbed to death allegedly by Umaid in Shamsher Homestay guest...
Suicides proved to be Indian Army's biggest adversary than enemy's bullets last year with around 100 troops losing their lives in acts of self-annihilation against 65 in counter-insurgency and security operations.
"Suicides claimed 99 lives in the army last year. Of these, 23 cases were...
Goodbye, First Amendment: ‘Trespass Bill’ will make protest illegal
Washington: US park police detains a Christian religious activist during a pro-life demonstration in front of the White House in Washington on February 16, 2012. (AFP Photo/Jewel Samad)
Just when you thought the...
US Pacific Command head Admiral Robert Willard announced today that US special forces have been deployed to India, along with Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Maldives, as an effort to fight the Lashkar-e Taiba (LeT), a militant faction mostly active in Kashmir.
Though Willard was very clear...