Underlining that the Obama administration has made a 'strategic priority' to strengthen its partnership with Pakistan, United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said the US efforts in that country was vital for American success in Afghanistan.
India's Formula One debutant Karun Chandhok, who got his super licence on Sunday, says he'd like to see seven-times champion Michael Schumacher beat Hamilton this season.
Karun Chandhok has no illusions about what awaits him this weekend when India's sole Formula One driver makes his debut barely a week after sealing the deal. His new Spanish-based HRT team, formerly Campos Meta, have not even conducted a shakedown test of the Cosworth-powered car after narrowly winning a race just to get it ready for the Bahrain season-opener.
The chain of events set off by 'August 9, 1953' has swept away many illusions, demolished quite a few landmarks and woven an altogether new tapestry of the Centre-state relationship, says Mohammad Sayeed Malik.
The 35-year-old designer is hoping that at least 15,000 people will eat at their local Indian restaurants on February 24 to show their support. Dinners will be held in Amsterdam, Thailand, Malaysia and all Australian capital cities.
'The BJP suddenly seems vulnerable. This is not entirely surprising. In the past too, governments and leaders who won a thumping Lok Sabha majority lost popularity in a matter of months... The by-polls results shows that a degree of disenchantment with the Modi government is setting in,' says Praful Bidwai.
Industry growth has started picking up in recent months fueling suggestion from RBI and other analysts for partial roll back of stimulus measures taken to ward off the impact of global economic slowdown last year.
'The Panchsheel Agreement is unique in the annals of international relations as it stands out as a bizarre illustration of a prime minister trading his country's crucial national interests solely to buffer his personal international image,' feels R N Ravi.
'Until India fully absorbs the fundamentals of international relations, it will continue to get evil for good,' says Brahma Chellaney.
With its chatty, disgruntled, delusional group of characters, You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger could very well be a quirky animated movie.
'Anti-incumbency, especially in Maharashtra; the BJP's success in creating a new social coalition; and the sheer force of the party's campaign which overwhelmed its opponents,' argues Praful Bidwai, brought the BJP victory in Haryana and Maharashtra, not the Modi effect.
L K Advani has less to lose because he has actually lost what is vital in politics. His support base within the party is lost because the party thinks Advani can't help the BJP regain power. Since Modi is vulnerable, Advani, now and then, hits the headlines. Rediff.com's Sheela Bhatt explains the Advani Affair.
As Maharashtra and Haryana show, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Amit Shah completely control the BJP and are taking it to the next level ruthlessly, without carrying forward any past baggage.
Amid conflict reports on pulling out its troops from Afghanistan, the US made it clear that it has no intention of leaving the war-torn country in the near future and "certainly not in 2011".
Wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik came, saw and left in a hurry - all in the span of 24 hours - knowing his 23rd Test appearance would take some more time before materialising.
Sudarshana Dwivedi looks back at her encounter with the legendary Dev Anand.
'The intrusion in Chumar, during and beyond the Chinese president's visit, is unprecedented and has qualitatively changed the tone of the India-China relationship,' says Jayadeva Ranade, a member of the National Security Advisory Board.
The Communist Party of India-Marxist on Sunday defended West Bengal government's action in swapping women Maoist supporters with a police officer held captive by the Naxalites and said it did not consider the extremists as Leftists.
Defending his decision to release 26 women "agitators" in exchange for a police officer abducted by Maoists, West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee described it as an exception and warned the extremists that they would be taught a lesson in future.
An influential Republican Congressman has opposed the idea of sending more troops to Afghanistan, saying this is unlikely to be successful and instead pressed for a more civilian approach with focus on development and democracy in tune with the local culture.
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'Since Pranab Mukherjee is the Custodian of the Constitution, he should present practical ideas to solve the problems he has been so outspokenly highlighting,' feels Sudheendra Kulkarni.
United States President Barack Obama on Tuesday warned time is running out to fight global warming but said the US was determined to act and that climate was the biggest issue in its ties with countries like India and China often blamed for the stalled talks.
Only reforms that accelerate economic growth can generate the revenues to finance expenditure on social infrastructure for the poor, not the other way round, insists Jagdish Bhagwati.
Nepal's former crown prince Paras Shah has denied media reports linking him to a fake Indian currency racket operated by underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, terming it "false and malicious".
Calls for Ricky Ponting to relinquish his captaincy in the wake of Australia's Ashes series loss to England are "completely unfair", Cricket Australia chief James Sutherland said on Monday.
The issue was discussed with leaders from both the Indian government and Indian businesses.
United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has exuded confidence that despite differences over way to tackle climate change, India and the US can devise a successful plan on the issue.
Olympique Lyon coach Claude Puel is under no illusions that his side face a monumental task to reclaim a Ligue 1 title they owned for seven successive seasons without their two most influential players.
Former military ruler Pervez Musharraf has "conceded to his exile in London" and made up his mind not to return to Pakistan in the wake of the Supreme Court's verdict that the emergency imposed by him in 2007 was unconstitutional, according to one of his close aides.
Warning that the US campaign against Al Qaeda in Pakistan "will fail" just like it "failed" in Iraq and Afghanistan, Osama bin Laden's deputy has said President Barack Obama's policies towards the Muslim world, including the Israel-Palestine conflict, were "nothing but illusions".
The alleged mastermind of the scheme Chelsea-based Indian entrepreneur Nandan Pruthi and his business partners Kenneth Peacock and John Anderson were arrested after a series of raids conducted by the London police in the city, the Observer newspaper reported.
'She is tough. She can be stern. She can be unpleasant. Rajiv was none of these things.' 'The Congress cannot survive without the Gandhi family. If Sonia were to quit, their Lok Sabha seats would drop from 44 to four.' K Natwar Singh shares his bitterness about the Nehru family with Rashme Sehgal.
Sri Lankan spin wizard Muttiah Muraitharan will retire from the longer version of the game after the first Test against India in Galle, beginning July 18.
Will the lavish scale of her 'beautification' projects result in a Mayawati school of architecture? Kishore Singh checks out the chief minister's authoritarian obsession for monument-building in the face of scathing opposition.
Daniel Twining, a consultant to the US government on international security matters and a former member of the State Department's Policy Planning Staff, has described as "a canard," the contention in some circles, both in New Delhi and Washington that the United States "somehow wants to undermine India's strategic autonomy."
The Kings XI Punjab, who need to win all of their remaining matches if they are to make the semi-finals next week, have a virtual mountain to climb in Bloemfontein, on Friday as they take on the league leaders in the form of the unstoppable Delhi Daredevils. With 16 points from ten matches, another victory for Delhi could see them become the first team to seal their spot in the semi-finals.
Rakesh Jain (name changed), an IT sector employee who was laid off by his employer has started his own freelance work and is earning the same amount as he did in his last job.
Well, Sara Watson of University of Central Lancashire has managed to make her vehicle invisible by spray painting it to match the car park and entrance to her art studio, a unique concept which many say is "amazing".
Calling the reports of ceasefire as a media illusion, the Sri Lankan government said it has offered no such statement.
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