The chief of the junta's National Council for Peace and Order General Prayuth Chan-ocha has said the NCPO's working plan includes initiatives to repair existing one-metre wide tracks and construct new 1.435 metre wide tracks in parallel.

Thailand's powerful army has challenged fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra to return and fight the legal charges against him, even as the military refuted reports that last month's coup was planned in advance to rid the country of the Shinawatra clan's influence.

Filmistaan actor Sharib Hashmi looks back at his struggles.

'Full credit goes to the aam junta of India, the common man for bringing this amazing change of governance in the country.' the Nightingale raves.

Defying the military's warning against anti-coup protests, hundreds of Thais on Sunday marched across the tense capital Bangkok shouting "get out, get out" and confronted soldiers as the junta firmed up control and demoted three key state officials of the ousted regime.

Thailand's former premier Yingluck Shinawatra and some members of her powerful business family were detained on Friday as the military junta tightened its grip on power a day after staging a bloodless coup.

Nawazuddin Siddique talks about his contribution to the politics of the country.

At least 13 people were killed on Tuesday and over a hundred injured when a powerful car bomb ripped through a police headquarters, an attack blamed on the Muslim Brotherhood aimed at derailing Egypt's democratic transition.

Arpita Biswas, an IIT-B student, who was present when Dr Palash Sen made those sexist remarks at the Mood Indigo fest demands the singer and the organisers must offer a public apology to women.

With empty stands greeting the Indian F1 Grand Prix during the first two practice session, Raja Sen begs the organisers to open the gates and bring in the junta. 'At least, Formula One will feel compelled to bring its mega budget circus back to India at the soonest'.

M P Anil Kumar explains how the world could possibly resolve the Syrian crisis, and also protect oppressed peoples all over.

Bangladesh government on Monday sought death penalty for rightwing Jamaat-e-Islami's 91-year-old supremo Ghulam Azam as it challenged in the Supreme Court a 90-year jail term handed down to him by a special tribunal for war crimes.

A 91-year-old top leader of the fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami was sentenced to 90 years in jail on Monday by a special Bangladeshi tribunal for masterminding atrocities during the 1971 war of independence against Pakistan.

Ankur Arora Murder Case may not set a shining example for the medical profession, but it makes an attempt to tell a new tale.

Walter Lohman, director of Asian Studies Centre at the Washington, DC and former policy aide to Senator John McCain, said India's role in America's effort to maintain its commitment to ensuring the peace, security, prosperity, and freedom in East Asia was relatively minor.

Kenneth Lieberthal, senior fellow in Foreign Policy and Global Economy and Development at think tank The Brookings Institution and an expert on China, talks to Aditi Phadnis on the changes China is likely to see under the new leadership

Bangladesh on Sunday deployed troops in its north as a fresh wave of violence claimed 19 lives, taking the death toll to over 75, in clashes that have rocked the nation since the conviction of Islamist leaders for 1971 war crimes.

India's regional policy has fallen between the two stools of pragmatism and principle. It's time India revisited and rectified its approach. Relations with neighbours deserve nothing less, says Praful Bidwai.

Who's wooing Narendra Modi now? Which post did Sheila Dikshit refuse? What is Montek Singh Ahluwalia planning? All this and more in this week's Dilli Gupshup.

She may have been unhappy with India for engaging with Myanmar's military junta but pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi on Saturday said she has no "misgivings" in this regard as "allowances" have to be made for "friends" even if they go "astray" at times.

Berating New Delhi for abandoning the cause of democracy in Myanmar ignores the strategic compulsions for doing so, says Harsh V Pant

Bangladesh today termed as "surprising" Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's comments questioning the state of origin of her country's Muslim Rohingya community.

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi made public her disappointment over India engaging with the military junta in her country but officials on Friday explained that they did so out of "security concerns".

Nobel Peace Laureate and Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday said Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru were the two Indian leaders to whom she felt "closest" and recalled how she and India's first prime minister had many things in common.

At least 54 people went missing when an overloaded boat carrying 110 Bangladeshis and Rohingya refugees from Myanmar to Malaysia sank today in the Bay of Bengal, the second such incident in eight days.

The northeastern states can take advantage of the liberalisation that is taking place in Myanmar only if New Delhi starts looking at the region as an important starting point of India's 'Look East' policy, notes Nitin Gokhale

Hundreds of Rohingyas are still fleeing to Bangladesh seeking refuge. However, they are pushed back into Myanmar by the border forces of Bangladesh. Groups of Rohingyas also fled to Kolkata and Hyderabad of India.

In a movie supposedly realistic, Dibakar Banerjee cannot handle politics except as a joke, with a party named 'India Bane Pardes'.

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In her first visit abroad in 24 years, most of which were spent under house arrest, Myanmar's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi left for Thailand on Tuesday to attend a World Economic Forum meet ahead of her European tour, ending a long spell of isolation and announcing her arrival on the global stage.

Dr Singh, the first Indian prime minister to visit Myanmar in quarter of a century, and Suu Kyi held discussions for 45 minutes.

Ahead of the Singh-Suu Kyi meeting in Yangon which will see the pro-democracy icon sticking to protocol and calling on the Indian premier, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna said that "Suu Kyi is one of the important leaders of Myanmar and it's natural for the prime minister to receive her with due courtesy and convey our best wishes for a national reconciliation for a democratic process to blossom in this country".

Seeking to elevate India's ties with resource-rich Myanmar, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived in Myanmar on Sunday on a historic visit during which the two sides will chart out a roadmap and take initiatives to bolster relations in several areas, including energy, trade and connectivity.

As Manmohan Singh arrived Nay Pyi Taw in Myanmar on Sunday for the first visit by an Indian prime minister to Myanmar in 25 years, it marked another milestone in this country's steady march out of decades of diplomatic isolation and military rule even as key questions remain about the sustainability of the political reform process.

As Prime Minister Manmohan Singh walks the red carpet at the Ela Airport in Myanmar on May 28, he would be seen by many there as arriving a little too late. Is New Delhi really prepared to take China's lost ground? Atishay Abbhi examines

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh must offer Myanmar help to increase the power supply in the country, says B Raman.

A special Bangladeshi tribunal on Sunday indicted an 89-year-old former chief of fundamentalist outfit Jamaat-e-Islami on 61 charges for committing crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War, months after he was arrested. "The International Crimes Tribunal indicted Professor Ghulam Azam for five types of crimes he committed during the 1971 Liberation War," said prosecuting lawyer Syed Rezaur Rahman.

The number of people in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad daring to stand up before the hate, anti-India junta and the ISI is quite small. They need to be saluted and supported, says Tarun Vijay after a recent visit to Pakistan.

Young men attend a punk show during the water festival at a music bar in Yangon. Myanmar celebrates the New Year Water Festival of Thingyan during the month of Tagu, which usually falls around mid-April

Aung Saan Suu Kyi's alma mater Oxford is abuzz with anticipation as it awaits the return of the democracy icon to receive a doctorate from the university that was announced way back in 1993, in what would be her first visit outside Myanmar in 24 years.