Pak-India ties: One step forward, two steps backward

So far, almost every positive development in terms of the bilateral ties has been overtaken by innate hostility that is often driven by popular sentiments. When Pakistan and India agreed to......

Blasts witness' sons have nobody to turn to

The two sons of the most celebrated witness of August 25twin blasts in Mumbai have nobody to turn to today.Shivkant Pandey, 19andHarikant Pandey, 18 -- sons of Shivnarayan Pandey, whose taxi blew......

Congress to take stock at Nainital conclave

The cooler climes of Nainital are expected may not be of much comfort for some Union ministers and chief ministers when a Congress conclave gets underway on Saturday, to focus on the agrarian......

The Congress needs to hang its head in shame!

The Congress has ruled India for 54 of the last 67 years; that it took the party over six decades to come up with bills that provide citizens their basic needs is a shame, not a moment of triumph,......

Uproar in Rajya Sabha over soaring prices of pulses, vegetables

'The government has joined hands with certain special persons and prices of pulses have shoot up to Rs 205-210 per kg and the case of vegetables is also the same.' Taking a jibe at Bharatiya......

'Wish prices were kept low for the common man'

For Ashok Upadhyay, a taxi driver from Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, who makes his living in Mumbai, there are concerns more pressing than the Budget. Namely, he says, prices for even basic......

'Direct India-Indonesia air link needed'

There is an urgent need to establish direct air links between India and Indonesia to enhance trade relations between the two countries, Indonesia's charge d' affaires to India Suhadi M Salam said......

The time bomb in our financial system

'We view them as time bombs, both, for the parties that deal in them and the economic system. In our view derivatives are financial weapons of mass destruction, carrying dangers that, while now......

'Tendulkar has lost his fighting abilities'

Readers' responses toThe naked and the dead feature: It is SPOT ON.I feel we r saying this day only because of our seniors (namely Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman).Please make no......