Government overhauls board of Indira Gandhi Centre for Arts, appoints new head

The government on Thursday reconstituted the board of Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, appointing senior journalist Ram Bahadur Rai as the president of the trust. Rai, former news editor......

Iraq kidnapping: 'India can't do much politically or militarily'

‘There’s nothing we can do militarily (in the kidnapping of 40 Indians in Iraq). No military option for India, no way. Certainly, if the United States is feeling so reluctant to get......

'Americans created the sharp sectarian divide in Iraq'

‘I personally feel it was a very conscious decision on the part of the Americans to rekindle the Shia-Sunni tensions in the region. It was one of their main aims. The Americans have succeeded......

'Pay the ransom to save kidnapped Indians'

According to Chinmaya Gharekhan, distinguished diplomat, 'The only option before India would be to pay the ransom and get back our people from Iraq.' Suresh K Reddy, a 1991 batch IFS officer, will......