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'India Is Playing A Quiet Game'

''India is using Hasina to warn the Yunus government because there is a ground support for the Awami League in Bangladesh.' IMAGE: Soldiers of the Bangladesh Army engaged in maintaining security.......

Judicial panel visits Sambhal mosque, violence-hit areas

Amid tight security, members of a judicial commission on Sunday visited the Shahi Jama Masjid here and other areas that witnessed violence over a court-ordered survey of the Mughal-era mosque.......

Hindu leader's arrest: Bangladesh detains 30 in lawyer's killing

At least 30 suspects were detained in Bangladesh's Chattogram city for their alleged involvement in the killing of a lawyer and attacking security personnel over the arrest of a prominent Hindu......

'General Zia was real startled'

'But he was very quick and did a very stylish adab.''Of course, I didn't expect him to hug.' IMAGE: Lakshmi Murdeshwar Puri and her husband Hardeep Singh Puri, currently India's minister of......

South Asia: It Is Climate Change, Stupid

India should encourage the second coming of SAARC with climate change as an urgent agenda and keeping Indian security concerns in mind as the subtext, suggest Lieutenant General Ashok Joshi (retd)......

Tatas may choose Singapore as key partner for semiconductor play

Tata Sons will likely choose Singapore as a "key partner" for its semiconductor plans, a senior minister from the city-state said on Friday. Photograph: Jason Lee/Reuters Speaking to reporters......

Bangladesh may overtake India this year

Bangladesh might overtake India this year by per capita income in nominal dollars, but it is not yet close to becoming South Asia's economic powerhouse anytime soon, T N Ninan points out. IMAGE:......

Om Puri to play Zia-ul Haq

Om Puri will soon share celluloid space with Hollywood biggies Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts in the forthcoming film Charlie Wilson's War, where he will play the character of General Zia-ul Haq, late......

Pak Prime Minister is an Ash fan!

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's beauty is legendary. And now, the newest man to fall for it is none other than Pakistan Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani. According to a report in Pakistani daily, Urdu......

How Indo-Pak cricket thrived in Musharraf's rule

IMAGE: Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf shakes hands with Virender Sehwag. Photograph: Reuters Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, the architect of the Kargil War in......

'Akhtar's career would have ended had Dalmiya not helped'

Shoaib Akhtar's career would have ended in 2000-01 if Dalmiya had not helped: Former PCB chief IMAGE: Controversial Pakistan speedster Shoaib Akhtar. Photograph: Tom Shaw/Getty Images A......

How good a cricketer was Imran Khan?

'Imran had the misfortune to be in an age when there was a surfeit of mighty all-rounders.''Indians would not put him on a par with Kapil Dev or Vinoo Mankad,' points out Uddalok Bhattacharya.......

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