Three youths shot dead by Maoists in Bengal

Hours before Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee's visit to Naxal-infested Midnapore on Saturday, three youths were shot dead by Maoists in Kusbani jungle in the district. Bullet-riddled bodies......

Assam: 1 killed, 6 hurt in blast

One person was killed and six others were injured when suspected terrorists belonging to the anti-talks faction of United Liberation Front of Assam triggered a powerful bomb explosion in the heart......

The complicated caste politics of Bihar

This election has some striking resemblances to the landmark one of 1977, with sub-caste combinations and antipathies still the bedrock of measures Most of the Yadavs, around 15 per cent of the......