Firing along Indo-Bangla border kills kid

In a major flare-up along the Indo-Bangladesh border, a school student was killed on Tuesday and five persons, including three Bangladeshis, were injured as personnel from the Border Security Force......

Karat slams Buddha for CPI-M's poll debacle

West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, once the poster boy of development for the Communist Party of India-Marxist, has come under fire in the party's latest 'rectification' campaign.......

'The soil here smells like Bangladesh'

Will she, won't she? Uncertainty reigns in the mind of Taslima Nasreen, firebrand Bangladeshi writer, as she anxiously awaits a resident permit from the Indian government. Taslima wants permanent......

Ashok Mitra: Gamble of Reforms

Anew year in the 21st century, but it could as well be another new year in the 20th. One hundred years ago, India was a picture of stagnancy; imperial power was reigning supreme, and the economic......

India, Japan target $25-bn trade by '14

India and Japan have set a target of achieving $25 billion worth of bilateral trade by 2014 from the present $10.3 billion even as both countries have signed the much-awaited Comprehensive Economic......

Divestment door open, Govt tells US firms

The government on Tuesday said that it had not abandoned divestment and assured overseas investors that there were many opportunities for them to participate in the privatisation process."It would......

'India needs a Swadeshi development model'

L K Advani, Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerialcandidate and leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, addressed the 81st annual general meeting of the Federation of the Indian Chambers of......