How Vajpayee tried to mend India-Pak relationship

It was a short-lived thaw in stormy relations between India and Pakistan when Atal Bihari Vajpayee took a bus to Lahore in 1999 and hugged his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif leaving an......

'Thanks a lot': Rushdie on India's ban on Satanic Verses

Salman Rushdie's book The Satanic Verses was banned by India four months before Iran's Supreme leader late Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa for his killing without any proper examination or a......

Pakistan's Qazi Annan's special Iraq rep

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan Monday named Pakistan's Ambassador to the United States, Ashraf Jehangir Qazi, as his Special Representative for Iraq.Qazi's predecessor, Sergio Vieira......

Devyani case: Why the US needs to apologise quickly!

'If at all,' says Suhasini Haidar, Foreign Affairs Editor, CNN-IBN, 'Devyani Khobragade is to avoid facing a full trial, the process of that negotiation must start immediately, for which the......

Dempo to play for prestige against Al-Ahed

The prestige of Federation Cup champions Dempo will be at stake when they take on Al-Ahed club of Lebanon in their return Group 'B' league match of the Asian Football Confederation Cup at Nehru......