Israel escalates Gaza attacks as conflict enters Day 4; targets Hezbollah

Israel has intensified the counter-offensive against Hamas, with several air strikes raging into the Gaza territory and a combat helicopter attacking another observation post of the Hezbollah......

US On Diplomacy Road With Taliban?

There is growing acceptance in the international community that engaging the Taliban is a far better approach than ostracising it, observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar. IMAGE: US Senator Dan......

'Britain tested poison gas on Indian soldiers'

British military scientists sent hundreds of Indian soldiers into gas chambers to test mustard gas during more than a decade of experiments that began before World War II, a media report said.......

'ISI is rarely questioned in Pakistan'

'But India, increasingly, is not that far behind, which is a story I never expected to tell.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com None of Adrian Levy and Cathy Scott-Clark's previous......

Govt looking at hacking of sensitive data

The government is "very carefully" looking into reports of hacking of sensitive data at the National Security Council Secretariat and other key ministries by some Chinese computer network.......

India prefers the Russian arms bazaar

Part I: India's arms bill: Rs 32,000 crore-plus Costly imports will continue to help India maintain both conventional and nuclear deterrence even though the price negotiation committee of the......

Market opens marginally lower

Buying in banking, pharmaceutical and select steel and automobile stocks prompted a steady trend in mid-morning trades, after the market recovered from an early low. The Sensex was up 6.70 points......

Budget gobbledygook, simplified!

Budget is the annual fiscal exercise that attracts a lot interest, as it is a plan that sets goals, outlines resources to meet these goals, provides details of the government's receipts and......