'The dominance of her party also meant that the institutions became lopsided -- whether it was the bureaucracy or the courts or the military.''She centralised power to the extent that you would see......
Bangladesh is in turmoil, which is not good news for India, which shares a porous 4,000 km border with it. There is a danger of fundamentalism growing there, and India has to move in to reset its......
Learning perhaps from the Kargil debacle, Musharraf tried hard to evolve as a statesman in his dealings with India, recalls Rana Banerji, who headed the Pakistan desk at RA&W. IMAGE: Former......
ISI chief Faiz Hameed coerced the Taliban to announce an interim government guaranteed to preserve Pakistan's control over the levers of power in Kabul, observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar, who......
Pakistan would want to take full advantage of the situation to direct Taliban trained terrorists into the Kashmir Valley, alert Lieutenant General Ashok Joshi (retd) and Colonel Anil A Athale......
Mumbai is getting ready for yet another business district in an area that would be bigger than Bandra-Kurla Complex, which is home to a host of marquee names in business. Known as the GVK......
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee's visit to Dhaka has once again pumped up the strength of ties between the two neighbours, India and Bangladesh. Mukherjee announced in Dhaka on May 6 that India......
Is it the right time to buy realty now? Or should you wait for a while? Will realty prices drop ever? In an hour-long chat on rediff.com, Gulam Zia, national director for advisory services, Knight......
Forget about the survival of the fittest. When it comes to real estate, the thumb-rule is simple-- survival beyond saturation. The idea is that once a tier-one city's emergency light goes red......
Reliance Industries is hoping to be allotted more than 50,000 acres for its special economic zones.The Andhra Pradesh government has offered SemIndia 1,200 acres for Fab City.The Indonesia-based......
A tight security cordon has been thrown around the Indianteam which arrived in Dhaka on Monday fora three-match one-day and two-match Test series against Bangladesh starting on May 10. Policemen......
The South African cricket team arrived in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore on Tuesday, with 150 elite commandos guarding the airport after the tour was nearly cancelled over security fears.The......
Shastri to make Proteas media savvyIn a bid to make their national players media savvy, the South African cricket team is hiring the services of former India captain Ravi Shastri ahead of the......