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India’s poor paid nearly Rs.9 billion in bribes over only three months to avail basic public utility services, a new study said Saturday. NGO Transparency International India (TII) found in its survey conducted between November 2007 and January 2008...
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The unexpected victory of the Maoist rebels in Nepal’s elections has surprised the former rebels themselves, baffled political observers and stunned the international community.
The general expectation was that the rebels would trail behind the...
This is a fitting time to revisit Philip Glass’s opera “Satyagraha,” a landmark work of Minimalism. I take Mr. Glass at his word that when “Satyagraha” was introduced, in Rotterdam in 1980, he was following his own voice and vision, not firing...
The parents of an Indian infant girl born with two faces say she is eating and breathing normally despite having two pairs of eyes and lips and two noses.
The one-month-old baby, named Lali, is the first child of factory worker Vinod Kumar and his wife...
The recently concluded elections in Pakistan were unprecedented in many ways. One of the less noticed aspects of these elections was the complete lack of hostility towards India during the electoral campaigns of various candidates and political parties....
The All India Muslim Women Personal Law Board (AIMWPLB) has released the “Shariat Nikahnama” that they claim would give equal rights to both Muslim men and women.
If the board has its way, a Muslim woman would be entitled to seek divorce if...
The world is watching. That’s how the international reaction to the simmering protests in Tibet can be best described. The uproar has reared its head in neighbouring regions and international capitals like New Delhi, Kathmandu, Berlin and even...
With the clock ticking away for its nuclear deal with the US, India on Thursday said it was “not looking at any deadlines” but was “hopeful” of concluding its safeguards pact with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)...
Arms dealer Suresh Nanda and his son Sanjeev, who are in the CBI net over the alleged involvement in the Barak missile deal payoff have claimed they have done nothing wrong.
Nanda, charged with receiving kickbacks in defence deals, his son Sanjeev,...
Donwa Dethwelson Lapang, the Congress Legislative Party leader was sworn in as the new Chief Minister of Meghalaya on Monday for the fourth time.
Like his earlier three terms, however, Lapang may not complete his term this time and chances are that...
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