Fury at Washington ran deep as Islamic Pakistan refused to give up owing to public pressure, the plea for release of Raymond Davis, an American on a special secret mission from the CIA who shot dead two Pakista
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Echoing back the (positive) meaning of those John Milton’s words, ‘Its better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven’, were just out from your eyes as when you saw that something is not so w
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The enemies which confronts us are not the evil forces alone but we become our own enemy when we pay our tithes and offerings to the world, rather than to God. In the beginning God warned Adam and Eve not
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There’s a sombre scene early in Ken Loach’s new drama, ‘Route Irish’. It’s the funeral of Frankie, an ex-soldier who died while working as a private contractor in Iraq. His sharp-s
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‘Sovereignty’ is a word for which thousands of Nagas have given their lives willingly free. It is a word for which many a Naga have their lifeless bones scattered in far away places unknown, uncared
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March 1 is the time of year when newspapers declare their shareholding, so attention turns briefly to the issue of media ownership. On March 1 Delhi newspapers printed the Form IV with mandatory disclosure on o
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In May 2001, twenty-four representatives of communities and groups affected by mining - from Asia-Pacific, Africa, India, South and North America - met in London to assess the impacts of mining on the lives of
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Mithun the pride of Nagaland is a highly traditional prize unique animal, it is found in a few North Eastern states and at present there are four defined strains in India namely Arunachal, Nagaland, Manipur and
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Forces aligned with Libyan leader Col. Muammar Gaddafi have launched new assaults to regain control of several towns captured in a popular uprising over the past two weeks. Meanwhile, two U.S. warships have mov
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The history of fencing parallels the evolution of civilisation, back from the days of ancient Egypt and Rome, to the barbaric Dark Ages, to the fast and elegant Renaissance, up to the modern, increasingly popul
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There is a time to speak and a time to listen. After visiting Egypt and Tunisia over the past 10 days, I am convinced that the best thing we can do is to listen. What matters now is what the people of Egypt are
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To no one's surprise, The King's Speech swept the major categories at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards. Crafted with a faultless restraint, the emotionally compelling story about the battle of Prince Albert (late
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"If there's one thing feminists love, it's divorce - they consider it liberating." That's just one of the claims Phyllis Schlafly and her co-author Suzanne Venker make in their new book, The Flipside
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The Supreme Court’s recent reminder to the Union Government about inaction on moving towards a common civil code for all communities has reopened a debate that began soon after independent India declared
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When the Union Finance Minister Pranab babu rose to present his budget for 2011-12, he was basically presenting hisab kitab of how he was going to spend Rs 12,57,729 crore (Rs 12.57 trillion) during the next ye
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With the introduction of the Right to Education (RTE) Act, India has become one of 135 countries to make education a fundamental right of every child. As this historic act is gradually being worked into place,
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Ricky Ponting, who broke a dressing room TV this week after losing his wicket, is not the first batsman to cause damage in a dressing room after being dismissed – and he will most definitely not be the la
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R. Balakrishna Pillai, the veteran politician who has been leading the regional political party named the Kerala Congress (B), was, on February 18, sent to jail for certain acts of corruption he committed some
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About the authorArchie Brown is an Emeritus Professor of Politics at Oxford University. In each successive year in the second half of the 1980s perestroika meant something more radical to Mikhail Gorbachev than
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This year, the 47th Munich Security Conference included for the first time a special session on cybersecurity. “This may be the first time,” the president of a small European noted to the high-power
