Has the Manmohan Singh Government ordered India’s first Hindu census? The exercise scheduled for 2011 to count the caste populations of the country excludes, by definition, those who do not believe in caste.
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Now that a legitimate recipient can be identified for a Nobel Prize for Honesty, it is time Oslo introduced such a prize. One sensible option would be to scrap the prize for peace since each …

In the recent process of vote that is going on in India every political group is trying to convince people in its own way. Congress is blaming BJP and Vice versa and the third front …

Leaders come in two cultures. One sort of leader accepts the necessity of accountability in public life. This group is in a minority. The majority follows a law, which their followers know only too well: …

How will history judge Dr. Manmohan Singh, India’s non-political prime minister? Will he be remembered as an opportunist who agreed to become prime minister when Sonia Gandhi’s ‘inner voice’ prevailed over her outer voice?
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NEW DELHI: India has warned US President Barack Obama that he is “barking up the wrong tree” if he tries to broker a deal between Pakistan and India over the disputed territory of Kashmir. MK …

SRINAGAR: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said that India wanted to settle down all issues including Kashmir with Pakistan peacefully. Addressing a rally here on Sunday, he said that war in not the solution …

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani telephoned Indian Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh this morning and expressed his strong condemnation over the acts of terrorism in Mumbai. The Prime Minister said that Pakistan is …

ISLAMABAD: The international community including Pakistan has strongly condemned Wednesday’s terror attacks in the Indian financial capital, Mumbai, that have killed at least 80 people. Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has condemned the attack …

SRINAGAR: Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi’s five-day trip to India from Wednesday has now been upgraded to an official sojourn. The visit touted earlier as a his private rendezvous is now full of official …