How Nepali Maoists chose democracy

Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai said several pacts were likely to be signed during the high-profile visit, which also includes National Security Advisor Shiv Shankar Menon and himself. |PTI File photo India and Germany are likely to sign a series of ...

Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa today said that certain powerful countries and their allies are blatantly employing double standards when dealing with Sri Lanka. Even in international forums such as the United Nations Human Rights Council, we ...

Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and visitng Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will hold comprehensive talks on key bilateral, regional and international issues. Issues including boundary and trade are expected to come up for discussions during the high ...

New Delhi, May 20 (ANI): Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, who is on a three-day state visit to India, was given a ceremonial reception at the Rashtrapati Bhawan here this morning. He was received by Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh. He inspected ...

He firmly believes that the "pen is mightier than the scalpel" in the service of people at least in India and A. Arun Thamburaj would soon wield his weapon on entering the prestigious Indian Administrative Service. Thamburaj, a qualified doctor and ...

New Delhi, April 27: On a day that Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi flayed the foreign policy record of the UPA government, calling it "non-existent", Prime Minister Manmohan Singh made his first intervention on the border simmer with China, ...

For some strange reason, the Congress leadership has been playing this game for quite a while with impunity, whether the people of Tamil Nadu liked it or not. Recent anti-Sri Lanka protests in Tamil Nadu: Firstpost Therefore on Sunday, when Finance ...

by I am aware that many of the organisers of the Serendip Coast Festival were also responsible for the Galle Literary Festival that was held on an annual basis over the last few years, which brought many world-renowned authors, poets and other ...

There are very few authoritative and knowledgeable Indian writers who have a deep insight into Chinese strategic thinking and the internal dynamics within China. That is why China Unveiled: Insights into Chinese Strategic Thinking by Jayadeva Ranade, a former additional secretary in India's Cabinet Secretariat, makes for compelling reading, says Nitin GokhaleFor the past decade or so, much of Indian strategic thinking and discourse has visibly shifted from its Pakistan-centric focus to study ...