Braveheart fights losing battle

Backed by elite troops of Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group, Syrian government forces fought rebels in a strategic opposition-held Syrian town near the Lebanese border for the third straight day Tuesday. Lebanese security officials said fighting between ...

The new launches in the affordable category could just be another marketing gimmick to push sales and mop up money A check on greed in the iron age The Lokayukta report in Karnataka exposed illegalities, irregularities and crime by mining mafia in connivance ...

Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit's supporters continue to draw up ambitious plans for her. Sometime ago when the December gang rape controversy was at its peak, some of them wanted her to take over as the Union home minister. But with

West Bengal Left Front Chairman Biman Bose said on Tuesday that Left forces are all geared up to face the panchayat polls. It is a sheer lie that we are conspiring against holding of panchayat polls. Rather, it is the State Government that is dilly-dallying, ...

The Daily Star TRIPOLI, Lebanon: One person was killed and three other people were wounded in fresh clashes in Tripoli, north Lebanon, Tuesday, security sources said. The sources told The Daily Star that Mohammad al-Rifi, a taxi driver, got a fatal ...

US president Barack Obama voiced concern at Hezbollah's growing role in the Syrian civil war after men from the Lebanese militia fought their biggest battle yet alongside president Bashar al-Assad's army. Syrian activists say about 30 Hezbollah ...

The Václav Havel Prize for Creative Dissent was awarded last week. We take a look at the winners, all of whom are fighting for democracy and human rights in their own unique ways Posted On Sunday, May 19, 2013 at 06:00:58 PM Park Sang Hak Democracy Activist, ...

On the ground, the China angle is just one part of the story.

The fight between Railway Police Force (RPF) association leader US Jha and CBI Director Ranjit Sinha took another bitter turn on Monday when the former sent a legal notice of defamation to the latter. The notice has been sent over the circulation and ...