"We will introduce Verma panel recommendations in Parliament"
We have taken steps which will make this city a much safer place. We have come out with two time-bound committees.
That Yahoo Moment!
As the dust settled in the Israeli political landscape this week, incumbent Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud-Beitenu coalition has claimed a premature victory in Israeli parliamentary elections.
"Unfortunately, my dream remains unfulfilled"
Prof. Dr Anwar Nasim, eminent scientist, short-story writer and the newly-elected secretary general of the Pakistan Scientific Society, is credited with ground-breaking work in botany and biochemical genetics. He holds a distinguished position among the world-class Pakistani scientists like Prof Salimuzzaman Siddiqui, Prof Abdus Salam, Dr Raziuddin Siddiqui and Dr Nazeer Ahmed. In an interview with Shahid Husain during his visit to Karachi, Dr Nasim maintains that Pakistan cannot make economic progress unless the state attaches importance to scientific research
A Socialist's Baptism By Fire
It feels like only yesterday when Socialist Party candidate for the French presidency, Francois Hollande, while trying desperately to outsmart incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy, was promising a complete overhaul of French foreign policy, including clamping down on military adventurism in Africa, which France has historically seen as its playground.
Baghdad bells the cat after UN vote for Palestine
When President Mahmoud Abbas chose the last week of November to test the Palestinian diplomatic strength in the UN in their quest for non-member Observer State status, the timing couldn't have been more apt.
No end in sight
Political parties in Nepal do not seem to agree on a common agenda even after nasty past experiences. Transient coalitions have repeatedly fallen after every national crisis and infighting and factionalism are rampant.
Solitary flames of Tibet
The self-immolations by suppressed Tibetans continue to tarnish Beijing’s image while some have now even begun to question the Dalai Lama’s continued silence over the gory cycle of fiery deaths
Karachi's Dirty Harry
One morning in September last year, a van pulled up outside an unmarked house in Karachi's posh Defence neighbourhood. Two kids appeared from the front door and sat in the rear seat of the family car parked inside the compound.
Remains of the day
Sitting in his office, Bani Amim Khan, Inspector General, Islamabad Police, recounts the story of Muhammad Qari, one of the terrorists responsible for the Marriot Hotel blast four years ago. A worker at a local tandoor shop in Punjab, he was picked by the Taliban some years ago to work as a cook.
A new shade of Red?
Even as a new generation of Chinese leadership emerges, it might be premature for India to expect breakthroughs in terms of resolution of long-standing disputes...
Half A Win!
I guess I should provoke a few raised eyebrows if I start by saying that more than Obama's win, the 2012 American Presidential Elections was basically a Republican loss. I know it sounds provocative considering the combination of cult and rhetoric surrounding Barack Obama that has come to dominate the American political narrative in the last five years.
To Moscow, still with love?
When Defence Minister AK Antony and his Russian counterpart Anatoly Serdyukov briefed media hawks after the annual meeting of the Indo-Russian commission on military-technical cooperation in October, the usual bonhomie was conspicuous by its absence.
Partners in Polemics
Call it an absence concrete policy initiative on the part of Democrats or the absence of alternative policy formulation on the part of Republicans
My Terrorists: Good or Bad
In the early 90s, a harmless looking fellow called Ahmed Abdel Hadi Chalabi and his group, the Iraqi National Council (INC), suddenly started making news amidst the lobby groups at Capitol Hill.
Numbers Begin To Add Up
After at least six agonising weeks, it appears that the Obama Presidential campaign has again started finding some traction among the voters, especially in the key Battleground States.
Issue Dated: Feb 5, 2017
