South Asian Politics

By V.S. Karnic , Bangalore , Nov 7 : The lingering crisis in the Bharatiya Janata Party 's ( BJP ) first government in Karnataka has brought to the fore the question - who constitutes the...

In this article: Bharatiya Janata Party, Indira Gandhi, Congress, L.K. Advani, G. Karunakara Reddy, Revenue, G. Janardhana Reddy, Sonia Gandhi, and Rajiv Gandhi

...President General Pervez Musharraf worried. Musharraf wants President Asif Ali Zardari to continue on the post as he fears that if Nawaz Sharif manages to climb the ladder to power,...

In this article: Asif Ali Zardari, Pervez Musharraf, Rehman Malik, MQM, Abu Dhabi, Democracy, Pakistan People's Party, Pakistan, Shaukat Aziz, and Nawaz Sharif

Islamabad , Nov.7 : Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has himself revealed that certain political quarters in the country are trying relentlessly to depose him from Presidency, and that...

In this article: Asif Ali Zardari, Pakistan, Democracy, Pakistan People's Party, Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists, and Nawaz Sharif

...and warlords have no place in the future of Afghanistan " Gordon Brown has told Afghan President Hamid Karzai he will not put UK troops "in harm's way for a government that does not...

In this article: Hamid Karzai, Gordon Brown, Afghanistan, UK, Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg, Political settlement, BBC News Channel, Tories, and Al-Qaeda

By Naveen Kapoor, New Delhi , Nov 6 : Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh here today said that India and European Union have set one-year deadline to conclude a free trade agreement, at a...

In this article: European Union, Dr. Manmohan Singh, India, Climate change, Jose Manuel Barroso, Fredrik Reinfeldt, Hyderabad House, and New Delhi

Bangladesh police have arrested three Islamist militants, including a suspected activist of Pakistan -based Lashkar-e-Taiba , who were plotting to attack U.S. interests in the country , a...

In this article: Bangladesh, U.S., Democracy, Lashkar-e-Taiba, Islamic, and Sheikh Hasina

New Delhi , Nov 6 : Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh will inaugurate the three-day India Economic Summit here on Sunday. The agenda for the Summit will focus on how to ensure India ''s...

In this article: Manmohan Singh, Chanda Kochhar, Natural gas, Carlos Ghosn, Icici Bank, Renault, PepsiCo, Indra Nooyi, P. Chidambaram, and Kamal Nath

The resolution noted the world's largest democratic election held in India early this year had returned Manmohan Singh to power. Introduced in the House of Representatives by...

In this article: Manmohan Singh, India, Democracy, House of Representatives, Gary Ackerman, Dan Burton, Jim McDermott, House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and US

...( LTTE ) motive is destabilisation of any country," Wijesingha said adding, slain Tamil Tiger supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran had a "visceral hatred" towards the Indian government. In an...

In this article: LTTE, Al-qaida, India, Sri Lanka, Colombo, Nepal, Bangladesh, and Myanmar

New Delhi / Bangalore , Nov 5 : Snubbing the Bharatiya Janata Party 's ( BJP ) efforts for a solution to the political crisis in Karnataka, dissident minister G. Janardhana Reddy Thursday...

In this article: B.S. Yeddyurappa, Bharatiya Janata Party, G. Janardhana Reddy, Rajnath Singh, New Delhi, M. Venkaiah Naidu, G. Karunakara Reddy, Revenue, and Bellary

By V.S. Karnic , Bangalore , Nov 5 : The ongoing power struggle in the Bharatiya Janata Party 's ( BJP ) first government in Karnataka threatens to shatter the party's dream to make the...

In this article: Bharatiya Janata Party, G. Karunakara Reddy, B.S. Yeddyurappa, Bangalore, Arun Jaitley, Bellary, Revenue, G. Janardhana Reddy, and Sonia Gandhi

...of State Kurt Campbell spoke after both talks with the ruling generals and a rare meeting with opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi , a Nobel Peace Prize laureate who has been under house...

In this article: Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma, United States, Thein Sein, Washington, U.N., Democracy, and National League for Democracy

...for a controversial law granting senior politicians amnesty from graft charges. The move by President Asif Zardari was opposed by coalition allies and others. Ex-president Pervez...

In this article: Asif Zardari, Pervez Musharraf, Supreme Court, Farhatullah Babar, Beneficiary, Pakistan People's Party, Nawaz Sharif, and Benazir Bhutto

New Delhi / Bangalore , Nov 3 : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP ) Tuesday struggled to end the nine-day old crisis in it Karnataka with rebels insisting on the removal Chief Minister B.S....

In this article: Bharatiya Janata Party, G. Karunakara Reddy, B.S. Yeddyurappa, G. Janardhana Reddy, Rajnath Singh, Bellary, Delhi, and Bangalore

...intrusion of LTTE cadre and terrorists in the wake of reports that they may be emboldened to repeat the Mumbai type attacks, the sources said. (c) 2009 Published with permission from...

In this article: LTTE, Cadre, Visakhapatnam, Indian Coast Guard, Mumbai, and India

...the United Nations announced that it would reduce its foreign staff in Pakistan and suspend some projects along the Afghan- Pakistani border, where extremist groups are based. In the...

In this article: Hamid Karzai, Abdullah Abdullah, United Nations, Kabul, Ban Ki-moon, U.S., Taliban, and Turkey

By Golnar Motevalli Hamid Karzai has been re-elected as Afghanistan 's president after a run-off vote was canceled, but he faced stern warnings he will have to work harder to retain the...

In this article: Hamid Karzai, Abdullah Abdullah, Barack Obama, Kabul, Afghanistan, Gordon Brown, United States, and Taliban

...until his 40s, when he wed an Afghan doctor active in helping refugees in Pakistan. They have a daughter. Karzai and his relatives, like millions of Afghans, fled to Pakistan after the...

In this article: Hamid Karzai, Abdullah, Taliban, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Kabul, Taliban insurgency, and U.N.

...is considering whether to withdraw a trade concession that helps Sri Lanka 's top export, garments. [ID:nLJ731429] Sri Lanka said last week that it would appoint a panel to probe a...

In this article: Sarath Fonseka, Sri Lanka, Rohitha Bogollagama, United States, Department of Homeland Security, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Mahinda Rajapaksa, Colombo, and European Union

...loss of foreign forces in combat in Afghanistan since 2001. December 5 - Karzai and new Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari pledge to boost cooperation and agree a joint strategy to...

In this article: Hamid Karzai, Taliban, Kabul, NATO, U.N., Afghanistan, U.S., Barack Obama, Suicide, and Car bomb