World / Asia

AAP: India's youngest party is three years old 28 Nov 2015 - 06:04 pm

New Delhi: Delhi's ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which emerged from an anti-corruption movement, recently completed three years, patting itself on the back...

Comment: India's democracy allows for fetishised nationalism, knee-jerk rejectionism 28 Nov 2015 - 05:54 pm

By Mayank Chhaya India, or at least parts of it, is going through a weird phase of fetishised nationalism and knee-jerk rejectionism. The...

Clean comedy more appreciated than vulgarity: Johnny Lever 28 Nov 2015 - 05:38 pm

By Sandeep Sharma New Delhi: Trends come and go in the cinematic world, but the fact that clean humour and good comedy reign...

Delhi's Jan Lokpal to have power to probe central officials 28 Nov 2015 - 05:26 pm

Arvind Kejriwal By Gaurav Sharma New Delhi: The central and Delhi governments may be headed for a showdown with the AAP's Jan Lokpal...

Film festivals look down upon 'massy' films: Farah Khan 28 Nov 2015 - 05:19 pm

By Durga Chakravarty New Delhi: Eight years after it regaled Bollywood audiences with its song and dance sequences, filmy story line about reincarnation...

Column: Hindu Right stoking intolerance 28 Nov 2015 - 05:04 pm

Aamir Khan By Amulya Ganguli The BJP's castigation of the non-Muslims who complain of intolerance comprises words like "manufactured paper rebellion", "fake dissent",...

When RBI governor talks about intolerance, world listens: Historian Aijaz Ahmad 28 Nov 2015 - 04:52 pm

New Delhi: As the intolerance discussions show no sign of abating, eminent scholar and Marxist literary theorist Aijaz Ahmad has joined the debate,...

News Analysis: Grand alliance a la Bihar remote in poll-bound Bengal 28 Nov 2015 - 04:17 pm

By Anurag Dey Kolkata: It was "rising intolerance" or a "desperate survival bid" that saw old foes Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad join...

Nitish government won't last over two years: Paswan 28 Nov 2015 - 02:58 pm

Patna: The Nitish Kumar-led Grand Alliance government in Bihar will not last more than two years, and there will be mid-term polls, union...

Maldives opposition set to regroup for 2nd night of protests 28 Nov 2015 - 02:09 pm

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka: The Maldives' opposition on Saturday vowed to regroup for a second night of demonstrations hours after police broke up a...

Kerala to set up NRI Commission 28 Nov 2015 - 12:28 pm

Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala cabinet on Wednesday decided to set up a NRI Commission, announced Chief Minister Oommen Chandy....

Thousands join climate change marches across Asia 28 Nov 2015 - 12:20 pm

Bangladesh people attend a Climate March rally expressing solidarity with Global Climate March, in Dhaka on November 28, 2015. Manila: Thousands turned out...

Suicide bomber targets Afghan election official in Kabul-police 28 Nov 2015 - 12:09 pm

Afghan security personnel keep watch at the site of a suicide blast that targeted a senior member ofAfghanistan's election commission in Kabul November...

Nepal Maoists burn Indian embassy vehicle, officials say accident 28 Nov 2015 - 11:54 am

Nepalese students holding placards take part in a protest to show solidarity against the border blockade in Kathmandu, Nepal on November 27, 2015. ...

Pakistan plans reforms in militancy-hit tribal regions 28 Nov 2015 - 11:37 am

Islamabad: A high level committee in Pakistan has been working on reforms to bring the country's tribal regions to the national mainstream as...

Philippines goes supersonic again with S. Korean fighter jets 28 Nov 2015 - 11:15 am

Filipino Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin (L) and Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff General Hernando Iriberri wave after inspecting one...