China’s efforts to stake its claim to most of the South China Sea should spark fear around the world, Philippine President Benigno Aquino said today. “Does it engender fear? Yes, I think it should engender fear for the rest of the world,” Aquino told AF ....

Al Shabaab Islamist militants attacked a government building housing two ministries in the Somali capital on Tuesday, setting off two big blasts before gunmen stormed inside, killing at least 10 people, police and the rebels said. Fighting raged around the building, whic ....

The World Bank has predicted a GDP growth rate of 8 per cent for India by 2017 and said that a strong expansion in the country, coupled with favourable oil prices, would accelerate the economic growth in South Asia. In India, GDP growth is expected to accelerate to 7.5 p ....

There is a growing concern in official circles about untimely rain and hail in the northern parts of the country hitting wheat procurement for the Public Distribution System by an estimated three million tonnes this year. This may not augur well for a country that is commit ....

After nephew Abhishek, another close relative of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has jumped into the political arena. And at least two others look set to follow. “Just as Kashmir’s apples will not grow in Bengal, so too will the BJP lotus never blo ....

Invited to the inaugural session of the 21st Party Congress of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), the smaller Left parties were given prominence by the host leadership. The leaders of all the six Left parties present, including the CPI(M), were one on the need for ....

The Prime Minister also made a strong pitch for the conclusion of the long-pending Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism (CCIT) at the UN this year which marks the 70th anniversary of the global body. The objective of the CCIT is to strengthen cooperation ....

The BJP used the day to soft-launch its campaign for the Bihar Assembly polls scheduled later this year, with a ‘Viraat Karyakarta Samagam’ in Patna, addressed by party president Amit Shah and Home Minister Rajnath Singh. The Congress launched the year-lo ....

A five-judge Bench, led by Justice Anil R. Dave, will start hearing on April 15 a clutch of petitions demanding that the law be declared “unconstitutional and void.” The NJAC, notified on April 13, replaces the collegium system of judicial appointments wi ....

A significant aspect of the three-day visit will be Mr. Modi’s meeting with top officials of Canada’s Pension Fund with focus on inviting them to India. The Prime Minister flew into here from Germany where he laid emphasis on attracting technology and inv ....