Ukraine crisis: US raises pressure on Russia over deal
The United States has ramped up the pressure on Moscow, urging “full and immediate compliance” of a four-way agreement on Ukraine and warning of new sanctions if Russia fails to do so. It came as the deal, struck on Thursday in Geneva between the US, European Union, Ukraine and Russia,... read more »
Air strike kills 13 suspected militants in central Yemen
An air strike killed 13 suspected al Qaeda militants in the central Yemeni province of al-Bayda on Saturday, security and tribal sources said. Tribal sources said a drone had been circling the region for days. They said the drone struck two cars early on Saturday that the suspected militants were... read more »
Flight MH370 search at ‘critical juncture’: Malaysia minister
KUALA LUMPUR: The search for missing flight MH370 is at a “critical juncture”, Malaysia’s transport minister said on Saturday, two days after Australia’s premier said a submersible device had one week to find wreckage from the plane in the Indian Ocean. “The search for... read more »
CBI chief in Italy for Agusta deal probe
NEW DELHI: CBI director Ranjeet Sinha recently met the Indian ambassador in Italy in connection with its probe into alleged irregularities in the Rs 3,600 crore AgustaWestland helicopter deal. Sinha, who was in Rome last week to attend a conference on human trafficking organized by London’s... read more »
Alliance in trouble, Chandrababu Naidu to speak to Narendra Modi today
Hyderabad – The 11-day-old alliance between the BJP and Chandrababu Naidu’s Telugu Desam Party seems headed for trouble over candidates being fielded by the BJP. Mr Naidu is... read more »
Moderate to brisk polling in Karnataka
Voting began on a moderate to brisk note this morning in the single-phase elections for 28 Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka amid tight security. In the initial two hours, the voting percentage... read more »
Today is India’s biggest voting day
Voters lined up at 7:00 am in 121 constituencies across 12 states where more than 16.61 crore voters are eligible to cast ballots. 45 of the 121 seats that will be decided today are... read more »
Why battleground Varanasi is different
Election time is a strange period for working out the relation between the stated and the unstated. The language of realism helps articulate the obvious. Realism claims to be pragmatic,... read more »
Crimea on bumpy road to becoming a Russian province
Natalia Rudenko’s ears were still ringing from being shouted at by a father demanding that the Ukrainian-language school she has run for 17 years in Crimea’s capital now teach in Russian... read more »
