There is a difference of opinion between Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio on the issue of illegal immigration from Bangladesh into the North- east. Gogoi says that the influx is not a major problem.…

Editor, In "The 3 Tier ID Card: How does it work?" (ST NOV 28, 2012), Mr. Toki Blah has merely rehashed, with some new ideas borrowed from my article "Making sense of the ILP" (ST NOV 15, 2012), his earlier write-up - "The comprehensive…

By Patricia Mukhim The news that Meghalaya has the highest number of landless tribals in the country (ST November 24) does not surprise us. I had written in these columns a couple of weeks ago that landlessness will be the biggest challenge…

By Anirudh Prakash A post-ideological democratic state, in which this writer would include the US, the UK and India, among some others, is usually animated in its internal politics positively by values and negatively by opportunism. When in…

UNITED NATIONS: The UN General Assembly is set to implicitly recognize a sovereign state of Palestine today despite threats by the United States and Israel to punish the Palestinian Authority by withholding much-needed funds for the West…

TOKYO: A new Japanese party that hopes to become a force to contend with in a December 16 general election called for more defence spending on Thursday to protect national interests and cuts in corporate and income taxes to bolster the…

Kunduz: Two men have been arrested for slitting the throat of a 15-year-old Afghan girl after her family refused a marriage proposal, police said. The girl was carrying water from a river to her village home in northern Kunduz province on…

ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani Taliban faction has claimed that its fighters were holed up in Amritsar and Hyderabad to carry out attacks to avenge 26/11 convict Ajmal Kasab's execution last week. "We will avenge the death of Ajmal Kasab on Indian…

Perth: Ricky Ponting, one of the finest batsmen in contemporary cricket and Australia's middle order bulwark for years, announced his retirement from international cricket on Thursday, bringing down the curtains on an illustrious career…

Perth: Australia's Parliament temporarily halted proceedings while current and former cricketers from across the world paid rich tributes to batting legend Ricky Ponting after he announced his retirement on Thursday. "Congrats to Ricky…