‘New Delhi to resume transit talks with Dhaka after polls’

India has proposed “constructive talks” on the contentious issue of transit facility through Bangladesh to reach its north-eastern region once a new government takes office in New Delhi after the general elections.
India is particularly keen on railway connectivity between Akhaura in eastern Bangladesh and Agartala, capital of Tripura in India’s north-east, New Age newspaper said.
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Nich in Delhi, Washington hopes a tie up

India and the United States have “considerable work” to do to resolve their differences over a landmark nuclear deal, Washington’s envoy to New Delhi said on Wednesday, the eve of further negotiations between the two sides.
US Under Secretary of State Nicholas Burns is due in the capital on Thursday for talks with Indian officials [...]

What’s new in China visa war? Delhi reply

Beijing’s recent denial of visa to an IAS officer from Arunachal Pradesh is not a first — but Delhi’s strong response is.
For years, officials and politicians from the frontier state have been denied permission to visit China on the premise that visas cannot be granted to citizens of a region that Beijing claims as its [...]

Karunanidhi on two-day Delhi visit

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi’s two-day visit to Delhi beginning today is likely to help the United Progressive Alliance zero in on its Presidential candidate.
Karunanidhi is expected to meet Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh to finalise his party Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam’s (DMK) support for the UPA’s Presidential nominee.
He [...]

Centre alerts Delhi, Haryana to check spread of Guj ...

The union home ministry has alerted Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh to beef up security so that violence does not spread to these states which have a sizeable Gujjar population.
Following tension in parts of these three states in the wake of large-scale violence by Gujjars in Rajasthan, where several persons have been killed, the [...]

When Mao ruled hearts in Delhi University

Armed only with idealism and Mao’s Red Book, some of the brightest in Delhi’s colleges embraced Maoism four decades ago, determined to usher in a communist revolution in India, even at the cost of their career. Many of these ‘revolutionaries’ wonder today if it was at all worth the pain.
When the peasants of Naxalbari [...]

Haryana government begin talks with the Dera manage ...

In the wake of the stand off between the Dera Sacha Sauda and the Akali Takht, the Haryana administration on Saturday initiated an official dialogue with the Dera management to resolve the issue over the alleged dressing up of its chief like Guru Gobind Singh.
Top level civil and police officials, led by Hisar range Commissioner [...]