New Delhi - US special envoy Richard Holbrooke held discussions on regional security with top Indian officials Wednesday following a visit to Pakistan and Afghanistan, officials said.
Holbrooke, President Barack Obama's special representative for Pakistan and Afghanistan, and US Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen met with India's Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon and National Security Advisor MK Narayanan in New Delhi.
Ludhiana/ Mumbai/New Delhi, Apr 8 : Sikhs distributed sweets to mark the defiant act of a journalist from their community who threw a shoe at Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram during a news conference after getting angry with the Minister''s reply to a question about 1984 riots in which hundreds of Sikhs were killed.
The Sikh Students Federation (SSF) said the incident highlighted the fact that those responsible for the riots have not been punished so far.
New Delhi, Apr 8 : United States Special Envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke arrived in New Delhi late last night and is expected to brief the Indian leadership about his recent visit to Pakistan and President Obama''s new strategy on Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Holbrooke is being accompanied by the Chairman of the U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen.
Holbrooke will meet with Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon and National Security Advisor M. K. Narayanan.
New Delhi - Lal Krishna Advani, who fled to India from Pakistan as a refugee and emerged as the country's top Hindu nationalist leader, has brought about a marked transformation in India's political scene over the past two decades.
The 81-year-old leader of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party, Advani has helmed the rise of the BJP largely on the basis of Hindu-Muslim tensions and a campaign to have a Hindu temple dedicated to the Hindu god Ram built on the site of a demolished mosque in the northern city of Ayodhya.
New Delhi - Elections in India, conducted once every five years, are generally held in a staggered manner to allow adequate security and logistical arrangements so the huge electorate, which nearly equals the population of Europe, can vote freely.
The polls, made a daunting task due to the expanse of India, are to be held in five phases from April 16 to May 13 to ensure the movement of millions of security and election personnel. Results were expected May 16.
New Delhi - Who will be India's next prime minister? With general elections days away, analysts predicted yet another hung Parliament in which smaller parties could call the shots and anyone could be kingmaker and any kingmaker could be king.
There seems to be no clear majority in sight for any single party or for the two main coalitions - the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) and the opposition National Democratic Alliance (NDA).
In such a scenario, a leader with the backing of several political parties with a combined strength of 270 members in the 545-member Lok Sabha, or lower house of Parliament, could become the next prime minister.
New Delhi - US special envoy Richard Holbrooke held discussions on regional security with top Indian officials Wednesday following a visit to Pakistan and Afghanistan, officials said.
New Delhi, Apr 8 : United States Special Envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke arrived in New Delhi late last night and is expected to brief the Indian leadership about his recent visit to Pakistan and President Obama''s new strategy on Afghanistan and Pakistan.
New Delhi - Lal Krishna Advani, who fled to India from Pakistan as a refugee and emerged as the country's top Hindu nationalist leader, has brought about a marked transformation in India's political scene over the past two decades.
New Delhi - Elections in India, conducted once every five years, are generally held in a staggered manner to allow adequate security and logistical arrangements so the huge electorate, which nearly equals the population of Europe, can vote freely.
