About 200 Australian police broke up a sit-in protest against violent attacks on Indian students, detaining 18 and drawing accusations of excessive force. Trouble flared when police moved in to clear the protest in Melbourne’s city centre before...

As he assume charge, HRD Minister Kapil Sibal today promised to look into the implementation of OBC reservation in private unaided educational institutions. “We will look into all such issues,” HRD Minister Kapil Sibal told reporters when...

A bomb exploded in a church in the Nepalese capital during Saturday morning mass, killing two people and wounding 15, police said. The blast at the Church of the Assumption in Katmandu killed a 14-year-old Indian girl and a 30-year-old woman, said...

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh took the oath of office Friday for a second consecutive term after winning a mandate for his Congress party. President Pratibha Devisingh Patil administered the oath to Singh, seen as the architect of India’s...

Delhi Daredevils coach Greg Shipperd has pitched for an additional foreigner in some of the games to spice up the Indian Premier League in future. An array of riches in the Delhi team has forced Shipperd to leave Glenn McGrath and at times Daniel...

Kings XI Punjab skipper Yuvraj Singh blamed batsmen for letting the team down after his side failed to progress to the semi-finals, losing Wednesday’s must-win Indian Premier League match to Chennai Super Kings. “Well, we have played a lot...

WASHINGTON: Admiring Indian elections, the United States on Thursday said the electoral process in the world’s largest democracy is something one can be proud of. The White House spokesman, Robert Gibbs, in response to a question said the...

India’s ruling Congress party is believed to be edging closer to a rapprochement with Marxist parties in an effort to secure a parliamentary majority after the general election. The move, which follows a falling out between the parties over a...

The Mumbai slum home of one of the child stars of the Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire has been demolished by city authorities. Reports say that police smacked the boy, Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail, with a bamboo stick before ordering him out. The...

This is the second instalment of the three-part series based on the National Election Study 2009, the postpoll survey conducted by the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies. The information in the graphics are based on data gleaned from the first...