Former vice chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, (PDP), South-West Zone, Chief Olabode George, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission...

Yesterday, 7th August, 2008, students who applied for admissions into year one of the University of Maiduguri has been plunged into unsolicited hardship as the...

Though typical of the Western mindset of first knowingly committing sins for their own short term selfish ends followed by repentance after ages, the recent scenes from...

I thank all of you for giving me the opportunity to face you today to tell my story. Your microphones, voice recorders, and cameras make me realize that this story will...

REDEFINING TENETS OF ISLAM ARVIND K. PANDEY It’s high time Muslim bodies redefine as well as reshape their priorities .In the wake of...

India is true democracy as it allows all to practice and profess their faith and beliefs in the best possible way. Today, when the west is condemning and limiting the...

Here’s a little history lesson... “On August 8, 1942, the Quit India resolution was passed by the Bombay session of the AICC, which led to the start of the...

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf will defend himself against impeachment by the ruling coalition, aides and allies said Friday, as the US-backed leader mulled his...

The Shri Amarnath Sangharsh Samiti (SASS) on Friday decided to extend its agitation till August 14, a day before an all-party delegation from New Delhi is to arrive in...

CPI(M) General Secretary Prakash Karat may have sidestepped the issue of projecting BSP supremo Mayawati as the prime ministerial candidate, but his CPI counterpart A B...

After working through Indian concerns, the US on Thursday circulated a draft exemption text to Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) members. Earlier, national security advisor...

On 8 August 1988 cities across Burma were packed with demonstrators. Hundreds of thousands of people marched through the then capital, Rangoon, calling for a...

Police and firefighters were called to the University of Texas’ Jester Hall to free 26 cheerleaders who had crammed themselves into an elevator.

Troops from the former Soviet republic of Georgia launched new attacks on the breakaway territory of South Ossetia late Thursday after a top government official said a...

A few weeks ago, the idea of offshore drilling was starting to be seriously considered. Many officials were realistic, saying that the oiled obtained would not come in...

The other day while stuck up in a traffic jam I started watching a street corner play Actors playing the role of public were shouting GALI GALI MAIN SHOR HAI HAMARE...

Piracy has no equivalent word in most of the Indian languages; maybe that is why we really don’t understand it. Whenever we face a problem regarding it, we legalize...

The BBC’s Rupert Wingfield-Hayes lived and worked in China for eight years from 1998-2006. Ahead of the Olympics he returned to Beijing to assess whether they...

She would sit there, in the corner, on the stool, imploring the walls, like a rock raped by the sea. Her countenance betrayed nothing of the storm inside. You could...

I am absolutely amazed. I came across pictures of the new Cook County Corrections Center in Chicago, Illinois. I understand when you are actually in prison, the lack...