Al Qaeda announces Holy Jihad against India - Kashmir has always been a sore issue ...and relations with US and Israel condemn us , but is that enough to justify Jihad ?

Australia openly admits Oil as the main reason for Iraq occupation, even as Al Qaeda calls for a jihad to unite Islamic states , predicting a downfall for the west

Benazir Bhutto, an icon in the muslim world, assassinated in Rawalpindi - what are the possible repurcussions ? Who could be responsible ?

Blair takes office as quartet envoy to Middle East - with Fatah-Hamas war going on and Iraq, Moscow, Israel viewing his appointment with misgivings, how do you rate his chance of success?

Bofors case is still alive - Quattrocchi's extradition procedures start tomorrow in Argentinian court.What do you think about this delay, in a case where abundant proofs were available ?

Civil war in Gaza city actual possibility. Why do Fatah - Hamas fight each other knowing that their collective dream for independent Palestine will be shattered?

Dawood Ibrahim's brother Iqbal Kaskar can now freely pursue his activities in Mumbai, police having failed to nail him at court - mainly due to lack of diligence on part of police and infighting which helped weaken their case in Sara-Sahara twin mall case

Do you think we can help you in tracing your ancestry?

Erstwhile prime minister Shimon Peres elected president of Israel

Even as talks between India and US are going on regarding civilian uses of nuclear energy, Russia and US are in a dispute over nuclear weapons and North Korea restarts their Nuclear programs.

Failed car bombings and a flaming car ramming into Glasgow airport marks Britain as a "Critical" Terrorist target. Nobody has claimed credit yet.

Future of Cuban Islands or future of Castro - When the results of an election is known beforehand, 614 candidates for the National Assembly of People’s Power all running unopposed, the only outcome maybe that Fidel Castro may hand over power to the younger generation

Gaza must not be cut off from the world

Hamas-Fatah truce collapses - shootouts everywhere. Palestine and Israel brutal adversaries whereas US and Russia do it in a cloaked manner.

Having been a stable agricultural country, is rapid industrialization at the cost of agriculture the right way to move forward?

Hindraf in Malaysia - are they really the voice of Indians in Malaysia? Is ethnic cleansing a decoy to unleash religious strife?

In spite of being ancestral home of Osama Bin Laden,Yemen pays for it's anti terrorist policies. Al Qaeda bombings take the life of Spanish Tourists along with native Yemenites.

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh calls for reconciliation of the age-old Kashmir problem with Pakistan.

Is Al Gore's optimism that the growing peopl-power in U.S will push world leaders to take action on Global Warming, misplaced?

Is the Iraq war justified?

Japan's defence minister Fumio Kyuma resigns over the uproar about his comments on Hiroshima, Nagasaki bombings during World War II.

Linux or Windows - where is your allegiance in this war?

Lisbon Treaty - will it make governing easier for Europe or create a powerful monster?

Musharaf has lifted the six week long Emergency; In preparation for the general elections early next month?

Notoriously popular Telgi of the fake stamp paper SCAM has been fined INR 251 crores in addition to 13 years RI. As confusion abounds regarding the unprecedented high fine, it actually revives your belief in the judicial system.

Real-life thriller with global characters ? Russia fires a nuclear weapon and Bush invites Putin to his Maine home.

Reverse psychology? In spite of Arunachal Issues, Indian PM flatters China as it's greatest neighbour

Salman Rushdie's Knighthood doesn't cancel out the fatwa for death issued by Ayatollah Khomeini.

Serbian Assembly votes against Kosovo's Independence. Meanwhile US and European countries are canvassing for Russia's support in UN Security Council to endorse Independence from Serbia

Sir Edmund Hillary who conquered Everest, dies at 88. Aren't there any conquests left to be made by man? After a man in space and on the moon, why do we seem stuck? Are there no more victories that man is capable of?After electricity, the incandescent bulb and AIDS, has breakthroughs come to a standstill? We're not awed by any invention the way Einsteen, Newton, Edison & Wright Brothers did

Small pox stages a come back - reports from Bangladesh , Myanmar and West Bengal - even as WHO declares it to be eradicated

Taj Mahal of Agra, Great Wall of China, the Petra in Jordan, the Statue of Christ the Redeemer in Brazil, the Incan ruins of Machu Picchu in Peru, the ancient Mayan city of Chichen Itza in Mexico and the Colloseum of Rome are the 7 new wonders of the world

The Presidential race is drawing near and our political parties are still undecided on their candidates. With each day that dawns ,the names change - from Shivraj Patil to Pratibha Patil and now again to a second term for Kalam, in which case Shekhawat will withdraw..what next ?

The Science Express, an Indo-German collaboration to propagate science - Ideals Vs Reality

US Senate Elections - Obama Vs Clinton in Democrats & Mc Cain Vs Huckabee in Republicans - who is your favourite? Will it be the democrats or the Republicans this time?

USS Nimitz - to port or not is the question - is the nuclear carrier a threat to neighbouring areas or is it as safe as US proclaims?

Wakf council reclaims governmental land where Ambani was building Dream Home. In Kerala, CM evicts Tata Tea from illegally occupied governmental land.How did they sanction this land in the first place? Are governments playing games?