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New Delhi: A day after India and Malaysia signed a MoU to strengthen cooperation in public administration and governance, the Chief of Royal Malaysian Air Force began his four-day visit to strengthen the strategic partnership between the two countries.

Trade and business circles in Bangladesh are deeply concerned about the severely negative economic impact of the prolonged spell of political violence now sweeping the country, as it prepares for its general elections.

The poor performance of the Nepali Maoists in the recent elections in the country has confirmed that the ultra-left has no future either in revolutionary or in parliamentary politics.

India has all along failed in its diplomacy towards China. The Indian diplomats are doing a great disservice to the nation by not asserting the Johnson Line in the northern sector and McMahon Line in the eastern sector drawn by the British colonials as India’s boundary line. In fact, after Independence the official map of the country recognizes these two lines.

If you are one of those who think that English language television channels headquartered in and around Delhi present a reliable picture of the subcontinent, it is time to take a serious reality check. Such and other Delhi-centric views would have you believe that the coming Lok Sabha election of the Indian Union is some sort of a boxing match between Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi and that the sentiments of the people are neatly divided between the Indira Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Palakkad has many claims to fame. Among them is the fact of the district being a stronghold of the CPI(M). The town, which has remained a red citadel, is all set to play host to the party’s plenum from November 27 to 29, which is expected to have a crucial bearing on the State’s politics.

What was the tearing hurry on the part of the Prime Minister to recommend cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar for Bharat Ratna, the country’s highest civilian award, barely within 24 hours of his formal retirement from the game? Firs of all, why Bharat Ratna for Sachin? Is Tendulkar’s achievement bigger than those of internationally acclaimed physicist Prof. Satyen Bose of Bose-Einstein theory fame and Dr Homi Bhabha, father of India’s atomic energy programme, who did not merit Bharat Ratna?

New Delhi: The Government has said that there is 'no question' of getting involved in the arbitration process initiated by the Anglo-Italian firm AgustaWestland in the chopper scam.

BHOPAL: Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan is finding the going tough in Vidisha - one of the two constituencies from where he is contesting the Assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh. While his position is quite comfortable in Budhni - the other seat from where he is in the fray - things are not at all smooth for him in Vidisha. Fully aware of the loss of prestige a defeat in the polls will entail for him, the chief minister has deployed an army of party workers, led by his wife, for campaigning in the constituency. His wife is camping in Vidisha - a district headquarter town about 60 km away from Bhopal - and going from door to door, seeking votes for her husband.

Elections to five state assemblies have reached a decisive stage with the battle lines having been finally drawn up. Though predicting the poll outcome is a gamble, one can, however, have a look at post-poll scenario. The elections are being held in Madhya Pradesh on November 25 and in Chhattisgarh polling has already been completed. Both the states are ruled by the BJP. The Congress-ruled Rajasthan and Delhi are also slated to go to poll on December 1 and on December 4 respectively. Poll is due in Mizoram on December 4.