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Union Law Minister Kapil Sibal has announced that his government is coming up with an Act to debar criminals from contesting elections. There is a lot of confusion about the definition of a criminal, because a common man and an expert have different views about criminals.

Gurgaon (near Delhi): India and Pakistan have agreed that the director generals of military operations (DGMOs) on both sides will meet at an early date to restore peace and tranquility at the line of control (LoC).

Gurgaon (near Delhi): India has decided to send immediate relief supplies to the Philippines to help those affected by Haiyan typhoon. It is also keeping a watch over the situation in Vietnam and if necessary will also rush relief materials.

Whatever its other sins—and there are many—the Sangh Parivar can never be accused of one thing: of having produced a half-way tall intellectual. Indeed, no star in the Hindutva firmament, from Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh founder KB Hedgewar, and its longest-serving sarasanghachalak MS Golwalkar, to the present leaders of the Sangh’s 30-odd affiliate organisations, including the Bharatiya Janata Party, even remotely fits the description “intellectual.”

Manmohan Singh’s decision to stay away from the CHOGM summit in Colombo could not have been taken by him. As on many other occasions, it was the party or, rather Sonia Gandhi, who decided for him.

New Delhi: When the BJP and its prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi is glorifying the deeds of Sardar Bhallavbhai Patel as a man responsible for unification of India, the Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram brought the country’s first Education Minister Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad to the fore for his role in opposing the partition of the country and as an apostle of Hindu-Muslim unity.

Gurgaon (near Delhi): Asian and European leaders are all set to intensify the relations between the two continents by moving from dialogue to “tangible cooperation.” The format of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) is slated to undergo changes to bring into its fold representatives of civil society, business, media and parliamentarians.

The popular perception in the current election phobia is that development precedes the rhetoric slogan of Garibi Hatao. While Mr Narendra Modi’s charismatic leadership was bolstered by his development works, UPA’s development, though steered geared by an honest Prime Minster, was subdued by corruption and scandals. It is widely believed that Modi’s success in development was the result of making Gujarat a corrupt –free State.

India’s soft power will be at play in promoting its ‘Look East Policy’ at the weeklong 44th International Film Festival India-2013 (IFFI-2013) scheduled in Goa from 24 November. Japan is the focus country for this mega event. Within the country the focus will on the North-East.

New Delhi: Russia and China has roped in India to develop an alternative security architecture in the Asia-Pacific region evidently in response to the US policy of seeking rebalancing in the area.