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Pakistan has proposed the formation of PRICS – a grouping of Pakistan, Russia, Iran, China and Saudi Arabia – to reshape the global economy and formulate a new world order in the 21st century. Accordingly, a proposal has been mooted to hold the first summit in Abbottabad on 02-May-2013 based on the theme “Boosting growth [...]

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American forces, in response to North Korean nuclear saber-rattling, have gotten right back at the Kim Jong Un regime, by unleashing a lethal weapon of Indian provenance – not drones, missiles or artillery, but DVDs of Sajid Khan’s Himmatwala. Even as F-16s continue to drop DVDs of the recently released Ajay Devgan starrer over select [...]

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As a visionary step toward making sure India never ever forges non-political connections with its neighboring countries, the Indian government today has decided to indefinitely ban future cricketing engagements with China, Myanmar, and Bhutan. “We already have made sure that Sri Lankan and Pakistani cricket teams are unwelcome on Indian soil, this announcement is just [...]

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Moved by Nitish Kumar’s Adhikar rally at the Ramlila grounds in New Delhi, during which the Bihar CM made a stirring pitch for conferring ‘special status’ on Bihar and eloquently showcased his state’s backwardness, leaders of Somalia, Ghana, Mali, Senegal and a clutch of failed sub-Saharan states have readied a generous aid package for the [...]

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New Delhi’s namby-pamby approach in handling the Italian marines issue has not just adversely impacted Indo-Italian relations but bilateral ties with Pakistan as well. Pakistan has dragged India to the International Court of Justice in Hague for what it terms “double standards on the part of New Delhi in dealing with Western and Pakistani under-trials [...]

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The Indian government has many cards up its sleeve in dealing with the Italian government’s duplicity. Sonia Gandhi, who is acutely embarrassed with the shenanigans of her fellow countrymen, has personally directed the top brass of her government to come up with options to hold the Italian government’s feet to fire. Our source in the UPA was [...]

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The dispute between Italy and India over which country has jurisdiction to try the Italian marines for killing two Indian fishermen off the Kerala coast could be resolved amicably under the terms of a British proposal under which the marines will be prosecuted under British law. Since the Indian Penal Code was drafted in 1860 [...]

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The world’s premier aeronautical and aerospace research center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), has sent the world into a tizzy by claiming that Mars could have possibly once supported life. Much to their jubilation, the claim has been corroborated by none other than Pakistan cricketing sensation, Shahid Afridi, who has said that he vividly remembers hiss encounters with [...]

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Indian leaders are still reeling under the shock of the Italian govt’s duplicity, ironical as it sounds. For once, Sonia provided valuable insights to the government in dealing with her fellow countrymen: (Thanks to @india_review for wisecracks 1,2)

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In a major embarrassment to the Indian government, Italy has reneged on its promise of sending back the two marines charged with killing of two fishermen off the coast of Kerala, to face trial. How did the government react to this breach of trust? Special correspondent Atul Baskarbe brings you the story in pictures:   [...]

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