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Assad set for comeback in Syria polls, US slams elections as ‘disgrace’

June 4, 2014June 4, 2014 - by India Writes Network

Syria’s long-standing president Bashar al-Assad is poised for a victory in the just-concluded elections. The US, an arch-critic of the Syrian regime, is not impressed, and has denounced the Syrian …

Fortress Europe? Anti-immigrant parties surge in EU polls

June 4, 2014June 4, 2014 - by India Writes Network

A strong showing by anti-immigrant and anti-EU parties in the recent elections for the European Parliament has astonished many. While French Socialist Prime Minister, Manuel Valls called it “an earthquake,” …

Home Beckons: Indian students in Ukraine escape turmoil

June 4, 2014June 4, 2014 - by India Writes Network

“Home beckons”! For the first batch of 500 Indian students, who were evacuated to Ukraine’s capital Kiev, leaving all that seething turmoil must be quite a relief. They will be …

Gopinath Munde: BJP’s tallest leader in Maharashtra

June 3, 2014June 3, 2014 - by India Writes Network

Gopinath Munde rose from the fringes of society to the peak of success. A promising leader who led the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Maharashtra during difficult times, and wielded a profound influence on the masses, has passed away at a time when the party, who he served for years, sought him the most ahead of the state assembly elections.

Goodwill diplomacy: Sri Lanka frees 29 Indian fishermen

June 3, 2014June 3, 2014 - by India Writes Network

Barely days after Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa held his maiden talks with India’s new Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s on May 27 in Delhi, Colombo has decided to release the 29 Indian fishermen arrested four days ago as a gesture of goodwill.

India’s 29th state is born: The real journey begins now…

June 2, 2014June 5, 2014 - by India Writes Network

Amid frenzied jubilation and merry-making, India’s 29th state, Telangana, was formally born June 2, marking a culmination of over five decades of sustained struggle for statehood. K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR), whose party Telangana Rashtra Samithi spearheaded the decades-long campaign for a separate state to be carved from Andhra Pradesh, was sworn in as the chief minister of Telangana. A jubilant Rao, popularly known as KCR, vowed to make Telangana “a role model for other states in India.”