1945, the last year of World War II: Here's all that happened 80 years backSix years after it started, World War II ended in 1945 with Nazi Germany surrendering in May and its leaders going on trial for war crimes ...
15 Jan, 2025, 09.19 AM IST
Congress MP says Israeli PM Netanyahu should be "shot and killed without trial" for "war crimes" in GazaSpeaking at a rally to demonstrate solidarity with Palestine in Kasargod, Kerala, amid the ongoing conflict in West Asia, the Congress MP R...
18 Nov, 2023, 04.15 PM IST
97-year-old woman found guilty of assisting in murder of 10,505 people at Stutthof concentration campA former Nazi Secretary has been found guilty of assisting in the murder of thousands of Jews at a concentration camp.
20 Dec, 2022, 10.10 PM IST
U.S. calls Putin a 'war criminal,' but consequences are unclearSome experts said that declaring the Russian leader a war criminal could make it more difficult to negotiate a peace agreement with him, bu...
19 Mar, 2022, 11.06 AM IST
Explainer: Who's a war criminal, and who gets to decide?The White House had been avoiding applying the designation to Putin, saying it requires investigation and an international determination. A...
17 Mar, 2022, 07.21 PM IST
Explainer: Who's a war criminal, and who gets to decide?The White House had been avoiding applying the designation to Putin, saying it requires investigation and an international determination. A...
17 Mar, 2022, 11.40 AM IST
The demanding logic of logo-hunters. Yesterday, it was Amazon’s, is your logo the next PC warrior’s target?Is it just us, or do some/many detect a Hindu caste mark above a wry smile in the latest Amazon logo?
13 Mar, 2021, 10.06 AM IST
View: The long trail of budget fudges and why 2020 must make a fresh startFor too long, govt spending and borrowing have been hidden by fudging. It's time India took note of that.
16 Jan, 2020, 12.54 PM IST
Sanjiva Reddy's bid for President in 1969 was plot to clip Indira's powers: Pranab MukherjeeMukherjee linked the 42nd amendment to the Constitution, binding the President to the advice of the Cabinet, to this experience.
20 Nov, 2016, 12.03 PM IST
Lesson from Indira's life: Even impossible can become possible, says President Pranab MukherjeeTracing late Indira Gandhi's stupendous comeback after the disastrous electoral rout in 1977, President Pranab Mukherjee today said the les...
19 Nov, 2016, 09.58 PM IST
Bangladesh Protest Letter against PakistanThe Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh presents its compliments to the High Commission of the I...
24 Nov, 2015, 09.32 PM IST
Manmohan Singh enjoys immunity as PM but not as FM: US courtDuring his tenure as prime minister, Manmohan Singh was accused of being complicit in the torture and killing of Sikhs.
20 Aug, 2014, 01.57 PM IST
- Osama bites bullet, pacifist dust
Forget the fact that the operation was tantamount to declaring a unilateral war: the virtual annexation of Abbottabad.
12 May, 2011, 01.47 AM IST
- US shouldn't kill hi-tech talent: Steve Ballmer
Exclusive Interview: Ballmer said MS would continue to hire skilled professionals in India, China if the co is unable to employ them in US....
13 May, 2009, 06.53 AM IST
- Apply command responsibility
Those committing the crimes are protected by powerful people, who are secure in the knowledge that they would not be prosecuted for their t...
09 May, 2009, 03.51 AM IST
- Obama says he wouldn't make bin Laden a martyr; McCain calls for more nuclear power plants
Democratic White House hopeful Barack Obama, looking to chart a U.S. foreign policy course far removed from the Bush administration's path,...
19 Jun, 2008, 07.38 AM IST
- Siemens fined $51 mn in bribery case
Siemens, beset with at least three corruption investigations, was ordered by a German court to pay 38 million euros ($51 million) as two fo...
15 May, 2007, 03.14 AM IST