New Delhi

NEW DELHI - Amongst the strategic analysts on the Indo-US horizon, few are as incisive and diligent as Ashley J Tellis. In this context Tellis has the advantages of an Indian background and, consequently, a profound insight into India's security issues. Uniquely, he is as much at home on Raisina Hill as in Foggy Bottom or the White House. I recall, as a middle-ranking officer, reading, with fascination, his laser-sharp analysis of India's naval build-up of the 1980s accompanied by a compelling, if somewhat surreal, prognosis about our maritime strategy.

NEW DELHI - President Pratibha Devisingh Patil on Saturday inaugurated the World Philatelic Exhibition 'INDIPEX 2011' in the national capital.

NEW DELHI - India's primary space research body, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), on Saturday set in motion a process to restructure Antrix Corporation, its commercial arm, against the backdrop of a controversial two-satellite deal it had struck with a private firm.

NEW DELHI - Activists of several civil rights groups and left wing organisations converged in New Delhi on Saturday to stage a rally to demand the release of human rights activist Dr. Binayak Sen.

NEW DELHI - Conservation and more initiatives in public art top the new Union Culture Minister Kumari Selja's list of priorities.