Amid reports of Islamists backing the change of regime in the Maldives, India is concerned about possibilities of the rise of Islamic extremism in the island nation and is closely monitoring the situa

New Delhi, Aug. 14: On the eve of the nation’s 64th Independence Day, the President, Ms Pratibha Devisingh Patil, urged Maoist rebels to abandon the path of violence. She asked them to come to the neg

The US is persuading Islamabad that it faces a greater threat from terrorist groups, which it had earlier nurtured, than from India, a well-known US expert on South Asia has said.