Last month, in a significant ruling, the Bombay High Court upheld the sanctity of the family agreement, directing Reliance Industries to supply 28 million cubic metres of gas per day to Anil's company at the agreed price. (see " Indian Billionaire Battle Heats Up").

FORBES: The Ambani brothers are at it again.

Indian authorities say Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, the surviving suspect, has told investigators he was trained by Laskhar-e-Tayyiba, an Islamic militant group founded to battle Indian rule in the disputed Himalayan territory of Kashmir.

CNN: India hands Mumbai attacks file to Pakistan

Most critics have praised this saga of Phoolan Devi and her lone battle with the oppressive Indian caste system as a brave piece of cinema.

CNN: The start Of something big?

They had been killed in Kashmir, where Indian troops are locked in a fierce battle with hundreds of armed infiltrators along the Line of Control (LOC) that divides the disputed Himalayan region between the two nations.

CNN: THE DANGER OF ESCALATION

The following day, Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee sounded a battle cry.

CNN: THE DANGER OF ESCALATION

With China expanding, its scope of operations to include the Indian Ocean, we should consider homeporting a carrier battle group in Western Australia at Fremantle.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Cruising for a bruising?

Narrow though the differences seem, the constitution is only part of a broader political battle between two Bolivias: the poorer, mainly Indian western highlands still revere Mr Morales, while the opposition is led by the regional prefects of the more prosperous eastern departments.

ECONOMIST: Too much confronting and voting, too little governing