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Australian teen jailed over Indian murder
Dec 22nd
Youth – whose identity has been suppressed – was just 15 when he attacked Nitin Garg, 21.
Indian parliament braces for graft bill showdown
Dec 22nd
NEW DELHI: The Indian government was to submit two key bills to parliament Thursday, including anti-corruption leg
Harsh cold, fog kill 75 in India
Dec 21st
NEW DELHI: Extreme cold and foggy conditions has taken 22 more lives in India, pushing the country-wide death toll
Government should hold elections immediately: Nawaz Sharif
Dec 21st
KARACHI: Instead of running a dysfunctional government, or trying to get the help of Washington to influence the security establishment in the country, it would be better for the present rulers to quit and announce elections as early as possible, PML-N chief Muhammad Nawaz Sharif said while talking to editors and senior anchorpersons of the [...]
Send Veena Malik back to Pakistan: Bal Thackeray
Dec 21st
MUMBAI: Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray today lashed out at Pakistani actor Veena Malik and all other artistes, saying all of them should be packed off to their country. In an editorial in his party’s organ Saamna, Bal Thackeray writes: “Veena Malik is a blot on our country’s culture. Who is Veena Malik? Why is [...]
Karzai urges ‘neighbourly’ relations with Pakistan
Dec 21st
KABUL: Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday urged Pakistan not to forge its policy on Afghanistan based on its rivalries with either India or the United States. “We want Pakistan to have an independent policy towards Afghanistan. It should not look at Afghanistan based on its relations with India and America. Pakistan should approach us [...]
Politics and the shadow of Dynasties and Lineage
Dec 20th
A reliance on family-based patronage systems and dynastic tendencies ensures that the nature of our democratic process comes into question from time to time. When people aren’t talking about governance and corruption, they talk about ‘the same old trie…
Not So Incredible India
Dec 16th
For decades India was building up an image of modernism and growth. From aspiring BPO companies to Bollywood flicks, Indian brands were descending on the world, especially in the West.
With corruption, poverty and atrocities against the minorities swe…
India-Pakistan Peace Process – Positive Signs
Nov 14th
Pakistan Army on board peace talks: Singh
Express Tribune, November 14, 2011
Two days after he and his Pakistani counterpart resolved to write a ‘new chapter’ in relations between their countries, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Saturday that Pakistan’s powerful military was fully on board in carrying forward the peace process, reports The Economic Times.
“I did discuss with Prime
India – Pakistan: Wars and Peace
Oct 21st
Asghar Khan claims Pakistan attacked India four times since 1947
Mumtaz Alvi, The NewsFriday, October 21, 2011
Air Marshal (r) Asghar Khan here on Thursday revealed it was Pakistan that attacked India four times since 1947, whereas the neighbouring country did not do so even a single time.“In the last over 60 years, India has never attacked Pakistan, as it can’t afford it. Indians know well, if
