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Fresh from his victory against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has said his government will devise a 'homegrown' political solution to resolve the decades-old ethnic problem in the country. He invited Indian industrialists to come and contribute...

Washington May 27: There is no evidence to substantiate Pakistan’s claims that India is supporting Baloch rebels, a US think tank has observed, cautioning that New Delhi might consider this option if Islamabad fails to act against the LeT, responsible for the Mumbai terror attack. Over the...

Sikhs banished by Taliban want to migrate to India Shafqat Ali Islamabad May 5: Scores of Sikh families, banished from Pakis-tan’s tribal areas by Taliban militants, want to migrate and settle in India for good, this newspaper learned. "We can’t say anything openly against the...

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka has officially conveyed to Pakistan that there is absolutely no reason to suspect any Indian involvement in the Lahore terror attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team on Tuesday. It has asked for an independent enquiry to get to the truth behind the horrific incident...

TEHRAN (SANA): Protesting against Shia-Sunni clashes of Parachinar, more that hundred Iranian attacked on Pakistan Embassy. They held placards saying “Death to Wahabies”, “Death to Taliban”, “Death to Yazidyaat”, “Death to America” “Death to American allies”, etc. They, in no time started...

By Aziz Haniffa in Washington DC. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton [Images] on Thursday hosted a delegation of lawmakers, civil rights activists and some of this country's leading musicians, including jazz great Herbie Hancock, on the eve of their setting off on a trip to India to...

Give Indians, Chinese 2m visas to revive US February 12th, 2009 By Thomas L. Friedman Leave it to a brainy Indian to come up with the cheapest and surest way to stimulate our economy: immigration. “All you need to do is grant visas to two million Indians, Chinese and Koreans”, said Mr...

Militant groups, some of them banned by Pakistan, have met publicly in Pakistan-administered Kashmir for the first time since Mumbai. An alliance of 12 groups attended the meeting in Muzaffarabad, capital of Pakistani-administered Kashmir. They called on the Pakistani government to release...

Five bigwigs of Bharatiya Janata Party, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and Shiv Sena are on a six-day visit to China on an invitation from the Communist Party of China. The BJP-RSS-SS delegation is led by Bal Apte, BJP member of Rajya Sabha. Ram Madhav, member of RSS executive council, Chandan...

The murder of Sri Lankan newspaper editor Lasantha Wickramatunga highlights the claim often made by human rights groups that the country is one of the most dangerous places in the world for journalists to operate. He is the latest in a long line of Sri Lankan journalists who have been...

Few Americans are qualified to speak on Al Qaeda, the Mumbai terrorist attacks, the Middle-East, and Islam at one go. Bernard Haykel is one such expert. Haykel has an interesting background. His father is a Christian of Lebanese origin from the West Indies; his mother a Polish Jew who...

Image: The multi-religious prayer meeting at Hotel Trident. Thank you for your support. That is the simple card I got, tucked inside the leather folder, when I asked for my bill after a short lunch at Frangipani, one of Hotel Trident's famous restaurants. A questionnaire accompanied the...

The presence of 80,000 football lovers just to have a glimpse of their football hero amazed Maradona, who expressed his gratitude in Spanish, “I have never imagined that football is followed so passionately here and I have so many fans.”. Kolkata: Overwhelmed by the response of the fans...

MALACCA: Bollywood heartthrob Shahrukh Khan said he will star in a new movie that will help spread the message that Islam does not support terrorism as he was knighted Saturday in Malaysia's southern Malacca state, AP reports. Adorned in a traditional black and gold Malay outfit and...

In a stinging indictment of Pakistan, European Parliament has said there is 'confirmed evidence' about the country hosting several terrorist groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba and criminal mastermind Dawood Ibrahim [Images] and using them as an instrument of terrorism against India. Against the...

New Delhi, Dec 04: Continuing its efforts to enhance defence cooperation with China, India will host a 147-member Chinese Army contingent in Belgaum beginning Saturday for a fortnight-long military exercise. The Chinese team arrived in Belgaum this morning to participate in the second edition...

India and Russia today signed an agreement on civil nuclear cooperation with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh describing it as a "new milestone" in bilateral relations. "The signing of the agreement on civil nuclear cooperation with Russia marks a new milestone in the history of our...

Influential United States Senator John McCain [Images], who unsuccessfully ran for President, arrived in New Delhi [Images] on Tuesday in an unscheduled visit, to show solidarity in the wake of the Mumbai terror attacks [Images] and discussed the issue with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh...

Why do they hate a City of Dreams? By Matthew Schneeberger Once, in early 2007, just a month after I had moved to Mumbai, in my rush to exit an overcrowded train pulling into CST, I fell hard on to the platform, scraping the skin from my hands and knees and tearing two holes in my...