Saudi-India ties growing stronger.
INDIAs engagement with the Arabian Peninsula goes back to several millennia when traders and sailors from South Asia used to sail across the Arabian Sea, in boats made of Malabar wood. The relationship got reinforced and strengthened with robust exchanges...
US wants to take defence ties with India to new level.
WASHINGTON: A top American military commander, in-charge of the country's powerful Pacific Command, has said that he wants to take the India-US defence ties to a new level as being articulated in the new defence strategic guidance...
Tibetan self-immolations: 'Clashes' in Sichuan province
Two more Tibetans are reported to have set themselves on fire in Tibetan areas of China, in protest against Chinese rule.
A monk named Lungtok and a man identified as Tashi set themselves alight in Aba, Sichuan province, on Monday...
Kerala fountainhead of Islamist terror: NIA
Sunday, 12 August 2012 12:01
VR Jayaraj | Thiruvananthapuram
Gods Own Country is the fountainhead of most of the Islamist terror operations in the country, according to the NIA. Several Islamist organisations like outlawed Students Islamic...
Indian Army gets battle-ready on Jaisalmer border
Rao Jaswant Singh, DNA | Aug 12, 2012, 05:10AM IST
Jaipur: Jaisalmer is set to house the first model modern military station of the country with reduced response time to emergencies, battle-ready capabilities in modern warfare and a set up...
13 more die in fresh Myanmar violence.
by F wire Aug 11, 2012
Yangon, Aug 11 (IANS) At least 13 people have died in Myanmar in fresh sectarian violence, an official said Saturday.
The violence erupted five days ago in the Kyauktaw township of Rakhine state, Xinhua reported. Over 300...
Visas to Pakistani Hindus: India Rejects Conspiracy.
New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS): India Saturday rejected Pakistan's charges of a "conspiracy" about giving so many visas to Pakistani Hindus, saying due process and diligence was exercised in accordance with a decades-long visa pact.
"We...
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India-educated Vietnamese may get ASEAN's top job.
Jakarta, Aug 11 (IANS)
Vietnam's Deputy Foreign Minister Le Luong Minh, an alumnus of India's Jawaharlal Nehru University, may become the ASEAN's next secretary-general, according to reports here.
Vietnamese foreign ministry spokesperson...
Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012
China nuclear tests prompt Uighur campaign.
Kyodo
HIROSHIMA Uighur residents in Japan and their support organization have been campaigning to raise awareness about nuclear tests conducted by China in the country's northwestern Uighur autonomous region, saying they...
Is it possible convert ISRO's GSLV and PSLV into fully functioning ICBMS during war?
I know they are very big and require a lot of preparation time to be launched also SLV's engines have a long spool up time.
But I am unable to find any theoretical difficulties except requirement of the...
Tibet Self-Immolations: 3 Tibetans Set Self On Fire Within Week.
08/10/12 06:49 AM ET AP
BEIJING -- A 24-year-old Tibetan nomad set fire to himself Friday to protest China's rule in the third reported self-immolation within a week, said the London-based Tibetan rights group Free Tibet...
Chilli used by Indian army in weaponry is hot property for poor farmers.
Helen Pidd in Khetri, Assam
guardian.co.uk, Sunday 29 July 2012 15.30 BS
Military's demand for bhut jolokia, once the world's hottest chilli, is offering thousands of Assam farmers a way out of poverty
"Look at...
Iran captures Pakistani vessel, confiscates 2 tons of drugs.
Dated: 2012-07-29
AZERBAIJAN, BAKU: Iranian border guards have detained a Pakistani fishing vessel and confiscated 2.44 tons of opium found on the vessel, Deputy Head of Iranian Border Patrol Habibollah Mardanpour said, ISNA reported...
Land grabbing used to oppress Christians in Pakistan.
ICC Note:
There is another subtle instrument of oppression against Christians in Pakistan, land grabbing. It is based on rent, purchase or mortgage of large plots of land including agricultural plots of their forefathers, and in...
Three Hindu traders abducted in Pak's Balochistan.
STAFF WRITER 12:38 HRS IST
From Rezaul H Laskar
Islamabad, Jul 29 (PTI) Three Hindu traders have been abducted by unidentified armed men in the restive Balochistan province of southwest Pakistan, the latest in a series of crimes targeting the...